Lenari.
I suppose that's probably why he - our esteemed monarch - opened the palace. I went for the dancing and the food, however.
The music was quite good; you missed an admirable performance. Otherwise, not much of note: strict segregation of social classes (Faram forbid we dirty the nobility's enjoyment with our common presence, and so on), spectacular ice sculptures in the garden, and a large number of important foreigners wandering about.