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Set in Paris in 1578, the Duke of Guise suspects his wife Caterina of an affair with San Megrino and forces her to lure him into a trap. Caterina cannot warn him. Arturo helps San Megrino escape through a window, but both are discovered and killed by the Duke’s soldiers. Caterina curses her husband.
Hamlet learns from his father’s ghost that Claudius murdered the king and seeks to expose the crime. His rejection of Ophélie drives her to madness and death; after a duel with Laërte, Hamlet kills Claudius and is proclaimed king, surviving in the standard ending.
A historical drama based on the life of Henry III of France and his court.
At a London dinner, Countess Elena’s fascination with actor Edmund Kean is exposed amid gossip about his affairs and reputation. Kean is also implicated in heiress Anna Damby’s flight from a marriage of convenience, drawing Elena, her husband, and the Prince of Wales into scandal and intrigue.
Margaret of Burgundy kills her lovers after their nocturnal encounters to prevent them from bearing witness. The five-act, nine-tableau drama is based on the circumstances of the Tour de Nesle Affair.
Libertine Gennaro refuses to marry Elvire and pursues wealth instead. Elvire disguises herself as an old woman; when Gennaro’s ventures fail, he marries her for financial protection. A potion restores her youth, and he is accused of murdering his wife. Facing execution, he would rather die than see Elvire become old again, convincing her of his love.
An opera based on Alexandre Dumas’s 1839 play. The work has a French libretto by Paul Milliet and an Italian text by Amintore Galli for its Genoa premiere.
When a basket containing an abandoned baby appears at astronomer Célestus's home, he and his philosopher friend Wolf debate what to do. A town mayor's accusations and the child's true parentage unsettle their household and lead the friends toward an unexpected family bond.
Corsican twins Fabien and Louis can sense when the other is in danger. While Louis is in Paris, he is drawn into a duel after protecting a married woman both brothers once loved. Fabien learns of Louis’s death and kills the duellist in a sword fight, after which Louis’s ghost appears.
Gaston de Chanley, chosen to assassinate the Regent of France, travels to say farewell to Hélène, unaware that she is the Regent’s secret daughter. Disguises and counterplots engineered by Dubois put Gaston’s mission and love in conflict, until the Regent offers a pardon.
In early fifteenth-century France, Count Savoisy’s marriage to Bérengère is dissolved by papal decree so he can marry again and provide an heir. Saracen Yaqoub, a former prisoner, is tried for killing Raymond and pardoned by King Charles VII. The king neglects the war to go hunting, until Agnès Sorel confronts him and he calls his court to battle. In Act IV, Bérengère urges Yaqoub to kill Savoisy before he marries Isabelle. After Savoisy is stabbed, Bérengère takes poison and dies, leaving Yaqoub in despair.
Set in Paris in 1578, the Duke of Guise suspects his wife Caterina of an affair with San Megrino and forces her to lure him into a trap. Caterina cannot warn him. Arturo helps San Megrino escape through a window, but both are discovered and killed by the Duke’s soldiers. Caterina curses her husband.
Hamlet learns from his father’s ghost that Claudius murdered the king and seeks to expose the crime. His rejection of Ophélie drives her to madness and death; after a duel with Laërte, Hamlet kills Claudius and is proclaimed king, surviving in the standard ending.
A historical drama based on the life of Henry III of France and his court.
At a London dinner, Countess Elena’s fascination with actor Edmund Kean is exposed amid gossip about his affairs and reputation. Kean is also implicated in heiress Anna Damby’s flight from a marriage of convenience, drawing Elena, her husband, and the Prince of Wales into scandal and intrigue.
Margaret of Burgundy kills her lovers after their nocturnal encounters to prevent them from bearing witness. The five-act, nine-tableau drama is based on the circumstances of the Tour de Nesle Affair.
Libertine Gennaro refuses to marry Elvire and pursues wealth instead. Elvire disguises herself as an old woman; when Gennaro’s ventures fail, he marries her for financial protection. A potion restores her youth, and he is accused of murdering his wife. Facing execution, he would rather die than see Elvire become old again, convincing her of his love.
An opera based on Alexandre Dumas’s 1839 play. The work has a French libretto by Paul Milliet and an Italian text by Amintore Galli for its Genoa premiere.
When a basket containing an abandoned baby appears at astronomer Célestus's home, he and his philosopher friend Wolf debate what to do. A town mayor's accusations and the child's true parentage unsettle their household and lead the friends toward an unexpected family bond.
Corsican twins Fabien and Louis can sense when the other is in danger. While Louis is in Paris, he is drawn into a duel after protecting a married woman both brothers once loved. Fabien learns of Louis’s death and kills the duellist in a sword fight, after which Louis’s ghost appears.
Gaston de Chanley, chosen to assassinate the Regent of France, travels to say farewell to Hélène, unaware that she is the Regent’s secret daughter. Disguises and counterplots engineered by Dubois put Gaston’s mission and love in conflict, until the Regent offers a pardon.
In early fifteenth-century France, Count Savoisy’s marriage to Bérengère is dissolved by papal decree so he can marry again and provide an heir. Saracen Yaqoub, a former prisoner, is tried for killing Raymond and pardoned by King Charles VII. The king neglects the war to go hunting, until Agnès Sorel confronts him and he calls his court to battle. In Act IV, Bérengère urges Yaqoub to kill Savoisy before he marries Isabelle. After Savoisy is stabbed, Bérengère takes poison and dies, leaving Yaqoub in despair.