Un Ballo in Maschera

David Alden's experimentally noir-ish setting of Verdi's tale of love and betrayal is one of the Met's most talked-about new productions in recent years. James Levine conducts the opening of this revival, which stars house regulars Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Sondra Radvanovsky. Bone up on the traditional version of the plot beforehand—and be ready for some surprises in the course of this staging.