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During the American Civil War, Alabama plantation owner Peyton Farquhar is to be hanged by Union soldiers for trying to burn a railroad bridge. As the rope breaks, he appears to escape and return home, but the escape is revealed to be a fantasy in his dying moments.
After escaping slavery, Harriet Tubman is sheltered by abolitionist Thomas Garrett but dreams of those left behind. She returns south to guide enslaved people to freedom, ultimately rescuing her family and reuniting with Josiah. As they flee to Canada, slave owner Preston shoots at Harriet but kills Josiah.
After returning to Scotland in 1561, Mary is drawn into conflicts with her half-brother Moray, her husband Lord Darnley, and the Earl of Bothwell. Following Riccio’s murder, Darnley’s death, and a rebellion that turns the people against her, Mary flees to England alone in 1568, while her son is proclaimed king.
The opera loosely dramatizes the life of Micaela Almonester, Baroness de Pontalba, including her marriage to Célestin, confinement at the de Pontalba château, survival of her father-in-law’s shooting attack, legal separation and return to New Orleans. The work also includes fictional characters and changes historical details.
The opera follows Bolívar from boyhood through the campaigns for Latin American independence, his presidency of Gran Colombia, conflicts with Santander and Páez, illness, exile, and death in disgrace. A coda shifts to a 20th-century protest against dictatorship, where Bolívar’s spirit encourages demonstrators to resist.
A three-act chamber opera based on the Greek myth of Ariadne and adapted from a story by Henry James. The entry does not describe the operatic plot.
During the American Civil War, Alabama plantation owner Peyton Farquhar is to be hanged by Union soldiers for trying to burn a railroad bridge. As the rope breaks, he appears to escape and return home, but the escape is revealed to be a fantasy in his dying moments.
After escaping slavery, Harriet Tubman is sheltered by abolitionist Thomas Garrett but dreams of those left behind. She returns south to guide enslaved people to freedom, ultimately rescuing her family and reuniting with Josiah. As they flee to Canada, slave owner Preston shoots at Harriet but kills Josiah.
After returning to Scotland in 1561, Mary is drawn into conflicts with her half-brother Moray, her husband Lord Darnley, and the Earl of Bothwell. Following Riccio’s murder, Darnley’s death, and a rebellion that turns the people against her, Mary flees to England alone in 1568, while her son is proclaimed king.
The opera loosely dramatizes the life of Micaela Almonester, Baroness de Pontalba, including her marriage to Célestin, confinement at the de Pontalba château, survival of her father-in-law’s shooting attack, legal separation and return to New Orleans. The work also includes fictional characters and changes historical details.
The opera follows Bolívar from boyhood through the campaigns for Latin American independence, his presidency of Gran Colombia, conflicts with Santander and Páez, illness, exile, and death in disgrace. A coda shifts to a 20th-century protest against dictatorship, where Bolívar’s spirit encourages demonstrators to resist.
A three-act chamber opera based on the Greek myth of Ariadne and adapted from a story by Henry James. The entry does not describe the operatic plot.