Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
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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 shot, as the result of a political conspiracy, while attending a masked ball, dying of his wounds thirteen days later.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1990-06-01
Runtime: 145 mins
Director: Brian Large, John Schlesinger
Writer: Antonio Somma
Spoken language: Italiano
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Original title: Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Production Companies: Salzburg Festival Opera
Production Countries: Austria
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