A blindfolded woman sits in a room full of forest green balloons, while holding one herself. An ominous well-lit human skull sits at her feet.

A Masked Ball Verdi

  • Opera
  • Opera Australia
  • Joan Sutherland Theatre
  • Run time: 170 minutes, including 2 intervals Subject to change
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Power and riches. Love and lust. Friendship and betrayal.

Riccardo doesn’t want to die. He is powerful, he is rich, he is the life of the party. He is in love with his best friend’s wife. But death is coming for Riccardo.

Treachery, desire, rumour and risk abound in this opera, based on a real-life assassination. Verdi was the master of political drama, and this rarely heard opera is a thrilling example of his craft: powerful, pacey and packing an emotional punch.

Homegrown superstar Nicole Car returns from the stages of Europe to debut as Amelia, audience favourite Diego Torre sings Riccardo, and Daniel Luis de Vicente makes his Australian debut as the spurned husband. This thrilling new staging comes from the Verdi Festival in Parma.

A Masked Ball is a co-production by the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and the Teatro Regio di Parma, with Fondazione Rete Lirica delle Marche.

Presented by Opera Australia

Event details

Cast and creatives

Conductor Alevtina Ioffe
Director Daniele Menghini
Set Designer Davide Signorini
Costume Designer Nika Campisi
Lighting Designer Gianni Bertoli
Rehearsal Director Andrea Piazza

Amelia Nicole Car
Riccardo Diego Torre
Renato Daniel Luis de Vicente
Oscar Anna Voshege
Ulrica Silvia Beltrami
Count Ribbing Shane Lowrencev
Count Horn David Parkin
Count Christian Luke Gabbedy

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Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

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Location and access

Joan Sutherland Theatre

The Joan Sutherland Theatre is located at the northern side of the foyer, to the left hand side of the stairs leading to the Concert Hall. Best accessed through the covered concourse. All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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