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During the English Civil War, Queen Henrietta Maria seeks help from Cromwell’s circle to reach the imprisoned Charles I. Cromwell maneuvers between royalists and parliamentary leaders while weighing the crown, his own power, and the fate of the king and his family; the queen’s efforts to protect Charles and her sons drive the political conflict.
A three-act opera by Giselher Klebe based on Honoré de Balzac’s novel La Peau de chagrin.
A German-language opera based on Honoré de Balzac’s story Massimilla Doni.
Presumed dead after being buried at the Battle of Eylau, Colonel Chabert survives and returns to Paris ten years later to reclaim his property and wife Rosine, who has remarried. Rosine first denies knowing him, then admits the truth; after she rejects him, Chabert shoots himself. Rosine realizes she loved him, takes poison, and dies beside his body.
In 1830s Paris, Balzac tells Madame de Rochefide the story of sculptor Sarrasine and the celebrated Roman singer Zambinella. Sarrasine falls in love with Zambinella, then discovers the singer is a castrato. As Sarrasine moves to kill Zambinella, Balzac and Rochefide intervene; Sarrasine dies and Zambinella survives.
During the English Civil War, Queen Henrietta Maria seeks help from Cromwell’s circle to reach the imprisoned Charles I. Cromwell maneuvers between royalists and parliamentary leaders while weighing the crown, his own power, and the fate of the king and his family; the queen’s efforts to protect Charles and her sons drive the political conflict.
A three-act opera by Giselher Klebe based on Honoré de Balzac’s novel La Peau de chagrin.
A German-language opera based on Honoré de Balzac’s story Massimilla Doni.
Presumed dead after being buried at the Battle of Eylau, Colonel Chabert survives and returns to Paris ten years later to reclaim his property and wife Rosine, who has remarried. Rosine first denies knowing him, then admits the truth; after she rejects him, Chabert shoots himself. Rosine realizes she loved him, takes poison, and dies beside his body.
In 1830s Paris, Balzac tells Madame de Rochefide the story of sculptor Sarrasine and the celebrated Roman singer Zambinella. Sarrasine falls in love with Zambinella, then discovers the singer is a castrato. As Sarrasine moves to kill Zambinella, Balzac and Rochefide intervene; Sarrasine dies and Zambinella survives.