Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera / Leipzig Opera Chorus /  Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Conductor: Chailly, Riccardo / Leipzig Opera Chorus / Leipzig Opera Children's Chorus / Chorus master: Gandolfi, Romano / DVD

Format: NTSC

Run time: 137 Minutes

UPC: 880242551085

• Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.78:1
• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Yes
  
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 5.25 x 0.5 inches; 4.16 Ounces
• Director ‏ : ‎ Ermanno Olmi
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, AC-3, Classical, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 20 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ June 20, 2006
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Riccardo Chailly, Massimiliano Pisapia, Chiara Taigi, Franco Vassallo, Anna-Maria Chiuri
• Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Italian, English, German, French, Spanish
• Language ‏ : ‎ Italian
• Studio ‏ : ‎ EuroArts
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

Filmed live at the Leipzig Opera in November 2005, this recording of Verdi's famous Un Ballo in Maschera, brings a lively musical evening. Riccardo Chailly, who made a critically acclaimed start in his position as General Music Director of the Leipzig Opera with this staging, directs the Gewandhausorchestra and a cast of experienced Verdi singers in a collaboration between the Zurich and Leipzig Operas. Un ballo in maschera - a story of love, power and political murder in 19th century United States of America - is as exciting as a thriller, but with a passion that can only be experienced in a Verdi opera. The Italian film director Ermanno Olmi (The Legend of the Holy Drinker, The Tree of Wooden Clogs) staged it accordingly. The amazing visual effects in this production were created by the sculptor Arnaldo Pomodore who designed the fantastic colourful set and costumes.