Love Capital, Slovenian opera in three acts, reflects the pulse of the present time, in which people unfortunately find themselves more and more convinced that the only true values are money, accumulated wealth and sweetness of power. Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball) is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi with text by Antonio Somma. However, Somma's libretto was itself based on the five act libretto which playwright Eugène Scribe had written for Daniel Auber's 1833 opera, Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué.
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Directed by Vinko Möderndorfer Set Design Marko Japelj Costume Design Alenka Bartl Stage Movement Tanja Pavlič Lighting Design David Orešič One of the most popular operas of the entire opera repertoire La Boheme was inspired by the novel Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henry Murger and remade for the libretto by the Italians Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) created a stunning musical illustration of the lives of Parisian bohemians, full of hopes and dreams, joys and disappointments. La bohème was first performed on 1st February 1896 at the Teatro Regio in Turin. It was conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini. The opera was not a glorious success at all. Although it was well received by the audience, the critics found it too cheap and sentimental. Today, La bohème is constantly performed by all the opera theatres around the world. Its success with the audience is hidden in its wonderful melodies, well-founded plot and sophisticated mixture of pleasure and pain. Many opera connoisseurs find La bohème Puccini’s best work, in which his incredible talent for creating melodies convincingly intertwines with the impressionist musical and dramatic procedures as well as with his unmistakable sense of details. La bohème was first performed on 1st February 1896 at the Teatro Regio in Turin. La bohème was first performed in Ljubljana’s German Theatre already in 1898 and first staged with the Slovene authors in 1903.