There's no more sublime a way to usher in a midsummer's evening in Manhattan than on a blanket in Central Park, sipping chilled white wine while being serenaded by Verdi arias. Verdi's opera 'Un Ballo Mascera', which dramatises the 1792 assassination of King Gustavus III of Sweden during a masked ball, was considered too risqué for Europe's political censors, and the opera was first performed in Boston in 1858. Enjoying an opera about the slaying of a king is a fine way to get into the mood for the following week's July fourth celebrations.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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