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The original Stockholm Opera, the work of architect Carl Fredrik Adelkrantz was commissioned by King Gustav III in 1775, and completed in 1782. The king was a strong adherent of the ideal of an enlightened absolutism and as such was a great patron of the arts. Coincidentally, it was at the opera house which he had built that the king was to meet his fate. During a masquerade at the Opera on the March 16 1792, he was shot by Jacob Johan Anckarström, and died several days later. (In turn, this event inspired the opera Un Ballo in MascheraUn Ballo in Maschera or A Masked Ball is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi with text by Antonio Somma. It is based on the libretto Gustave III by Eugene Scribe (originally set by Daniel Auber), who was inspired by events surrounding the assassinati by VerdiGiovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome) Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi ( October 10, 1813 January 27, 1901) was one of the great composers of Italian opera. His work was already very popular during his lifetime and remains so tod)
The old opera served for another century, when it was demolished in 1892Events January 1 Ellis Island begins accepting immigrants to the United States. January 14 Death of Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, second in line heir to the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Next in line is his younger b to give way to construction of a new Opera by Axel Johan Anderberg , finished seven years later and inaugurated by king Oscar IIKing Oscar II of Sweden and Norway Oscar Fredrik ( January 21, 1829 December 8, 1907) was the third son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway. At birth he was created Duke of Ostrogothia. He entered the navy at the age of eleven, and was appointed junior l. The new house bears the letters Kungl. Teatern, literally "Royal theatre", causing the Royal Swedish Theatre to add the distinction "dramatic" to its name.
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