Gustavo IIIThe composition of Un ballo in maschera caused Verdi many problems. What began as an opera called Gustavo III was subject to censorship by the Neapolitan and Roman authorities, so it's libretto, location and title all changed. The subject, however, is still the murder of Riccardo (Gustavo) at the masked ball, couched in a musical language in which the seriousness of Italian opera is infused with French vivacity. The opera's structure is carefully

both cops and radicals will try to make political hay out of his circumstances

The fortunate discovery of the original text by Giovanni Ruffini

and the busy passagework recall the violin writing of Italian Baroque masters such as Corelli and Geminiani

led by the virtuosic mandolin player Roland White

Every time I prepare a recital

"of the people") character of Milanuzzi's fascinating music

Josef Bohuslav Foerster

The Bach Suites are played here by Claudius Herrmann

Shrouded in violence and wildness

"Fatinitza" (1876) and "Boccaccio" (1879)

certainly also because of the great challenges posed by it's performance

Several flute concertos and numerous chamber line-ups in which the flute predominates