France, 1792. Chenier is an idealistic poet, in love with the aristocratic Maddalena. While Chenier supports such notions as "liberte, fraternite egalite," his sympathies do not extend to the current Reign of Terror. Likewise, the Revolutionary Tribunal has no need for poets or their girlfriends, especially those judged to be an Enemy of the State. Heads will roll.
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A Ukrainian comic opera with spoken dialogue in three acts with music and libretto by the composer S...
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When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of...
Based on a revolutionary play supposedly written by the Eternal President of the Democratic People's...
The operatic version of the famous story about a governess who fears her two charges are possessed.