"Who wrote the tragedy-opera ""The Masked Ball"" (""Ballo in Maschera"")?"
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
Un ballo in maschera Earl) of Warwick. At this point, the opera became "Un ballo in maschera" set in North America. "Un ballo in maschera" received its premiere performance at the Teatro Apollo in Rome on 17 February 1859 and was immediately successful. The opera was first seen in New York its US premiere on 11 February 1861 and in the UK on 15 June of that year. In the 20th century, especially after a 1935 production in Copenhagen, many modern stagings have restored the original Swedish setting and characters' names. On 7 January 1955, Marian Anderson, singing the role of Ulrica, broke the