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Un Ballo in Maschera

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The Masked Ball
Librettist
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
2024-2025
Language
Italian
Sung Language
Italian
Supertitles
English

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Director
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Choreographer
Chorus Director
Assistant Conductor
Prompter
Musical Preparation
Diction
Supertitles
Assistant Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Assistant Stage Manager(s)
Dance Master
Fight Director
Technical Supervisor
Costume Supervisor
Hair and Makeup

Cast

Samuel (Count Ribbing)
Tom (Count Horn)
Gustavus III (Riccardo)
Chief Magistrate
Ulrica
Christian (Silvano)
Amelia's servant

Show Dates

Time and Place

TIME AND PLACE: 1792, Stockholm, Sweden

Scenes

ACT I Scene 1: Levee in the king’s bedroom
ACT I Scene 2: Ulrica’s house on the waterfront
INTERMISSION
ACT II A lonely field
INTERMISSION
ACT III Scene 1: Renato’s study
ACT III Scene 2: The king’s box at the opera
ACT III Scene 3: At a masked ball

Media

Sponsors

This production is made possible, in part, by Opening Weekend Grand Sponsor Diane B. Wilsey

Jerome & Thao Dodson 

Keith & Priscilla Geeslin 

San Francisco Opera Guild 

John A. & Cynthia Fry Gunn 

Jan Shrem & Maria Manetti Shrem, through the Great Interpreters of Italian Opera Fund 

The Thomas Tilton Production Fund 

Mei Gui Zhang’s appearance is made possible by a gift to the Emerging Stars Fund by Jan Shrem & Maria Manetti Shrem 

Additional support provided by Jerome Guillen & Jeremy Gallaher 

Candace Zander Kahn 

Barbara Moller Ward

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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Production of the Fondazione Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

9/15 performance was livestreamed, w/48 hour access to performance.

9/15 performance was followed by a talkback/Q&A with Mo. Kim in the auditorium.

Dancers