Un re in ascolto (A King Listens) is an opera by Luciano Berio, who also wrote the Italian libretto.

The work was written from 1981 to 1983 and it received its premiere at the Kleines Festspielhaus in Salzburg on 7 August 1984, conducted by Lorin Maazel, directed by Götz Friedrich, with set designs by Günther Schneider-Siemssen.

[2] The London premiere took place on 9 February 1989 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

[3][4][5] The American premiere was at Lyric Opera of Chicago on 9 November 1996, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies.

Eventually, he undergoes a psychological collapse, the rehearsed production of The Tempest never occurs, and the theatrical troupe departs.