Un ballo in maschera

What is jealousy based on? On love? On fear? Riccardo, Governor of Boston, has as many supposed friends as hidden enemies. When Renato, his advisor and best friend, realizes that this man loves his wife Amelia, a disastrous rift ensues: He joins the conspirators whose goal is to eliminate Riccardo at a masquerade ball. Riccardo himself, whose death was prophesied by the seer Ulrica, throws himself with almost painful ecstasy into the chronicle of his announced death.