N.Y.) Metropolitan Opera (New York
4) Tosca
Language
Italiano
Description
An opera in three acts about an escaped political prisoner, a prima donna, and the chief of the secret police.
7) La traviata
Language
Italiano
Description
The young and beautiful Parisian courtesan Violetta is dying of consumption. She leaves her true love, the impoverished nobleman Alfredo, at the request of his father, only to be reunited with him shortly before her death.
10) Don Carlo
Language
Italiano
Description
"Don Carlo, crown prince of Spain, falls in love with Elisabeth of Valois, originally promised to him but later married to his father King Philip, as part of the terms of a peace treaty between France and Spain. Incited to treason against his father on behalf of the Flemish, and accused of adultery with the queen, Don Carlo is cast into prison. Escaping, he flees to the monastery of St. Just, where Elisabeth comes to bid him farewell. The lovers are...
11) Turandot
Language
Italiano
Description
Puccini's Turandot based on an outstanding MET production from 1988 with Eva Marton and Placido Damingo.
13) La bohème
Author
Language
Italiano
Formats
Description
"In an attic apartment in the Latin Quarter of Paris, a group of young artists are living together in poverty. Their neighbour, the little seamstress Mimi, introduces herself, seeking a light for her candle, when Rodolfo is left alone. They fall in love. At the Café Momus Rodolfo presents Mimi to his friends, while the singer Musetta abandons her elderly rich lover Alcindoro in order to join Marcello. Alcindoro is left to settle the bill for all...
19) Norma
Language
Italiano
Description
Druid priestess Norma wrestles with love and betrayal before making the ultimate sacrifice on a funeral pyre.
20) L'elisir d'amore
Language
Italiano
Description
A comic opera about a young man who drinks a "magic" potion to make the girl he desires fall in love with him.