4.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Un Ballo in Maschera (1980)
Un Ballo in Maschera (1980)
Overview
Live from the Metropolitan Opera, 14 February 1980. This version takes place in Boston rather than Sweden.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Gender Swap: Yes
Christianity: Positive
Viewer Rating
4.2
Overview
Live from the Metropolitan Opera, 14 February 1980. This version takes place in Boston rather than Sweden.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Un Ballo in Maschera is an opera performance centered on universal human dramas of forbidden love, betrayal, and tragic consequences. Its narrative focuses on personal moral dilemmas and does not promote or critique any specific modern political ideology, leading to a neutral rating.
This production of the classic opera 'Un Ballo in Maschera' features traditional casting, consistent with its historical European setting and the nature of opera performances. The narrative focuses on themes of love, betrayal, and political intrigue without incorporating modern critiques of traditional identities.
Secondary
The character Oscar, a male page in Verdi's opera 'Un Ballo in Maschera,' is traditionally and in this 1980 film adaptation, portrayed by a female soprano, which constitutes a gender swap.
The film, a televised opera, uses a Christian moral framework as the implicit backdrop for its dramatic conflict. While characters grapple with human failings and tragic choices, the narrative does not critique the religion itself, but rather explores the consequences of actions within a society where Christian virtues are the assumed standard. The tragic outcome stems from human passions and betrayals, not from any flaw in the depicted faith.
This film, a recording of Verdi's opera 'Un Ballo in Maschera,' does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a traditional heterosexual love triangle and political intrigue, with no elements suggesting queer identity or experiences.
This adaptation of Verdi's opera 'Un Ballo in Maschera' does not contain any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a traditional love triangle and political intrigue, with no elements related to transgender identity. Therefore, the film has no impact on the portrayal of transsexual individuals.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1980 film adaptation of Verdi's opera features characters who are historically or canonically white, consistent with the 17th-century European setting. The cast for this production consists entirely of white actors portraying these roles, with no instances of a character's established race being changed.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
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8.4
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