Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball)
From: Tuesday, 21st July 2009
To: Saturday, 8 August 2009
Our Review: 
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Our Review:
24 July 2009
Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera has had a rough ride in London in recent years, from Calixto Bieito’s toilet-themed shambles at the Coliseum to the anodyne treatment, recently revived, at Covent Garden. It’s been left to Opera Holland Park to come up with an ingeniously-conceived and, for the most part, well-executed staging.
Director Martin Lloyd-Evans and designer Jamie Vartan set this story of an assassinated king in the present-day White House and, some excesses aside (a few too many mobile phones and Amelia shooting up heroin during the love duet, for instance), it works extremely well. It’s full of neat modern parallels and deft theatrical touches (I particularly like the arrival of the guests for the ball during the preceding scene).
Tenor Rafael Rojas missed the first night because of a chest infection (he mimed while David Rendall sang from the pit) but he was back two days later for the second performance. Not fully back to form, his sing...
Cast
Amanda Echalaz (Amelia)
Rafael Rojas (Gustavus)
Olafur Sigurdarson (Anckarstrom)
Gail Pearson (Oscar)
Carole Wilson (Arvidson)
Paul Reeves (Count Ribbing)
Simon Wilding (Count Horn)
Benedict Nelson (Cristian)
Creative
Verdi (Music)
Winton (Corporate Sponsor)
Opera Holland Park (Producer)
Peter Robinson (Conductor)
Martin Lloyd Evans (Director)
Jamie Vartan (Design)
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