(A Masked Ball)
An opera in three acts
Libretto by Antonio Somma after Scribe
Music by Verdi
(sung in Italian)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Netherlands Opera
Conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Producer, Herbert Graf
(Recording made available by courtesy of Stichting Nederlandsche Radio-Unie)
The action takes place at the court of a seventeenth-century autocrat.
Act 1
Scene 1: A reception room in the palace
Scene 2: Ulrica's hovel by the harbour