San Diego Opera Podcast - Meet Piotr Beczala, Gustav III in A MASKED BALL

San Diego Opera is delighted to have tenor Piotr Beczala back to sing King Gustav ('Gustavo') in Verdi's A Masked Ball. In this interview with Nicolas Reveles, Director of Education and Outreach, he talks about the role, other Verdi characters he sings, 'updated' productions of opera and his recent appearance at The Met in Rusalka. You'll also hear a bit of one of his arias from Ballo. Enjoy!

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The interviewer should listen to the Act 2 duet in 'Maria di Rohan', where Maria finally admits
she loves the tenor, Chalais.
Verdi 'learned' lots of things from Donizetti.....

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One of the greatest Tenors of our time