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Rigoletto
A tragic tale, the story of Rigoletto revolves around the libertine Duke of Mantua and his hunchback...
Roméo et Juliette
In this retelling of Shakespeare's story, two families in Verona, the Capulets and the Montagues, ar...
La Traviata
In one of the greatest operatic love stories, Violetta Valery, a courtesan serving Paris’s high soci...
Turandot
The famous tale of Turandot revolves around the cold-hearted Princess of Peking, Turandot, and the y...
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Count Almaviva is in love with a young woman named Rosina, so he disguises himself as a poor student...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a story of four interconnecting plots, all leading to the celebration...
Don Pasquale
The wealthy old bachelor, Don Pasquale, has decided to take a wife so that he may produce an heir, c...
Faust
Faust, an aging scholar, has devoted his life to studying. As he reflects on his life, he feels that...
Gianni Schicchi
In this hysterical farce, Gianni Schicchi opens on the Donati family mourning the passing of their p...
L'elisir d’amore
L’elisir d’amore follows Adina, the beautiful but fickle landowner, and Nemorino, the clumsy but lov...
The Turn of the Screw
Written in 1954, The Turn of the Screw is the last of Benjamin Britten’s chamber operas, based on th...
Anna Bolena
King Enrico VIII has fallen in love with Giovanna Seymour, lady-in-waiting to his current wife, Anna...
