Un Ballo in Maschera: Performance History
First Performance: 17 February 1859, Teatro Apollo, Rome
- Riccardo: Gaetano Fraschini,
Primo Tenore
(also created roles of Zamoro in Alzira, Corrado in Il Corsaro,
Arrigo in La Battaglia di Legnano, and title role in Stiffelio)
- Renato: Leone Giraldone,
Primo Baritono
(also created title role in Simon Boccanegra)
- Amelia Eugenia Julienne-Dejean, Proma Donna Soprano
- Ulrica: Zelina Sbriscia, Prima Donna Contralto
- Oscar: Pamela Scotti, Prima Donna Soprano (Leggiero)
- Silvano: Stefano Santucci, Secondo Basso
- Samuel: Cesare Rossi, Basso Comprimario
- Tom: Giovanni Bernardoni, Basso Comprimario
- A judge: Giuseppe Bazzoli,
Secondo Tenore
(also created role of Ruiz in Il Trovatore)
- Servant to Amelia: Luigi Fossi, Secondo Tenore
First Performance in:
- Portugal: 15 April 1860, Lisbon
- France: 13 January 1861, Paris
- Spain: 31 January 1861, Barcelona
- United States: 11 February 1861, New York, Academy of Music
- Great Britan: 15 June 1861, London
- Ireland: 25 September 1861, Dublin
- Germany: 23 November 1861, Berlin
- Russia: December 1861, St. Petersburg
- Peru: 1863
- Hungary: December 1863, Budapest
- Austria: 1 April 1864, Vienna
- Belgium: 9 April 1864, Brussels
- Mexico: August 1864
- Poland: 22 October 1865, Warsaw
- Czech Republic: August 1866, Prague
- Denmark: 18 May 1867, Copenhagen
- Austrailia: 2 June 1868, Sydney
- Egypt: Carnival 1870, Cairo
- Brazil: 1871, Rio de Janeiro
- Cuba: November 1872, Havana
- Switzerland: 29 April 1873, Geneva
- Croatia: 2 October 1877, Zagreb
- Slovenia: 1880, Ljubljana
- Sweeden: 1879, Helsinki
- Romania: April 1923, Bucharest
- Bulgaria: 22 October 1926, Sofia
- Lithuania: 30 October 1926, Kaunas
- Estonia: 1928, Tallinn
First performance at:
- Metropolitan Opera: 11 Dec 1889
(124 performances in 22 seasons through 1975-76)
- San Francisco Opera: 19 Sep 1931
(49 performances in 15 seasons through 1997, most recently 18 Nov 1990)
contributed by Stephen L. Parker
Monday, 08-Dec-2003 21:39:44 PST