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Operas: Learn About the Stories & Characters from Important Operas





Search Results for Operas (page 8 of 17)


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Castor et pollux Castor et Pollux is the story of brotherly and romantic love that brings its own heroic rescue of Ca... 0
Il corsaro (The Corsair) The Greek Corsair must leave his lover, Medora, in order to fight the Turks. In disguise, he manages... 0
Abu Hassan Deeply in debt to Omar, a moneylender, Abu Hassan and his wife come up with a scheme to fake their d... 0
Alcina The sorceress Alcina lures heroes to her enchanted island and changes them into rocks, streams, tree... 0
Angelo The setting is in Padua in 1549. Tisbe, who loves Rodolfo, is Angelo's mistress. Angelo discovers t... 0
Antigone The opera begins in the early morning following a battle in Thebes between the armies of the two son... 0
Béatrice et Bénédict Héro longily awaits the return of her fiancé, Claudio, from war. Meanwhile, Béa... 0
Belisario The General, Belisarius, has just returned home after a great victory. However, his celebration is e... 0
La belle Hélène (The Beautiful Helen) Taking place in ancient Greece, the story concerns the abduction of the beautiful Helen by Paris, th... 0
Bitter Sweet Set in 19th and 20th Century England and Austria-Hungary, the story revolves around a young woman, S... 0
Bluebeard's Castle Judith has just married the mysterious Duke Bluebeard. She finds that his castle is always dark and... 0
Les Boréades By tradition, Queen Alphise is supposed to marry a son of Boreas. However, she falls in love with A... 0
Ça Ira Ça Ira is an opera about real life events that occurred during the French Revolution between ... 0
La Canterina La Canterina is a story of a beautiful, young singer (Gasparina) and her mother (Apollonia) making t... 0
The Captain's Daughter The action takes place in Russia, in 1775 during the Pugachov rebellion. Young Pyotr is sent to a fo... 0
The Cave The Cave is a multimedia opera that asks questions like "Who is Sarah?" and "Who is Ismael?" from Is... 0
Dantons Tod Dantons Tod concerns the story of Georges Danton and his attempts to fight back against the cruel ta... 0
Death in Venice In Death in Venice, the German writer, Aschenbach, decides to travel to Venice. Upon his arrival, he... 0
The Death of Klinghoffer The Death of Klinghoffer concerns the hijacking of the passenger liner Achille Lauro by the Palestin... 0
Bartered Bride (Prodaná nevěsta) Mařenka and Jeník want to marry but Mařenka’s father has arranged for her to marry Vašek, the ... 0