Caruso as Gustav
King Gustav III of Sweden


(Un ballo in maschera)

An Opera in Three Acts

by Giuseppe Verdi

Original Italian libretto by Antonio Somma
Translation by Peter Paul Fuchs
Performed at The Haslemere Hall, February 2000


Cast
King Gustavus (Riccardo) tenor Brendan MacBride
Count Johan Anckerstrom (Renato) baritone Michael Dewis
Amelia, his wife soprano Cathryn Pope
Ulrica, a fortune teller contralto Elizabeth Bond
Oscar, the king's page soprano Bethany Halliday
Christian (Silvano) baritone Giles White
Count Ribbing (Tom) ) baritone James Gower
Count Horn (Sam) baritone Tim Baldwin
The Chief Magistrate tenor Giles White
Amelia's servant tenor Fergus Llewellyn

The Opera South Chorus
Officers, aristocrats, sailors, petitioners, conspirators, servants, masked couples
Soparanos Cassandra Czepil, Pamela Depledge, Ella Draycott, Mary Gathercole, Emilia 0'Connor, Linda Tolmie
Altos Vanessa Blaber, Wendy Bloor, Mary Colbourne, Myfanwy Davey, Jane Hamlyn, Evelyn Knight
Tenors Ian Greenep, Fergus Llewellyn, Bertie Mawer, Anthony Ramsden, Alan Taylor
Basses John Braithwaite, Stan Hoskin, Tim Macer, Evelyn Morgan, Brockwell Mytton, Don Young

The Opera Orchestra Leader Tina Bowles
Conductor: Peter Clarke
Director: Richard Gregson
Set Design: John Braithwaite & Alan Dodd
Costume Design: Carol Stevenson
Make-up Design:Judith Forde
Lighting Design: Francesca Gilpin & Bruce Williams
Stage Manager: Brian Bodkin