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A masquerade ball (or bal masqué) is a special kind of formal ball which many participants attend in costume wearing masks. (Compare the word "masque"—a formal written and sung court pageant.) Less formal "costume parties" may be a descendant of this tradition. A masquerade ball usually encompasses music and dancing.
Un ballo in maschera ('A Masked Ball') is an 1859 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi.The text, by Antonio Somma, was based on Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's 1833 five act opera, Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué.
A masked ball is a social event attended by participants wearing masks. The term may also refer to: A Masked Ball, a Verdi opera; Masked Ball, a 1918 Hungarian film; The Masked Ball, an American play "Masked Ball" (Twin Peaks episode)
A scene from Il Ballo del Doge. Il Ballo del Doge ("The Doge’s Ball") is a Venetian masquerade ball, one of the many events held annually during the Carnival of Venice.The ball itself is held in the 15th-century Venetian palace of Palazzo Pisani Moretta, situated on the Grand Canal in Venice.
The Bal des Ardents (Ball of the Burning Men [1]), or the Bal des Sauvages [2] (Ball of the Wild Men), was a masquerade ball [note 1] held on 28 January 1393 in Paris, France, at which King Charles VI had a dance performance with five members of the French nobility.
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Masked Ball at the Opera House (French - Bal masqué à l'opéra) is a painting by Édouard Manet, produced in spring 1873.It is now in the National Gallery of Art, in Washington, D.C., to which it was offered by Mrs. H. Havemayer in 1982.
The Yew Tree Ball (French: Le bal des ifs) was a masked ball held in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles on the night of 25–26 February 1745. 1,500 people attended. [1] King Louis XV and several of his gentlemen courtiers appeared dressed as topiary yew trees.