Gustavus III

Verdi and his librettist Antonio Somma originally set the opera in Sweden, inspired by the 1792 assassination of King Gustavus III at a masked ball, but the Italian censors, nervous about an actual royal murder, forced its relocation to colonial Boston.

Productions Better Heard Than Seen Heidi Waleson 2010

His services earned him a knighthood from King Gustavus III, but in 1790 he moved on to Constantinople for a stay of three years during which he made some invaluable contacts.

THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966

His services earned him a knighthood from King Gustavus III, but in 1790 he moved on to Constantinople for a stay of three years during which he made some invaluable contacts.

THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966

Empire_; _Gustavus III. and his Contemporaries_; _The Pupils of Peter the

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various

Staël-Holstein, wife of the ambassador from Gustavus III. to the court of Louis XVI.

Calvert of Strathore Carter Goodloe

He afterward went on his travels, from which he was recalled to fill the place of an Ambassador to the late King of Sweden, Gustavus III.

Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various

Gustavus III, compelled him to return to Stockholm, and the opportunity was lost.

The Story of Russia R. Van Bergen

He afterward went on his travels, from which he was recalled to fill the place of an Ambassador to the late King of Sweden, Gustavus III.

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

It was here that the deaths of Louis XVI and Gustavus III of Sweden are said to have been decreed.

Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918

Under Gustavus III. (1771-1792), nephew of Frederick the Great of

The Governments of Europe Frederic Austin Ogg 1914