Opera in three acts on a libretto by Antonio Somma, inspired by the play Gustav the Third by Eugéne Scribe Un Ballo in maschera is Giuseppe Verdi’s twenty-second work, renowned for its fascinating journey, which began with the tremendous impact of its 1859 world premiere and continued to the present, when it still tops the bill in Operas all over the world. Verdi’s masterpiece was first brought under stage lights ...