| Composer: |
Giuseppe Verdi |
| Music title: |
Un ballo in maschera (1859) |
| Librettist: |
Antonio Somma |
| Work definition: |
Melodramma in three acts |
| Title notes: |
Also known as 'A Masked Ball' |
| After: |
After the libretto 'Gustave III, ou Le Bal masqué' by Augustin Eugène Scribe |
| Language: |
Italian |
| World premiere: |
17 February 1859, Teatro Apollo, Rome |
| ROH premiere: |
27 June 1861, Royal Italian Opera |
| ROH company premiere: |
23 October 1952, Covent Garden Opera Company, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |