Weary of tragic subjects, for the final part of Il Trittico Puccini composed a grand confidence trick orchestrated by a falsifier willing to do anything to gain wealth. Including bringing back the dead!
“Foolish indeed is he who marries in old age.” Thus ends Don Pasquale: with a wise dictum not lackin...
The sequel to the 2013 short, August sings Carmen 'Habanera'. After Elfie and her nerdy son August s...
The composer's opera buffa transcends the spirit of Beaumarchais’ comedy and combines the absurd wit...
Prompted by Don Alfonso, a cynical old philosopher, two young idealists decide to put their lovers’ ...
No one better described the half-starved, struggling artists than Murger in his Scènes de la Vie de ...
The Florentine sculptor and silversmith Benvenuto Cellini rapidly attained a degree of renown that w...
First performed in Paris in 1843, at the turning point of several eras, Don Pasquale, a composite an...
Spiced with Italian buffa, L’Heure espagnole transports us to Torquemada’s clock shop, the scene of ...
37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts...
Magic opera, Singspiel, a comedy with spectacular stage effects, Masonic ritual with Egyptian myster...
Die Zauberflöte is one of Mozart’s most famous works and one of the most beloved of the entire opera...
The plans of a publicity agent to put on a charity concert are nearly wrecked by a lawyer who wants ...
Portrait of a Knight is a musical romance about the way in which historic ideals inform contemporary...
Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where sh...
A famous opera singer falls for his sergeant's sister at boot camp.
Story about a hard way to the stage. Our hero gives up his job in a restaurant to find fame on fortu...
"The Silken Ladder" - Dormont is the teacher and guardian of the beautiful Giulia, and he is determi...
Probably the most famous Opera Buffa in music history, The Barber of Seville is an eternal source of...