UN BALLO IN MASCHERA; London BB WBG 1 Ed FFSS- OSA 1328: SOLTI, NILSSON 3 LP NM

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UN BALLO IN MASCHERA; London BB WBG 1 Ed FFSS- OSA 1328: SOLTI, NILSSON 3 LP NM

Offered is, Un Ballo in Maschera- A Masked Ball- Nilsson, Bergonzi, MacNeil, Simionato, Stahlman: with George Solti Conducting Chorus & Orchestra of L'Accademia di Cecilia, Rome, on London Stereo FFSS Blue back label OSA 1328.

THE VINYL:  All three discs are NM. This is the "Wideband" grooved 1st edition, with beveled (not sharp) corners. Here are the stampers:

   SIDE 1:   2D

   SIDE 2:   2D

   SIDE 3:   2D

   SIDE 4:   2D

   SIDE 5:   3D

   SIDE 6:   2D

THE BOX:  EX+ :  The only visible flaw is the price sticker on the front, & the previous owner's name is stamped (twice- once upside down- whoops) in ink on the inside of the front cover. The libretto is NM. The discs are all in their original FFSS sleeves.

This is an extremely well-cared for 1st edition copy of the composition.

Here is some information on the history of this Giuseppe Verdi composition from Wikipedia:

"Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball) is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi with text by Antonio Somma. However, Somma's libretto was itself based on the five act libretto which playwright Eugène Scribe had written for Daniel Auber's 1833 opera, Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué.

"Although it was to take over two years between the time of the commission and its premiere performance, that took place at the Teatro Apollo in Rome on 17 February 1859.

"Scribe wrote about the assassination in 1792 of King Gustav III of Sweden who was killed as the result of a political conspiracy against him. He was shot while attending a masked ball and died 13 days later of his wounds.

"In order to become the Un ballo in maschera which we know today, Verdi's opera (and his libretto) was forced to undergo a significant series of transformations, caused by a combination of censorship regulations in both Naples and Rome, as well as by the political situation in France in January 1858."

Giuseppe Verdi

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