Royal Swedish Opera Daniel Auber and "Un ballo in maschera" by Verdi.) Following the assassination, the opera house was closed until 1 November 1792, when it was opened again, which by some was considered shocking. The son of Gustav III, King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, did not like the Opera, possibly because of the murder of his father, and disliked the fact that the scene of his father's murder was used as a place of amusement and leisure, and when a frivolous play was performed for his queen Frederica of Baden in 1806, he decided to close it down. It remained closed
Gustavo III (Verdi) Sweden during the 2002/03 season, 146 years after Verdi took his libretto for "Gustavo III" away from the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. "Gustavo III" was given at the San Carlo in January/February 2004. Notes Sources Gustavo III (Verdi) Gustavo III is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi to a libretto begun in early 1857 by the Italian playwright Antonio Somma. Never performed as written, the libretto was later revised (or proposed to be revised) several times under two additional names – "Una vendetta in domino" and "Adelia degli Adimari" – during which the setting was changed to vastly different locations.