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King Harald's Saga
Based on the ‘Heimskringla’ saga by Snorri Sturluson, King Harald’s Saga tells the story of the 1066...
L'Africaine (The African Woman)
The opera is set in Lisbon and on an island in the Indian Ocean during the 16th century. Vasco da G...
L'Amant Anonyme
Valcour knows that he could never directly tell Leontine how he feels about her. After her husband d...
L'amico Fritz
Fritz Kobus is a wealthy landowner who has sworn to remain a bachelor. However, Fritz's friend, th...
L'Heure Espagnole
L'Heure Espagnole takes place in an eighteenth century clock shop in Toledo, Spain. The clock-maker...
L'Italiana in Algeri
The jolly Bey of Algiers, Mustafa, has grown bored of his harem and his lovely wife, Elvira. Fortuna...
L'Ormindo
The foreign princes, Amida and Ormindo, who are assisting in the defense of Mauretania, are both in...
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Katerina Izmailova is bored of her marriage. Her husband is not interested in her, and her father-in...
Lucrezia Borgia
Gennaro and his friends have been instructed to go to Ferrara on political business with the Duke, a...
Lulu
Woman: the last and most ferocious animal to be tamed by man. Created to seduce, deceive, and murder...
L’Amour à Trois
All Ben wants to do is propose to his girlfriend, Lucy, before he leaves on a train trip. When he go...
Mansfield Park
Based on Jane Austen’s novel Mansfield Park, this opera follows the story of young Fanny Price, who...
