Read expert-written show guides with context, plot, characters and video examples.
Maria Stuarda
Suspected of being complicit in Lord Babington’s plot to have Queen Elisabetta removed from the Engl...
Mefistofele
Mefistofele makes a wager with heaven that he can prove there is not one redeemable man in the whole...
Mitridate, rè di Ponto
Pontus is at war with Rome, and King Mitridate is leading a fierce campaign against them. His immedi...
Moise et Pharaon (Moses and Pharaoh)
In return for Moses restoring light to Egypt, the Pharoah agrees to free the Israelites. However, Ph...
A Night in Venice (Eine Nacht in Venedig )
The Duke of Urbino has a passion for ladies. Caramello, barber to the Duke of Urbino and disguised...
Orlando
Orlando , a great soldier in Charlemagne's army, falls desperately in love with the pagan princess A...
Partenope
Queen Partenope, ruler of Naples, is looking for a husband. Many suitors have arrived hoping to win...
Platée
Cithaeron, the King of the Mountain, suggests to Mercury that Jupiter may teach his jealous wife Jun...
Le Prophète
Berthe could not be happier. She is in love with a good man, and his mother, Fidès, has agreed to th...
The Rake's Progress
Tom, a happy go lucky young man, is in love with a young girl, Anne, but Anne’s father, Truelove, ha...
Rinaldo
Goffredo, the Captain General of the Christian army, is leading his men in attacking Jerusalem. He...
Rodelinda
Grimoaldo has usurped the throne and forced King Bertarido to escape to Milan. Bertarido's wife and...
