A masked ball where everyone's hiding something—especially the king about to be assassinated.
Acting
Beczała's Riccardo—charming, doomed, vocally flawless.
Direction
Erath's staging: modern minimalism meets baroque drama.
Production
Bayerische Staatsoper's sets—shadowy, gorgeous, vaguely threatening.
Director
Johannes Erath
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Verdi originally set this in Sweden until censors banned a king's assassination; he moved it to colonial Boston, then back to Sweden for modern productions.
Anja Harteros, this production's Amelia, famously canceled last-minute so often she's nicknamed 'Die Absagerin'—but when she shows, she SINGS.
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