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The Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, built by Gustav III in 1782, demolished in 1892. The masked ball where the real King Gustav III was murdered, took place at this opera building in March 1792 on the second floor behind the columns. The first Swedish Premiere of the opera Masked Ball also took place at this building in 1879.
The murder of King Gustav III at the masked ball. A contemporary engraving by Abraham Wolfgang Küffner.
Frontpage of the 1860 vocal score of Un Ballo in maschera published by Ricordi, showing the final scene. Harward Library
Before attending the ball, King Gustav had supper with his confidants. He reads the warning letter with no names. . . . . . . . . . . .
The clothes and the mask, which King Gustav wore when he was murdered, Museum Livrustkammaren, Stockholm.
The mask and the murder weaponry of Count Anckarström. These are the pistols and the knifes he wore, even the bullets with which the pistols were loaded. Museum Livrustkammaren, Stockholm. . . . . . . . .
Anckarström was sentenced to death and beheaded. In the opera he is pardoned by the king. Contemporary drawing.
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