Un Ballo in Maschera
by Giuseppe Verdi Opernhaus Zürich
Cast: Charles Castronovo / George Petean / Erika Grimaldi / Agnieszka Rehlis / Katharina Konradi / Steffan Lloyd Owen / Brent Michael Smith / Stanislav Vorobyov / Martin Zysset / Álvaro Diana Sanchez
Dancers: Jessica Falceri / Noa Joanna Ryff / Sara Peña / Sara Pennella / Chiara Viscido / Cristian Alex Assis / Pietro Cono Genova / Davide Pillera / Daniele Romano / Roberto Tallarigo
Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda / Set and Costume Designer: Hannah Clark / Lighting Designer: Franck Evin / Video Designer: Tieni Burkhalter / Choreographer: Emma Woods / Staff Director: Steven Whiting / Photographer: Herwig Prammer
The entire new production of Verdi's masterful opera Un Ballo In Maschera, directed by Adele Thomas at the Zurich Opera House, is of outstanding greatness
Opera Aktuel
The constantly turning wheel (of fate) thus becomes a coherent symbol for the unstoppable course of the tragic plot.
Bachtrack ****
This premiere of Un Ballo in Maschera was an opera performance at a high level, in which the production brought excellent singers to the fore.
Opera Gazet
An intelligent, enjoyable stage production
Operawire
The perfect balance between comedy and tragedy [...] First rate
Forum Opera ****
Precisely because the director merely makes offers (...) it appears more subversive under its supposedly faithful surface than any superficial updating
NZZ