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Operas: Learn About the Stories & Characters from Important Operas





Search Results for Operas (page 2 of 17)


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The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia) Count Almaviva is in love with Rosina. However, she is currently staying with Dr. Bartolo – who de... 13
Pagliacci ... 13
Hansel and Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel ) After Hansel and Gretel's mother hits her children and breaks the last bottle of milk, she sends the... 12
Così fan tutte Ferrando and Guilielmo think that their fiancés, Fiordiligi and Dorabella, will always remain... 12
L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love) Nemorino, a simple peasant, is in love with the beautiful and wealthy Adina. However, she agrees to... 12
Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) In a tavern, the poet Hoffmann tells of his three former lovers. First, he lusts after a mechanical... 11
Amahl and the Night Visitors Amahl and the Night Visitors is the story of a young, crippled boy, Amahl, and the miracle that cure... 8
Iolanthe After Iolanthe, a fairy, committed the capital offense of marrying a mortal she has been banished fr... 8
Don Pasquale Don Pasquale is an elderly and wealthy bachelor who is desperate to marry. Meanwhile, his nephew an... 6
La Cenerentola (Cinderella) La Cenerentola tells the age-old tail of Cinderella with a few minor differences. Cenerentola is th... 6
Norma As the Romans occupy Gaul in the first century B.C., the high priest of the druidical temple, Norma,... 6
Ruddigore In the town of Rederring, a corps of bridesmaids is lamenting the lack of marriages occurring. Whil... 6
Gondoliers Two handsome gondoliers have just found wives. It turns out that one of them has inherited the thro... 6
Otello After Otello returns back to Venice after a victorious battle over the Turks, he wants to marry his ... 6
Babes in Toyland Alan and his sister, Jane run away from their evil Uncle Barnaby and are introduced to a variety of ... 6
Il Trovatore (The Troubadour) ... 6
Macbeth Macbeth” is a story of temptation, ambition and seduction. At the start of the opera, Macbeth is ... 6
A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream tells the story of four lovers who each want someone who they can't have. ... 6
Falstaff Falstaff tells the story of a fat, dishonest knight, Sir John Falstaff, who constantly steals and ch... 5
The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) Baron Zeta is desperate that the wealthy widow Hanna Glavari marry a Pontevedrian man so that her fo... 5