Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center will host a live broadcast of Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera” at 11:55 a.m. Dec. 8. An encore performance is at 1 p.m. Dec. 9. The performance is part of “The Met: Live in HD” series of live broadcasts from New York City’s Metropolitan Opera House.
Director David Alden’s dreamlike setting provides a compelling backdrop for this dramatic story of jealousy and vengeance. Marcelo Álvarez stars as the conflicted king; Sondra Radvanovsky is Amelia, the object of his secret passion; and Dmitri Hvorostovsky is her suspicious husband. Kathleen Kim is the page Oscar, and Stephanie Blythe sings the role of the fortune-teller Ulrica. Fabio Luisi conducts.
The expected running time of the opera is 3 hours and 54 minutes.
Tickets are $24 general admission, $22 senior citizens, $17 for Friends of the Ross, $16 students and children, $6 Nebraska Wesleyan Students (with a valid student ID), and $5 for UNL students (with a valid NCard).
For more information, go to http://www.theross.org.
