Review: ‘A Masked Ball’ at San Francisco Opera (*****)
(Candy Shue) (Rating: ****) (“A Masked Ball” plays at The War Memorial Opera House on October 10th, 13th, 16th, and 22nd, 2014.) The twists and turns of plot in Guiseppe Verdi’s “A Masked Ball” are as convoluted and engaging as a Saturday matinee melodrama. Antonio Somma’s libretto is inspired by the historical assassination of King […]