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History supplied Verdi with the subject matter for this gripping drama. It is based on the true story of King Gustav III of Sweden, who was assassinated during a masked ball in 1792. Combining political intrigue, a love triangle and a fortune teller’s mysterious prophecy, the opera also contains radiant choral writing and richly scored dance music. Riccardo Muti leads a concert performance featuring a spectacular cast of international singers and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti conductor
Francesco Meli tenor (Riccardo)
Joyce El-Khoury soprano (Amelia)
Luca Salsi baritone (Renato)
Yulia Matochkina mezzo-soprano (Ulrica)
Damiana Mizzi soprano (Oscar)
Alfred Walker bass-baritone (Samuel)
Ryan Speedo Green bass-baritone (Tom)
Ricardo José Rivera baritone (Silvano)
Lunga Eric Hallam tenor (A Judge)
Martin Luther Clark tenor (A Servant to Amelia)
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Donald Palumbo guest chorus director

History supplied Verdi with the subject matter for this gripping drama. It is based on the true story of King Gustav III of Sweden, who was assassinated during a masked ball in 1792. Combining political intrigue, a love triangle and a fortune teller’s mysterious prophecy, the opera also contains radiant choral writing and richly scored dance music. Riccardo Muti leads a concert performance featuring a spectacular cast of international singers and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti conductor
Francesco Meli tenor (Riccardo)
Joyce El-Khoury soprano (Amelia)
Luca Salsi baritone (Renato)
Yulia Matochkina mezzo-soprano (Ulrica)
Damiana Mizzi soprano (Oscar)
Alfred Walker bass-baritone (Samuel)
Ryan Speedo Green bass-baritone (Tom)
Ricardo José Rivera baritone (Silvano)
Lunga Eric Hallam tenor (A Judge)
Martin Luther Clark tenor (A Servant to Amelia)
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Donald Palumbo guest chorus director

History supplied Verdi with the subject matter for this gripping drama. It is based on the true story of King Gustav III of Sweden, who was assassinated during a masked ball in 1792. Combining political intrigue, a love triangle and a fortune teller’s mysterious prophecy, the opera also contains radiant choral writing and richly scored dance music. Riccardo Muti leads a concert performance featuring a spectacular cast of international singers and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti conductor
Francesco Meli tenor (Riccardo)
Joyce El-Khoury soprano (Amelia)
Luca Salsi baritone (Renato)
Yulia Matochkina mezzo-soprano (Ulrica)
Damiana Mizzi soprano (Oscar)
Alfred Walker bass-baritone (Samuel)
Ryan Speedo Green bass-baritone (Tom)
Ricardo José Rivera baritone (Silvano)
Lunga Eric Hallam tenor (A Judge)
Martin Luther Clark tenor (A Servant to Amelia)
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Donald Palumbo guest chorus director

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Trinitatismesse, K. 167
Charles Wood (1866-1926) Father, all-holy (1912)
Everett Titcomb (1884-1968) Let Us Bless the God of Heaven
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Festival Te Deum
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Gabriel Jackson (b. 1962) Truro Service (2001)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Veni sancte spiritus, K. 47

Jonathan Dove (b. 1959) Missa brevis (2009)
Ned Rorem (b. 1923) Today the Holy Spirit appeared (1986)
William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) Factus est repente à5
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Adrian Batten (c. 1590-1637) Short Communion Service
Christopher Tye (c. 1505-1572) Omnes gentes plaudite manibus
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Ruth Watson Henderson (b. 1932) Missa brevis (1976)
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Coelos ascendit hodie
William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) Psallite Domino
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Baldassare Galuppi (1706-1785) Missa in C
Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) If Ye Love Me
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Requiem
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) The trumpet shall sound, from Messiah
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Ave Maria
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Geoffrey Burgon (1941-2010) Short Mass (1965)
Patrick Hawes (b. 1958) Hallelujah for double chorus, from Revelation (2016)
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Christopher Lee Fraley Missa brevis (2010)
Matthias Gastritz (c. 1535-1596) Surrexit pastor bonus à5
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Herbert Howells (1892-1983) Gloucester Service (1946)
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem (1910)
David White (b. 1959) O salutaris hostia & Tantum ergo (2017)

Jean Langlais (1907-1991) Missa Salve Regina (1954)
Julio Morales (b. 1987) Salve Regina (2014) U.S. premiere
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) Messa a quattro voci da cappella (1641)
Josef Gruber (1855-1933) Angelus Domini, op. 85, no. 4
Luca Marenzio (c. 1553-1599) Quia vidisti me
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) Resurrexi
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Missa brevis in C major “Orgelsolo”, K. 259
William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) Haec dies
Healey Willan (1880-1968) Christ, Our Passover
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Sicut cervus
Pawel Łukaszewski (b. 1968) Alleluia, from Musica Sacra (2016)
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Missa Cellensis, Hob. XXII: 5
Everett Titcomb (1884-1968) Christ Our Passover
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548-1611) Popule meus
Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652) Miserere
Plainsong Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum