Maskarade (Masquerade) is an opera in three acts by Carl Nielsen to a Danish libretto by Vilhelm Andersen, based on the comedy by Ludvig Holberg. It was first performed on 11 November 1906 at Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen. Maskarade has enjoyed enduring popularity in Denmark where it is considered to be the country's national opera.
Poster for the premiere performance
Carl Nielsen in 1901
Maskarade at the Jyske Opera in Aarhus (1954)
Carl August Nielsen was a Danish composer, conductor and violinist, widely recognized as his country's most prominent composer.
Nielsen, c. 1908
Nielsen's childhood home at Sortelung near Nørre Lyndelse
Nielsen, aged about 14, in Odense, 1879
Nielsen and his family at Fuglsang Manor, c. 1915