A Masked Ball Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Antonio Somma Based On a libretto by Eugene Scribe for Daniel Auber's opera Gustave III, ou Le Bal masque Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1953 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Tullio Serafin Stage Director(s) Carlo Piccinato Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Choreography by Willam Christensen Cast Riccardo, Count of Warwick, and Governor of Boston Roberto Turrini Renato, his secretary and friend Enzo Mascherini Amelia, Renato's wife Gertrude Grob-Prandl Ulrica, a Fortuneteller Margarete Klose Oscar, a page Barbara Gibson Sam, an enemy of the Count Lorenzo Alvary Tom, an enemy of the Count Desire Ligeti Judge Virginio Assandri Silvano George Cehanovsky Servant Max Lorenzini Show Dates Fri, Oct 16 1953, 8pm 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 Media Image Un Ballo in Maschera, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1953. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Margarethe Klose (Ulrica) Credit Unknown Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1953_01_compressed.pdf (8.26 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- 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." Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Image Un Ballo in Maschera, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1953. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Margarethe Klose (Ulrica) Credit Unknown