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The impoverished Earl and Countess of Dunmow host the wealthy Grand Duchess of Monteblanco and her son, hoping to arrange a marriage between the Prince and their daughter Susan. Despite mishaps with the meal, overdue bills, and their eccentric temporary housekeeper, the plan succeeds.
In Naples in 1798, fortune-teller Mme. Serafina tells Nelson he will have to choose between love and duty. He meets Emma Hamilton and they realize they love each other. In London in 1800, Nelson’s wife rebukes him over the affair, while Emma declares her love. In 1805, Lord Minto and Captain Hardy urge Nelson to end the affair, but he and Emma reaffirm their attachment before he is summoned to command the fleet. They say farewell at Portsmouth. During the Battle of Trafalgar, the dying Nelson thinks of Emma. Hardy later brings Emma the news of Nelson’s death, recalling Serafina’s prophecy.
A sacred opera in English by Lennox Berkeley, with a libretto by Eric Crozier based on the Old Testament Book of Ruth. No plot description is available in the reviewed text.
The impoverished Earl and Countess of Dunmow host the wealthy Grand Duchess of Monteblanco and her son, hoping to arrange a marriage between the Prince and their daughter Susan. Despite mishaps with the meal, overdue bills, and their eccentric temporary housekeeper, the plan succeeds.
In Naples in 1798, fortune-teller Mme. Serafina tells Nelson he will have to choose between love and duty. He meets Emma Hamilton and they realize they love each other. In London in 1800, Nelson’s wife rebukes him over the affair, while Emma declares her love. In 1805, Lord Minto and Captain Hardy urge Nelson to end the affair, but he and Emma reaffirm their attachment before he is summoned to command the fleet. They say farewell at Portsmouth. During the Battle of Trafalgar, the dying Nelson thinks of Emma. Hardy later brings Emma the news of Nelson’s death, recalling Serafina’s prophecy.
A sacred opera in English by Lennox Berkeley, with a libretto by Eric Crozier based on the Old Testament Book of Ruth. No plot description is available in the reviewed text.