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La Clemenza di Tito
One of Mozart’s last operas, La clemenza di Tito , is a story of friendship and forgiveness triumphi...
Les contes d'Hoffmann
Set during the interval of a performance of Don Giovanni, the writer and poet Hoffmann entertains a...
Der fliegende Holländer
The Flying Dutchman has been doomed to an eternity of wandering the seas. Once every seven years, he...
Dialogues des Carmélites
Set in the French Revolution, between the years 1789 and 1794, Poulenc’s tragic opera Dialogues des...
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Belmonte, a young Spanish nobleman, has travelled to Turkey to rescue his beloved from the Pasha who...
Eugene Onegin
A dramatic tale about young lovers, Eugene Onegin portrays the interplay of friendship, jealousy, ca...
Euridice
The opera's story is based on Ovid's Metamorphoses. It contains one of the first examples of recitat...
Falstaff
The fat, old knight, Falstaff, seeks to seduce two married women in order to steal some money, and h...
La fanciulla del West
Set during the Gold Rush, the ‘Polka’ Saloon, which is near California’s Cloudy Mountain, hosts the...
The Handmaid's Tale
Set in the United States in the early 21st Century, the country is run by a theocratic Protestant fu...
Lohengrin
When King Heinrich of Saxony arrives at Brabant castle, Telramund and his wife, the pagan princess O...
Manon Lescaut
A tale of ill-fated romance, Manon Lescaut has been a favorite of opera goers since its debut. It is...
