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I due timidi
Nino Rota’s one-act opera I due timidi is a comedy of two young people who, having seen each other...
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 turco in Italia
There are many stories on offer for the poet Prosdocimo, who is searching for a subject for a comedy...
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...
Jenůfa
The Czech title of this opera, Jeji pastorkyna focuses the entire story on the relationship between...
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...
