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Opera Guide—Mefistofele (Mephistopheles): Italian Opera by Arrigo Boito Based on Goethe's Faust

By: Amelia Hill

Opera Guide– L'Amore dei Tre Re: Tragic Opera The Love of the Three Kings by Italo Montemezzi

By: Amelia Hill

Opera Guide– A Basso Porto: At the Lower Harbor– Italian Opera by Niccola Spinelli

By: Amelia Hill

Per Queste Tue Manine (For Your Little Hands): Opera Duet from Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

By: Amelia Hill

Opera Guide– La Virtù dei Strali d'Amore: Baroque Opera The Power of Love's Arrows by Francesco Cavalli

By: Amelia Hill

Italian Opera Composers Verdi and Puccini –: Some Comparisons of Their Musical Styles and Backgrounds

By: Barbara Jezior

Puccini Opera Manon Lescaut: Plot Synopsis and Character Description of an Italian Lyric Drama

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Giuseppe Verdi Tragic Opera Otello: Plot Synopsis and Character Description of an Italian Tragedy

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Verdi Opera La Battaglia di Legnano: Plot Synopsis and Character Description of an Italian Lyric Tragedy

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Handel Opera The Faithful Shepherd: Synopsis and Characters of an Italian Drama Il Pastor Fido

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Tosca – Giacomo Puccini Opera: Italian Opera on Love, Lust, Deceit, Murder and Political Intrigue.

By: Beverly Yip

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Leading Italian Romantic Composer of the 19th Century

By: Jo Lamb-White

Monteverdi L'Incoronazione di Poppea: Plot Synopsis and Description of Italian Historical Drama

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Puccini Opera La Bohème: Plot Synopsis and Character Description of Italian Drama

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

George F. Handel Opera Rodelinda: An Italian Three-Act Medieval Drama

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Handel's Opera Giulio Cesare: Julius Caesar, An Italian Opera Seria in Three Acts

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

George Handel Opera Tamerlano: Synopsis, Character Description of an Italian Medieval Drama

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Puccini's La Fanciulla del West: The Girl of the Golden West, An Italian Three-Act Melodrama

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Handel's Opera Rinaldo: An Italian Three-Act Medieval Drama

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Pergolesi's Opera La Serva Padrona: The Maid as Mistress, an Italian One-Act Opera Buffa

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Vivaldi Opera Orlando Furioso: Italian Three-Act Dramatic Opera Based on a Poem by Ariosto

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Haydn The World on the Moon: Synopsis and Character Descriptions of Il Mondo della Luna Buffa

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Bellini Opera Beatrice di Tenda: Beatrice of Tenda, an Italian Opera in Two Acts

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Bellini Opera La Straniera: The Foreign Woman, an Italian Opera Seria in Two Acts

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Donizetti Opera Linda di Chamounix: Synopsis and Cast of Characters of Donizetti's Opera in Three Acts

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Verdi Opera Il Trovatore: The Troubadour, an Italian Opera in Four Acts

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Italian Opera Beginnings: Italy's Composers, Cities and Life Styles During Early Opera

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Verdi Opera Aida: Plot Synopsis and Character Descriptions of an Italian Drama

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

New Finale for Giacomo Puccini's Turandot: The Unfinished Opera Now Has a Chinese Ending by Composer Hao Weiya

By: Maddalena Delli

Wolf-Ferrari Opera Doctor Cupid: Synopsis and Character Descriptions of Two-Act L'Amore Medico

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Notes on Rossini's Mose in Egitto: Moses in Egypt, an Italian Opera in Three Acts by Gioachino Rossini

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff: An Italian Opera in Three Acts by Verdi, His Last Opera

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Joseph Haydn's Armida: An Italian Opera Dramma Eroica in Three Acts by Haydn

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Rossini's La Scala di Seta: The Silken Ladder, an Italian Opera by Gioachino Rossini

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Il Signor Bruschino Rossini Opera: Mister Bruschino (Son By Chance) in One Act

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Ferruccio Busoni's Arlecchino: Italian Comic Opera Harlequin in One Act, a Theatrical Capriccio

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Ponchielli Opera La Gioconda: Synopsis and Descriptions of Lyric Drama 'The Merry One' in 4 Acts

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Donizetti Opera Lucrezia Borgia: Italian Opera by Romantic Composer Gaetano Donizatti

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

I Pagliacci Leoncavallo Opera: Ruggero Leoncavallo's Opera in Two Acts, The Clowns

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Cavalleria Rusticana: Pietro Mascagni's Verismo One-Act Tragic Opera 'Rustic Chivalry'

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Mozart Opera Idomeneo: Plot Synopsis and Character Description of an Italian Drama

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Mozart Opera Ascanio in Alba: Plot Synopsis and Characters in Pastoral Opera in Two Acts, KV 111

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

I Puritani – Bellini Opera: Bellini’s Bel Canto Opera, The Puritans

By: Bryce Westervelt

I Capuleti e i Montecchi – Bellini: Bellini’s Bel Canto Opera, the Romeo and Juliet Story

By: Bryce Westervelt

Il Pirata – Bellini Opera: Bellini’s Bel Canto Opera, the Pirate

By: Bryce Westervelt

Norma – Bellini Opera: Bellini’s Bel Canto Opera, The Tragedy, Norma

By: Bryce Westervelt

Il Trittico – Giacomo Puccini: Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, & Gianni Schicchi; One-act Operas

By: Bryce Westervelt

Madama Butterfly – Puccini Opera: Puccini’s Famous Tragic Opera, Madame Butterfly

By: Bryce Westervelt

Il Turco in Italia – Rossini Opera: Rossini’s Italian Opera Buffo, The Turk in Italy

By: Bryce Westervelt

La Sonnambula – Bellini Opera: Vincenzo Bellini’s Bel Canto Opera, the Sleepwalker

By: Bryce Westervelt

La Cenerentola – Rossini Opera: Rossini’s italian comic opera, Cenerentola (Cinderella)

By: Bryce Westervelt

L’italiana in Algeri – Rossini: Rossini’s Italian Comic Opera, The Italian Girl in Algiers

By: Bryce Westervelt

Simon Boccanegra – Verdi Opera: Giuseppe Verdi’s Famous Italian Opera, Introduced

By: Bryce Westervelt

La Forza del Destino – Verdi Opera: Giuseppe Verdi’s Opera “The Force of Destiny”

By: Bryce Westervelt

Tancredi – Rossini Opera: Gioacchino Rossini’s Italian Opera Seria, Tancredi

By: Bryce Westervelt

Nabucco – Opera by Verdi: Giuseppe Verdi’s Opera features “Va, Pensiero”

By: Bryce Westervelt

Macbeth – Opera by Verdi: Giuseppe Verdi’s Opera based on Shakespeare

By: Bryce Westervelt

Un Ballo in Maschera – Verdi Opera: Giuseppe Verdi’s Opera the Masked Ball

By: Bryce Westervelt

Otello – Verdi Opera: Giuseppe Verdi’s setting of Shakespeare’s Othello

By: Bryce Westervelt

Rigoletto – Verdi Opera Plot: Verdi’s Famous Opera Court Jester Rigoletto

By: Bryce Westervelt

Don Pasquale – Donizetti Opera: Donizetti’s Comic Opera Buffa Summarized

By: Bryce Westervelt

Maria Stuarda – Donizetti Opera: Opera Seria about Mary Queen of Scots

By: Bryce Westervelt

Lucia di Lammermoor – Donizetti: Donizetti’s Opera, Lucy of Lammermoor, Girl Gone Mad!

By: Bryce Westervelt

L’elisir D’amore, Donizetti Opera: Donizetti’s Elixir of Love, Love Potion at the Opera

By: Bryce Westervelt

Anna Bolena – Donizetti Opera: Gaetano Donizetti’s Operatic Setting of Anne Boleyn

By: Bryce Westervelt

Mozart Opera Don Giovanni: Plot Synopsis and Character Description of Italian Drama

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Barber of Seville - Rossini Opera: Introduction to Rossini's Most Famous Comic Opera

By: Bryce Westervelt

La Traviata - Verdi Opera: Giuseppe Verdi's Tragic Opera Introduced

By: Bryce Westervelt

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