NCPA to stage Verdi's classic

When the National Center for the Performing Arts produced Giuseppe Verdi's opera Un Ballo in Maschera in 2012, a team headed by veteran Argentine director Hugo De Ana took the audience into a theatrical space, which was filled with sets from the time of King Gustav III of Sweden in the 18th century.

Based on the story of the assassination of the king in 1792, the opera is about his secret love for Amelia, the wife of the king's chief of staff Renato.

Now, five years later, the NCPA will stage this classic opera from May 24 to 28, as part of the NCPA Opera Festival 2017.