A Masked Ball Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Antonio Somma Based On a libretto by Eugene Scribe for Daniel Auber's opera Gustave III, ou Le Bal masque Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1967 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Mario Bernardi Stage Director(s) Lotfi Mansouri Designer Lloyd Burlingame Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Thomas Andrew Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Samuel Ara Berberian Tom Federico Davià Oscar Reri Grist Riccardo Ragnar Ulfung Renato Cornell MacNeil Judge L. D. Clements Ulrica Mignon Dunn Silvano Allan Monk Amelia's servant John Beauchamp Amelia Leontyne Price Show Dates Tue, Nov 14 1967, 8:30pm Sat, Nov 18 1967, 8pm Thu, Nov 23 1967, 8pm Sun, Nov 26 1967, 2pm Time and Place Colonial Boston Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- An audience chamber in the Governor's mansion Scene 2 -- Ulrica's cave Act II, Scene 1 -- A lonely spot near Boston Scene 2 -- A room in Renato's house INTERMISSION Act III -- The Governor's mansion Media Image Un Ballo in Maschera, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1967. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Leontyne Price (Amelia) Credit Norton Image Un Ballo in Maschera, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1967. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Leontyne Price (Amelia) Credit Unknown Image Un Ballo in Maschera, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1967. Photographer: Robert Cahen/San Francisco Opera. Reri Grist (Oscar), Ragnar Ulfung (Riccardo), Cornell MacNeil (Renato) Credit Cahen Image Un Ballo in Maschera, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1967. Photographer: Robert Cahen/San Francisco Opera. Ragnar Ulfung (Riccardo), Cornell MacNeil (Renato) Credit Cahen Image Un Ballo in Maschera, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1967. Photographer: Robert Cahen/San Francisco Opera. Leontyne Price (Amelia), Ragnar Ulfung (Riccardo) Credit Cahen Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1967_01_compressed.pdf (14.68 MB) Acknowledgements The production of "Un Ballo in Maschera" was donated to the San Francisco Opera by the San Francisco Opera Guild in 1965 Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Image Un Ballo in Maschera, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1967. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Leontyne Price (Amelia) Credit Norton
Image Un Ballo in Maschera, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1967. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Leontyne Price (Amelia) Credit Unknown
Image Un Ballo in Maschera, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1967. Photographer: Robert Cahen/San Francisco Opera. Reri Grist (Oscar), Ragnar Ulfung (Riccardo), Cornell MacNeil (Renato) Credit Cahen
Image Un Ballo in Maschera, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1967. Photographer: Robert Cahen/San Francisco Opera. Ragnar Ulfung (Riccardo), Cornell MacNeil (Renato) Credit Cahen
Image Un Ballo in Maschera, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1967. Photographer: Robert Cahen/San Francisco Opera. Leontyne Price (Amelia), Ragnar Ulfung (Riccardo) Credit Cahen