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 1961 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Stage Director(s) Dino Yannopoulos Scenic revision Ming Cho Lee Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Lew Christensen Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Count Horn (Samuele) Plinio Clabassi Count Warting (Tommaso) Andrew Foldi Oscar (Edgar), a page Graziella Sciutti Gustavus III, King of Sweden (Riccardo) Giuseppe Zampieri Count Anckarstroem (Renato), the king's secretary Ettore Bastianini Judge Raymond Nilsson Ulrica, a sorceress Margarethe Bence Silvano, a Sailor Donald Drain The Countess's servant Winther Andersen Countess Anckarstroem (Amelia) Gré Brouwenstijn Show Dates Thu, Oct 12 1961, 8:30pm Fri, Oct 20 1961, 8:30pm Time and Place 1792, Sweden Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- The king's audience chamber Scene 2 -- Ulrica's cave Act II -- A clearing in a lonely forest Act III, Scene 1 -- A room in Count Anckarstroem's mansion Scene 2 -- A room in the royal palace Scene 3 -- The royal ballroom Media Image Un Ballo in Maschera, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1961. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Giuseppe Zampieri (Riccardo), Ettore Bastianini (Renato) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Image Un Ballo in Maschera, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1961. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Giuseppe Zampieri (Riccardo), Ettore Bastianini (Renato) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones