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Operas: Learn About the Stories & Characters from Important Operas





Search Results for Operas (page 5 of 17)


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Donna del lago, La (The Lady of the Lake) Ellen, daughter of the rebel chief, Douglas, loves Malcolm but is promised by her father to Roderigo... 0
Edgar Edgar loves a pure village-girl (Fidelia) and also lusts for the Moorish girl (Tigrana). He ends up... 0
The Eighth Wonder The opera concerns how the amazing Sydney Opera Housein in Australia got built. The story revolves ... 0
Einstein on the Beach The plotless libretto of Einstein on the Beach consists of solfege syllables, numbers and short segm... 0
Elektra After the Greek general Agamemnon returns from war, he is murdered by his wife Clytemnestra and her ... 2
Elisabetta, Regina Inghlitera The Earl of Leicester returns to England after his great victory over Scotland. As a present to the... 0
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
Emilia di Liverpool The opera takes place in a small mountain town. Emilia, seduced and now penitently working in a her... 0
L' Enfant et les Sortilèges (The Child and the Spells) L'Enfant et les Sortilèges tells the story of a bad little boy in 1917 Normandy. He refu... 0
Entführung aus dem Serail, Die (The Abduction from the Seraglio) The young Spanish nobleman, Belmonte, arrives at the pirate, Pasha Selim's, house, to reclaim hi... 4
Ernani Three men vie for the hand of the beautiful, young Elvira: Ernani, the outlawed nobleman reduced to ... 0
Ero s onoga svijeta (Ero the Joker) Ero the Joker is a comic opera about a wealthy young man from a neighboring village who pretends to ... 0
Eugene Onegin Tatiana, a young woman who loves romance novels, falls in love with the friend of her sister's fianc... 2
Euridice The opera's story is based on Ovid's Metamorphoses. It contains one of the first examples of recitat... 0
Euryanthe Euryanthe is betrothed to Count Adolar. In a hall in the palace of King Louis of France the count si... 0
The Fairy-Queen In the first act, the story follows Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream as fairies pinch and to... 0
Falstaff Falstaff tells the story of a fat, dishonest knight, Sir John Falstaff, who constantly steals and ch... 5
La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West) Minnie, the matron of the Polka saloon, is well-loved by the rough and unruly clientele. Trouble ens... 1
Faust Deeply depressed, Faust, an old philosopher, strikes a deal with the devil. In return for his soul,... 19
La favorite Taking place in early 14th century Spain, a love triangle develops involving the King of Castile Alf... 0