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Nabucco
In Verdi's retelling of the Old Testament stories of King Nebuchadnezzar II's religious conversion,...
Rusalka
Considered to be the operatic retelling of The Little Mermaid story, Rusalka is a Czech fairy-tale a...
Semiramide
The day appointed by the gods when Queen Semiramide must give up her throne and choose a successor t...
Serse
On hearing a beautiful voice singing in the garden King Serse, naturally, falls in love. The fact th...
Adriana Lecouvreur
The actress Adriana has been waiting for news from her beloved Maurizio for the past four years, and...
Agrippina
Agrippina will do anything she can to see her son Nerone as the Emperor of Rome. When she hears that...
Akhnaten
Akhnaten was a pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt, and reigned from 1353-1336 BC. He took the thro...
Armide (Gluck)
After victoriously defeating the armies of King Godefroi of Jerusalem using only her magic power, Ar...
Billy Budd
Billy Budd is proud to be a new sailor aboard the H.M.S. Indomitable. Nevertheless, Billy's strengt...
Béatrice et Bénédict
With her cousin dating Claudio, Beatrice always ends up having to talk to his best friend, Benedict....
La Canterina
Originally intended as a moment of light relief to be performed between the acts of an opera seria,...
Dead Man Walking (opera)
Set in 1980s Louisiana, Dead Man Walking concerns the relationship between a death row inmate, Josep...
