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At a suburban Chicago wedding joining two families, the groom’s grandmother Nettie dies, a secret affair begins between Jules and Tulip, and the bride’s sister Buffy reveals she is pregnant. The best man Breedley drives Dino’s car into a crash, leading the families to believe the newlyweds have died. Muffin and Dino then appear unharmed, and the families celebrate. A chamber-orchestra version was later created.
As an old, blind man, Galileo recalls his life in reverse. He faces the Church over his claim that Earth revolves around the Sun, appears at trial, and revisits his writing, experiments, and conversations with Cardinal Barberini. Letters from his daughter Maria Celeste reveal their bond. Galileo presents his telescope to the Duchess, then becomes a child watching an opera by his father, Vincenzo. The planetary story in the opera within the opera reunites him with his deceased daughter.
An American opera based on Frank Norris’s novel, featuring McTeague, an unlicensed dentist in San Francisco, his friend Marcus Schouler, and Trina Sieppe, who becomes McTeague’s wife.
At a suburban Chicago wedding joining two families, the groom’s grandmother Nettie dies, a secret affair begins between Jules and Tulip, and the bride’s sister Buffy reveals she is pregnant. The best man Breedley drives Dino’s car into a crash, leading the families to believe the newlyweds have died. Muffin and Dino then appear unharmed, and the families celebrate. A chamber-orchestra version was later created.
As an old, blind man, Galileo recalls his life in reverse. He faces the Church over his claim that Earth revolves around the Sun, appears at trial, and revisits his writing, experiments, and conversations with Cardinal Barberini. Letters from his daughter Maria Celeste reveal their bond. Galileo presents his telescope to the Duchess, then becomes a child watching an opera by his father, Vincenzo. The planetary story in the opera within the opera reunites him with his deceased daughter.
An American opera based on Frank Norris’s novel, featuring McTeague, an unlicensed dentist in San Francisco, his friend Marcus Schouler, and Trina Sieppe, who becomes McTeague’s wife.