Lighting Designer

King Gustav III secretly harbors a love for Amelia, the wife of his closest advisor and friend. When a visit to a fortune teller confirms that his love is reciprocated and reveals a plot against his life, the seeds of his undoing take root.

Lavish costumes adorn masked courtiers as they gossip through the political machinations of eighteenth-century Sweden. Leo Muscato’s direction makes this new-to-San Francisco Opera production a must-see return to Verdi’s thrilling drama.

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Un Ballo in Maschera

War Memorial Opera House

The season opens with a show that celebrates the essence of theater. With Una delle ultime sere di carnovale (One of the Last Carnival Evenings ), Valerio Binasco returns to Carlo Goldoni, with an ensemble comedy that intertwines feelings, weddings, and farewells in a melancholy and delicate atmosphere, where love resists life's hardships and loneliness. Against the backdrop of a coming to an end, a light-hearted and profound reflection on the stirrings of the heart unfolds, amidst revealed truths and subtle illusions. On stage, a vibrant and vibrant cast—(in alphabetical order) Andreapietro Anselmi, Natalino Balasso, Mauro Bernardi, Marta Cortellazzo Wiel, Matteo Cremon, Michele Di Mauro, Giordana Faggiano, Milvia Marigliano, Daniele Marmi, Elisabetta Mazzullo, Orietta Notari, Nicola Pannelli, Aron Tewelde, Ivan Zerbinati—brings life to an intense and vibrant stage score.

One of the last evenings of Carnival

Teatro Carignano

Lunetta Savino is the protagonist of Brechtian epic theater's masterpiece, which director Leo Muscato restores to its most popular, emotional, and dialectical form. Courage is not a heroine, but a merchant who endures war to gain survival and profit, a contradictory figure who lives in conflict as if it were a permanent market: slippery, elusive, in short, human. She combines a sense of motherhood confronting a ferocious system, a stubborn incorrigibility, a cynical capacity for speculation during a time of crisis, and the keen sense of alertness of those who live in a permanent state of emergency. The live music, with its decidedly rock edge, transforms the stage into a concert of light, sound, and bodies.

Lighting Designer

Alessandro Verazzi

Events

Upcoming events

5 - 25 Oct, 2026

One of the last evenings of Carnival · Teatro Stabile Torino

1 - 13 Dec, 2026

Mother Courage and her children · Teatro Stabile Torino

Past events

6 - 27 Sep, 2024

Un Ballo in Maschera · San Francisco Opera

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