Un Ballo in Maschera - Naples 1859 Libretto Autographs Film Actors Italian star tenor (1921-2003)

Italian star tenor (1921-2003)

performing works by Scarlatti

dated in October 1857

Rose Caron (1857-1930) as Elsa

Un Ballo in Maschera - Naples 1859 Libretto Autographs Film Actors Italian star tenor (1921-2003)First edition libretto for a performance in Naples of Un Ballo In Maschera, in the same year or its world premiere in Rome (1859). The opera was just premiered after a long, complicated fight with the censors, and the action had to be moved to Boston instead of Europe, and the Naples premiere followed soon after the Rome world premiere. Libretto has no covers but is otherwise complete, 4. 25 x 6. 75 inches, in very good condition.