Who wrote the opera 'A Masked Ball' in 1859?
Un ballo in maschera Un ballo in maschera Un ballo in maschera "(A Masked Ball)" is an 1859 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The text by Antonio Somma was based on Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's 1833 five act opera, "Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué". The plot concerns the assassination in 1792 of King Gustav III of Sweden who was killed as the result of a political conspiracy against him. He was shot while attending a masked ball and died of his wounds thirteen days later. It was to take over two years between the time of the commission from
Viennese Opera Ball in New York different theme: 2005 -- 'Golden Jubilee' (in honor of the 50th anniversary of both the Ball and Free Austria); 2006 -- 'Mozart,' as the night of the ball fell on what would have been Mozart's 250th birthday; 2007 -- "Cinderella", complete with a ballet following the story of Cinderella and her night at "the ball" with Prince Charming; 2008 -- "Fairy Doll", inspired by composer Josef Bayer's children's tale; and, 2009 -- "Masked Night at the Opera", inspired by Strauss's "Prince Orlofsky's masked ball at his "villa" in "Die Fledermaus". Most recently in 2018, the 63rd Viennese Opera Ball commemorated