A Masked Ball
Composer
Librettist
Based On
a libretto by Eugene Scribe for Daniel Auber's opera Gustave III, ou Le Bal masque
Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Venue
Shrine Auditorium
Season
1953
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Director
Choreography by
Cast
Riccardo, Count of Warwick, and Governor of Boston
Renato, his secretary and friend
Amelia, Renato's wife
Ulrica, a Fortuneteller
Oscar, a page
Sam, an enemy of the Count
Tom, an enemy of the Count
Judge
Silvano
Servant
Show Dates
Time and Place
End of Seventeenth Century, Colonial Boston
Scenes
Act I, Scene 1 -- A Hall in the Governor's Mansion
Scene 2 -- The Hut of Ulrica
Act II -- A Lonely Spot near Boston
Act III, Scene 1 -- A Room in Renato's Dwelling
Scene 2 -- The Governor's Private Office
Scene 3 -- Terrace of the Governor's Mansion
Notes
The Company General Director Gaetano Merola died on August 20th, while conducting
Butterfly's "Un bel dì" in San Francisco's Stern Grove. The entire 1953 season
was labeled "Gaetano Merola, 1879-1953 -- In Memoriam."
Corps de Ballet
The curtain time is a guess; records preserved everything but those.