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Clyde Griffiths leaves a Chicago bellhop job for work in his uncle’s New York factory, where he pursues Roberta Alden before turning to Sondra Finchley. When Roberta tells him she is pregnant and hopes to marry him, Clyde, who loves Sondra, schemes to rid himself of the unwanted relationship.
Wounded Confederate soldier Inman deserts and sets out to return to Ada at Black Cove Farm in North Carolina. He is captured by the Home Guard under Teague and put on a chain gang; after the guards shoot the gang, Inman is the sole survivor. Lucinda frees him. At the farm, Ada learns to survive with Ruby, who is estranged from her father Stobrod. Inman meets war widow Sara and helps her. Teague later shoots Stobrod and Pangle; Ada finds the wounded men. Inman and Ada reunite, affirm their love, and spend a final night together. Teague’s men track Inman down and kill him. Nine years later, Ada lives with her child by Inman.
On 10 May 1996, Beck Weathers lies unconscious in a snowdrift while Rob Hall leads climbers toward the summit and helps Doug Hansen reach it. Weathers hallucinates a barbecue with his daughter Meg. The action shifts to Jan Hall in New Zealand as she awaits her pregnant husband’s return. Hansen struggles to breathe; Hall radios for help. Weathers remains behind as a storm arrives. Guide Guy Cotter urges Hall to leave Hansen, but Hall stays; Hansen dies. At 2 a.m. on 11 May, Hall speaks to Jan, and they choose Sarah as their unborn daughter’s name before he dies. Weathers eventually reaches base camp.
Desperate George Bailey encounters Clarence, an angel. Jake Heggie’s opera adapts the 1946 film, with a libretto by Gene Scheer.
Ahab leads the Pequod’s crew on a voyage to kill the white whale that took his leg, rejecting Starbuck’s pleas to return home and a request to search for a lost boy. After storms, deaths, and Moby Dick’s attacks sink the ship, Ahab is dragged under; Greenhorn survives on Queequeg’s coffin and identifies himself as Ishmael.
In 1939, Czech Jewish artist Joe Kavalier escapes Nazi-occupied Prague and joins his cousin Sam Clay in Brooklyn, where they create the superhero the Escapist. Joe falls in love with Rosa Saks and tries to save his sister Sarah from Europe; after the ship carrying refugee children is destroyed, he enlists and goes to war. Rosa and Sam build a life together while Joe is away, and after learning through Rosa’s letters that he has a daughter, Joe returns to reunite with them.
In December of 1986, 1996 and 2006, famous actress Madeline and her two adult children struggle to know and love one another.
Thérèse and Laurent, lovers trapped by her marriage to Camille, drown him during a river outing. They later marry, but guilt and Camille’s ghost haunt them. Madame Raquin learns the truth and becomes paralyzed; Thérèse and Laurent’s marriage collapses as each struggles with remorse and fear.
Clyde Griffiths leaves a Chicago bellhop job for work in his uncle’s New York factory, where he pursues Roberta Alden before turning to Sondra Finchley. When Roberta tells him she is pregnant and hopes to marry him, Clyde, who loves Sondra, schemes to rid himself of the unwanted relationship.
Wounded Confederate soldier Inman deserts and sets out to return to Ada at Black Cove Farm in North Carolina. He is captured by the Home Guard under Teague and put on a chain gang; after the guards shoot the gang, Inman is the sole survivor. Lucinda frees him. At the farm, Ada learns to survive with Ruby, who is estranged from her father Stobrod. Inman meets war widow Sara and helps her. Teague later shoots Stobrod and Pangle; Ada finds the wounded men. Inman and Ada reunite, affirm their love, and spend a final night together. Teague’s men track Inman down and kill him. Nine years later, Ada lives with her child by Inman.
On 10 May 1996, Beck Weathers lies unconscious in a snowdrift while Rob Hall leads climbers toward the summit and helps Doug Hansen reach it. Weathers hallucinates a barbecue with his daughter Meg. The action shifts to Jan Hall in New Zealand as she awaits her pregnant husband’s return. Hansen struggles to breathe; Hall radios for help. Weathers remains behind as a storm arrives. Guide Guy Cotter urges Hall to leave Hansen, but Hall stays; Hansen dies. At 2 a.m. on 11 May, Hall speaks to Jan, and they choose Sarah as their unborn daughter’s name before he dies. Weathers eventually reaches base camp.
Desperate George Bailey encounters Clarence, an angel. Jake Heggie’s opera adapts the 1946 film, with a libretto by Gene Scheer.
Ahab leads the Pequod’s crew on a voyage to kill the white whale that took his leg, rejecting Starbuck’s pleas to return home and a request to search for a lost boy. After storms, deaths, and Moby Dick’s attacks sink the ship, Ahab is dragged under; Greenhorn survives on Queequeg’s coffin and identifies himself as Ishmael.
In 1939, Czech Jewish artist Joe Kavalier escapes Nazi-occupied Prague and joins his cousin Sam Clay in Brooklyn, where they create the superhero the Escapist. Joe falls in love with Rosa Saks and tries to save his sister Sarah from Europe; after the ship carrying refugee children is destroyed, he enlists and goes to war. Rosa and Sam build a life together while Joe is away, and after learning through Rosa’s letters that he has a daughter, Joe returns to reunite with them.
In December of 1986, 1996 and 2006, famous actress Madeline and her two adult children struggle to know and love one another.
Thérèse and Laurent, lovers trapped by her marriage to Camille, drown him during a river outing. They later marry, but guilt and Camille’s ghost haunt them. Madame Raquin learns the truth and becomes paralyzed; Thérèse and Laurent’s marriage collapses as each struggles with remorse and fear.