Gustavo III (Verdi) to meet commitments regarding "Lear". Finally, in a letter which he wrote to Torelli in September 1857, Verdi confessed that he had "looked through an infinite number of plays...but not one of them will do for me..." but he then described an existing libretto which interested him, one which was written by the French playwright and librettist Eugene Scribe for Daniel Auber's very successful 1833 opera, "Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué": Verdi turned to the historical subject of King Gustav III of Sweden, who was shot while attending a masked ball in Stockholm in 1792 and died thirteen days
The Summer King (opera) The Summer King (opera) The Summer King is a 2017 opera in two acts by American composer Daniel Sonenberg, with a libretto by poet Daniel Nester and Sonenberg, and additional lyrics by Mark Campbell. Its story follows the life of baseball legend Josh Gibson, from his early days on Pittsburgh’s North Side to the Negro Leagues, and finally achieving immortality as the second Negro League player to be inducted in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. ‘’The Summer King’’ had its world premiere at Pittsburgh Opera in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on April 29, 2017. Composer Sonenberg was so taken with the