Alessandro nelle Indie
An opera seria about Alexander the Great in India, with characters including Cleofide, Poro, and Gandarte.
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An opera seria about Alexander the Great in India, with characters including Cleofide, Poro, and Gandarte.
Carlo, Duke of Burgundy, is torn between his promised marriage to Leonora of York and his love for Estella, daughter of Arnoldo. Arnoldo is wounded defending Estella and later joins the Swiss, who are resisting Carlo’s invasion. Estella protects Leonora when she is captured. During the battle, Arnoldo kills Carlo, and Estella dies in her father’s arms as the Swiss defeat the Burgundian army.
Two-act opera seria based on Prévot’s novel Le Renégat. The characters include Ezilda, Princess of Civenna; Leodato, Prince of Auvergne; and Agobar, commander of the Arabs. No plot summary is supplied.
Syrian prince Nadir searches Baghdad’s harems for Zora, the woman abducted from him. His former servant, shoemaker Mustafà, learns she has been sold to the Caliph’s seraglio and helps Nadir enter in disguise. Their rescue attempt is discovered and Nadir faces execution, but a medallion reveals that Zora is the Caliph’s long-lost daughter. Nadir is spared and the lovers reunite.
Appio, a tribune in love with magistrate Sallustio’s wife Ottavia, conspires with Pubblio and his son Clodio to dishonour her. Disguised among Ottavia’s attendants, Clodio is exposed and claims she seduced him. Sallustio must put her on trial to uphold Roman law. Despite her protestations of innocence, omens lead to a sentence of burial alive. As Ottavia is taken to the tomb, Vesuvius erupts; Sallustio halts the execution, and Pubblio confesses Appio’s role. Appio and Pubblio are sealed in the tomb instead. Their son Menenio rescues his parents by chariot as the eruption consumes Pompeii.
Arturo secretly marries Malvina, who has borne his two children, despite his betrothal to Princess Morna. King Malcolm imprisons Malvina but later accepts her and the children. The rejected Wortimer murders the children and poisons Malvina; she dies, and Arturo kills Wortimer.
Mary I is infatuated with Riccardo Fenimoore, who has seduced Clotilde, the lost heir to the Talbot title and fiancée of Ernesto Malcolm. Chancellor Churchill reveals Fenimoore’s duplicity and Clotilde’s identity. Mary sentences Fenimoore to death, then repents and asks Clotilde to help release him, but Churchill ensures the execution is carried out.
Jason plans to leave Medea and marry Glauca, daughter of King Creon. In revenge, Medea kills their two children and then takes her own life.
During the Olympic poetry contest, Saffo condemns the Leucadian Leap and angers Apollo’s priest Alcandro. With Alcandro’s encouragement, jealous Faone denounces her. Saffo befriends Climene to seek Alcandro’s help, but discovers Climene is to marry Faone; she disrupts the wedding and damages Apollo’s altar. At the cliff, an old man reveals Saffo is Alcandro’s lost daughter and Climene’s sister. Though reunited, she must honor her vow to Apollo and jumps, drowning in the sea.
An opera seria about Alexander the Great in India, with characters including Cleofide, Poro, and Gandarte.
Carlo, Duke of Burgundy, is torn between his promised marriage to Leonora of York and his love for Estella, daughter of Arnoldo. Arnoldo is wounded defending Estella and later joins the Swiss, who are resisting Carlo’s invasion. Estella protects Leonora when she is captured. During the battle, Arnoldo kills Carlo, and Estella dies in her father’s arms as the Swiss defeat the Burgundian army.
Two-act opera seria based on Prévot’s novel Le Renégat. The characters include Ezilda, Princess of Civenna; Leodato, Prince of Auvergne; and Agobar, commander of the Arabs. No plot summary is supplied.
Syrian prince Nadir searches Baghdad’s harems for Zora, the woman abducted from him. His former servant, shoemaker Mustafà, learns she has been sold to the Caliph’s seraglio and helps Nadir enter in disguise. Their rescue attempt is discovered and Nadir faces execution, but a medallion reveals that Zora is the Caliph’s long-lost daughter. Nadir is spared and the lovers reunite.
Appio, a tribune in love with magistrate Sallustio’s wife Ottavia, conspires with Pubblio and his son Clodio to dishonour her. Disguised among Ottavia’s attendants, Clodio is exposed and claims she seduced him. Sallustio must put her on trial to uphold Roman law. Despite her protestations of innocence, omens lead to a sentence of burial alive. As Ottavia is taken to the tomb, Vesuvius erupts; Sallustio halts the execution, and Pubblio confesses Appio’s role. Appio and Pubblio are sealed in the tomb instead. Their son Menenio rescues his parents by chariot as the eruption consumes Pompeii.
Arturo secretly marries Malvina, who has borne his two children, despite his betrothal to Princess Morna. King Malcolm imprisons Malvina but later accepts her and the children. The rejected Wortimer murders the children and poisons Malvina; she dies, and Arturo kills Wortimer.
Mary I is infatuated with Riccardo Fenimoore, who has seduced Clotilde, the lost heir to the Talbot title and fiancée of Ernesto Malcolm. Chancellor Churchill reveals Fenimoore’s duplicity and Clotilde’s identity. Mary sentences Fenimoore to death, then repents and asks Clotilde to help release him, but Churchill ensures the execution is carried out.
Jason plans to leave Medea and marry Glauca, daughter of King Creon. In revenge, Medea kills their two children and then takes her own life.
During the Olympic poetry contest, Saffo condemns the Leucadian Leap and angers Apollo’s priest Alcandro. With Alcandro’s encouragement, jealous Faone denounces her. Saffo befriends Climene to seek Alcandro’s help, but discovers Climene is to marry Faone; she disrupts the wedding and damages Apollo’s altar. At the cliff, an old man reveals Saffo is Alcandro’s lost daughter and Climene’s sister. Though reunited, she must honor her vow to Apollo and jumps, drowning in the sea.