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A Masked Ball

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Act 1, Scene 1 of Verdi's opera from a gaia performance at the Royal Opera House, Stockholm on the occasion of the eightieth birthday of His Majesty King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden.
Chorus and orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor, Herbert Sandberg
Recorded on November 11 via Eurovision

The year is 1792. Gustav III is planning a masked ball to be held in the Royal Opera House. On the invitation list his eye is caught by the name of his secret love Amelia (the wife of his secretary Count Holberg) who warns him that there is a plot against his life. A bishop requests the king to banish a notorious sorceress; but the page Otto defends her, and the king decides to test the case by consulting her himself in disguise.

Contributors

Singers/musicians:
Chorus and orchestra of the Royal Opera House Conductor: Herbert Sandberg
Scenery and costumes:
Sven Erik Skawonius
Producer:
Goeran Gentils
Television direction:
Arne Arnbom
Commentator:
Erik Rydreck
Two conspirators:
Captain Anckarstroem: Arne Tyren
Count Horn:
Bo Lundborg
Otto, page to the King:
Birgit Nordin
King Gustav III:
Ragnar Ulfung
Count Holberg, his secretary:
Erik Saeden
The Bishop:
Arne Ohlson
Source: Radio Times

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