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041121 51 Verdi I Lombardi

OFA 51 I Lombardi. (Italians in the first Crusade.) A complicated plot with many conspiracies, leading to final redemption. Good arias (it is by Verdi...
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040421 OFA#50 LUCREZIA BORGIA (1)

"In Donizetti's opera, Lucrezia follows a young man, while her husband spies on her and eventually kills him, without realizing the young man was Lucr...
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OFA 49 Verdi Otello

Verdi's Otello Shakespeare's tragedy set to music equal to words. One of opera's great love duets and Desdemona's Ave Maria are among the highlights.
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OFA#48 NORMA

Vincenzo Bellini's Norma is considered to be the most taxing roles in the soprano repertoire, lending satisfaction and prestige to those who achieved ...
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OFA 47 The Merry Widow

Franz Lehar: The Merry Widow. An operetta about a rich widow who wants to rekindle an old love affair with a handsome guards officer. After the usuall...
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OFA#46 ERNANI

"In Verdi's Ernani, the beautiful Elvira is being forced to marry her uncle, but she loves Ernani. The plot thickens when Carlo, the King of Spain is ...
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OFA 45 Mozart Idomeneo

Idomeneo. Mozart's first mature opera about the travails of a Greek ruler who Neptune saves in a storm at sea. In exchange the God demands the sacrifi...
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OFA #43 Turandot

A mysterious stranger must answer three riddles to win the Princess of China in marriage. Should he fail, the penalty is death. Puccini's last opera, ...
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OFA#42 PUSS'N BOOTS

XAVIER MONTSALVAGE'S opera EL GATO CON BOTAS, in English PUSS'N BOOTS is a delightful children's opera based in the famous children book.
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