('A Masked Ball')
An opera in three acts
Libretto by Antonio Somma
(after Scribe)
Music by Verdi
(sung in Italian) courtiers. flsherfolk, soldiers, sailors, conspirators, dancers
Chorus and Orchestra of Radio Italians, Milan
(Chorus-Master, Roberto Benaglio ) CONDUCTED BY FERNANDO PREVITALI
The action takes place at the court of a leventeenth-century autocrat
Act 1
Scene 1: A reception room in the palace Scene 2; A corner of the harbour