Hear Giuseppe Verdi’s “Un ballo in maschera” this weekend on Classical IPR on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Marius Manea stars as Gustav III, with Karine Babajanyan as Amelia and Lado Ataneli as Renato. Lü Jia conducts this intense performance.

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi

LIBRETTO: Antonio Somma

VENUE: National Centre for the Performing Arts Opera House

PRESENTING COMPANY: National Centre for the Performing Arts Opera, Beijing, China

CAST:

Gustav III: Marius Manea

Amelia: Karine Babajanyan

Renato: Lado Ataneli

Oscar: Gladys Rossi

Ulrica Arfvidsson: Bernadett Wiedemann

Cristiano: LIU Songhu

Ribbing: MEI Jie

Horn: CHEN Peixin

Judge: MAO Weizhao

Amelia’s Servant: CAO Ruidong

ENSEMBLE: NCPA Orchestra and Chorus

CHORUS DIRECTOR: JIAO Miao

CONDUCTOR: LÜ Jia

Approx. Length: 2 hours, 25 minutes

Please Note: the Chinese family name comes first and is in uppercase. The first name is in sentence case and comes second in the listings above.