Un Ballo in Maschera opens at the Met

Un Ballo in Maschera, directed by David Alden with costumes by Brigitte Reiffenstuel, has just opened at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.  Reviews singled out  the quality of the singing, and Brigitte Reiffenstuel’s elegant costumes.

The New York Times praised “the handsome suits and dresses by the costume designer Brigitte Reiffenstuel, which suggest the color schemes of a black-and-white film”, while the Washington Post said her “modern-dress costumes make the characters look as though they popped out of a 1940s Hollywood movie”.