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Il corsaro (The Corsair)
The Greek Corsair must leave his lover, Medora, in order to fight the Turks. In disguise, he manages...
Il matrimonio segreto
Carolina and Paolino have been secretly married for two months, and now the need to tell Carolina’s...
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Ulisse has not been home for 20 years, since the day he set out for the Trojan wars. For 20 years he...
Il tabarro
Il tabarro is the first opera in Puccini’s Il trittico, which also comprises of and . The story is...
Il viaggio a Reims
Several prestigious guests have been staying at The Golden Lily Hotel and Spa on their way to the co...
Iolanta
King René’s daughter, Iolanta, has been blind since birth. Wanting to protect her, the King charges...
Iphigénie en Aulide (Iphigenia in Aulis)
Calchas, the High Priest prophesies that the goddess Diana has demanded that king Agamemnon sacrific...
L'Amour de Loin
When Prince Jaufré of Blaye finds he has had enough of the shallow life he has been living, he begin...
L'Enfant et les sortilèges
Described in some sources as a ‘ballet-opera’ Ravel’s L’enfant et les Sortilèges is a fantastical st...
Lucio Silla (Lucius Sulla)
Rome is ruled by the dictator Lucio Silla. Cecilio, banished for plotting against Silla, learns from...
Otello; ossia Il Moro di Venezia
Otello returns to Venice, victorious from the war, and is granted citizenship of Venice by the Doge...
Passazhirka
German diplomat, Walter Kretschmer, and his wife, Anna Liese Franz, are aboard a cruise liner headed...
