UN BALLO IN MASCHERA

Les Arts is finally hosting the last of Verdi's major works that had yet to be produced: Un ballo in maschera. It will feature a cast of great stars: the soprano Anna Pirozzi (a memorable Lady Macbeth and Abigaille in Nabucco), the tenor Francesco Meli (remembered for his recent success in Verdi's Requiem and previously for his Don Ottavio and Edgardo), and the baritone Franco Vassallo; as well as the admired young Valencian soprano Marina Monzó, who returns to Les Arts. All are under the baton of Antonino Fogliani, who conducted Marina Rebeka in Madama Butterfly. This is a new co-production by Les Arts with the Berlin Staatsoper directed by Rafael Villalobos from Seville, one of the most internationally recognised young stage directors, who has already premiered productions at the Teatro Real, Liceu, La Zarzuela and La Monnaie theatres, Theater an der Wien, Teatro de la Maestranza and the Montpellier Opera.