Un ballo in maschera

Album by Giuseppe Verdi & Carlo Bergonzi & Birgit Nilsson & Cornell MacNeil & Giulietta Simionato & Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia & Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia & Sir Georg Solti

Un ballo in maschera is an opera by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, premiered in 1859. Musically it blends lyrical bel canto vocal writing with expressive orchestral colour and ensemble-driven drama, representing Verdi's middle-period move towards greater psychological characterisation and continuous musical-dramatic flow.

First released: 10th April 2007