Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera

Volume / Series : Full Score

Language: English/Italian

Pages: 542

Publisher: Dover Publications

Composer / Author: Giuseppe Verdi

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A work of Verdi’s maturity, Un Ballo in Maschera is especially interesting to all fans of operatic history for its extraordinary background rooted in the political turbulence of the times. Based on a libretto about the actual assassination of Gustave III of Sweden, Ballo resurfaced one year later, in Rome, with its dramatic plot intact but its setting and characters shifted to 17^th century Boston! The opera’ s success with the public was immediate and enduring. Today it remains a favorite with opera lovers the world over. The unabridged score is reprinted here from an authoritative early edition.