"Un ballo in maschera"
Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Studio Recording
June/July 2021 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Choir recording November 2021 in Cluj, Romania
the cast includes Saioa Hernández, Freddie De Tommaso, Lester Lynch & conductor Marek Janowski with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo & the Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir
Released on June 30, 2023
PENTATONE / PTC 5187048
2 SACDs
Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Libretto by Antonio Somma
Version with the story playing in Boston
Cast/Artists
Freddie De Tommaso (Riccardo, Tenor)
Lester Lynch (Renato, Riccardo’s secretary, Baritone)
Saioa Hernández (Amelia, Renato’s wife, Soprano)
Kevin Short (Samuel, conspirator, Bass)
Adam Lau (Tom, conspirator, Bass)
Elisabeth Kulman (Ulrica, fortune teller, Contralto)
Annika Gerhards (Oscar, Riccardo’s page, Soprano)
Jean-Luc Ballestra (Silvano, a sailor, Bass)
Samy Camps (A judge & Amelia’s servant, Tenor)
Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir
Cornel Groza(Chorus Master)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Marek Janowski (Conductor)
Due to the Covid pandemic the choir was dubbed-in in November 2021 in Cluj, Romania under the baton of Cornel Groza.
Production Team
Producer: Job Maarse (SFCRC)
Production Manager: Christina Gembaczka (for SFCRC)
Balance Engineer & Editing: Jean-Marie Geijsen (Polyhymnia International)
Recording Engineer: Johannes Endl & Jaap van Stenis (for Polyhymnia International)
Italian Language Coach: Matelda Cappelletti
A San Francisco Classical Recording Company Production
Recording Location
Auditorium Rainier III, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
June 29-July 3, 2021
Choir recording:
Studio of Radio Romania Cluj, Romania
November 13 & 14, 2021