Ballo in Maschera

Giuseppi Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera opera to libretto by Antonio Somma. Directed 2008 by Mario Martone at the Teatro Real de Madrid.  Stars Marcelo Álvarez, Violeta Urmana, Marco Vratogna, Elena Zaremba, Alessandra Marianelli, Borja Quiza, Miguel Sola, Scott Wilde, Orlando Niz, and César San Martín. Jesús López Cobos conducts the Madrid Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (Chorus Master Peter Burian).  Set design by Sergio Tramonti; costume design by Bruno Schwengl; choreography by Duncan Macfarland; lighting design by David Harney; film direction by Ángel Luis Ramírez. Released  2010, disc has 5.1 PCM sound. Grade: C+

The OperaDou jury of 28 fans liked the singing in this production. But they were not pleased by the stodgy staging, and their final grade was "C+." Please help us by writing a comment that we can place here as a mini-review of this title.