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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

José Carreras (Riccardo), Montserrat Caballé (Amelia), Ingvar Wixell (Renato), Patricia Payne (Ulrica), Sona Ghazarian (Oscar), Jonathan Summers (Silvano), Robert Lloyd (Samuele), Gwynne Howell (Tom), Robin Leggate (Un Giudice)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Colin...

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Colin Davis's Verdi is always a slow burn, but when it catches fire it blazes. The Act III finale here has rarely been bettered. Carreras and Caballe are at the top of their game.

BBC Music Magazine, April 20135 out of 5 stars

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

José Carreras (Riccardo), Montserrat Caballé (Amelia), Ingvar Wixell (Renato), Patricia Payne (Ulrica), Sona Ghazarian (Oscar), Jonathan Summers (Silvano), Robert Lloyd (Samuele), Gwynne Howell (Tom), Robin Leggate (Un Giudice)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Colin...

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Colin Davis's Verdi is always a slow burn, but when it catches fire it blazes. The Act III finale here has rarely been bettered. Carreras and Caballe are at the top of their game.

BBC Music Magazine, April 20135 out of 5 stars

About

Studio recording, 1978

Artists

José Carreras (Riccardo), Montserrat Caballé (Amelia), Ingvar Wixell (Renato), Patricia Payne (Ulrica), Sona Ghazarian (Oscar), Jonathan Summers (Silvano), Robert Lloyd (Samuele), Gwynne Howell (Tom), Robin Leggate (Un Giudice)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Colin Davis

  • Release date: 13th Aug 2012
  • Label: Decca
  • Series: Operas
  • Catalogue number: 4784165
  • Length: 2 hours 10 minutes
  • Genre:

Contents and tracklist

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Work length2:10:22
Overture
Track length4:24
"Posa in pace"
Track length1:40
"S'avanza il conte - La rivedrà nell'estasi"
Track length3:38
"Il cenno mio"
Track length2:35
"Alla vita che t'arride"
Track length4:19
"Volta la terrea"
Track length1:49
Signori: "oggi d'Ulrica"
Track length2:57
"Zitti...l'incanto non dèssi turbare"
Track length6:18
"Su, fatemi largo"
Track length3:01
"Che v'agita cosi?"
Track length5:13
"Su, profetessa"
Track length0:52
"Di'tu se fedele"
Track length3:20
"Chi voi siate"
Track length2:11
"E scherzo od è follia"
Track length3:30
"Finisci il vaticinio"
Track length4:26
Preludio
Track length2:13
"Ecco l'orrido campo"
Track length1:25
"Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa"
Track length5:02
"Teco io sto"
Track length5:34
"M'ami, m'ami"
Track length4:18
"Ahimè. S'appressa alcun"
Track length4:39
"Seguitemi"
Track length2:32
"Ve', se di notte"
Track length5:15
"A tal colpa"
Track length2:16
"Morrò, ma prima in grazia"
Track length4:57
"Alzati; là tuo figlio"
Track length1:32
"Eri tu che macchiavi quell'anima"
Track length4:07
"Siam soli. Udite"
Track length8:35
"Il messaggio entri"
Track length3:52
"Forse la soglia attinse"
Track length2:42
"Ma se m'è forza perderti"
Track length2:47
"Ah! dessa è là"
Track length3:32
"Saper vorreste"
Track length3:36
"Ah! perché qui! fuggite"
Track length6:04
"Ella è pura"
Track length5:11

Awards and reviews

April 2013

Colin Davis's Verdi is always a slow burn, but when it catches fire it blazes. The Act III finale here has rarely been bettered. Carreras and Caballe are at the top of their game.
5 out of 5 stars
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