"Un Ballo in Maschera" by Giuseppe Verdi - opera at Werdenbergersee

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THE LAKE STAGE AT WERDENBERG VERDI under the OPEN SKY 2026 once again turns the historic setting below Werdenberg Castle into a first-class opera stage. With Giuseppe Verdi’s three-act melodrama “Un Ballo in Maschera”, the Werdenberg Castle Festival bring a work to the stage that is full of passion, intrigue and dramatic twists. A MASQUERADE BALL OF EMOTIONS Riccardo, the Glarus bailiff in Werdenberg, loves the wife of his closest confidant – in secret and without hope. When a fortune-teller utters a dark prophecy, a web of intrigue and betrayal begins to form. The governor’s political opponents sense their chance. Between jealousy, conflict of loyalty and forbidden love, the action tightens – until everything culminates in a glittering masquerade ball, where no face shows what the heart feels. Giuseppe Verdi turns this drama into music of rare intensity: lyrical, passionate and fateful. “Un Ballo in Maschera” is a game of identities – full of tension, emotion and great operatic moments.

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