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La nonne sanglante

Opera · 1854

Agnès and Rodolphe love one another despite the feud between their families. They plan to elope with Agnès disguised as the ghost of a murdered nun. Rodolphe mistakenly marries the actual ghost, who later reveals that she can be released only when her murderer is killed. At a wedding feast, she identifies Rodolphe’s father Ludorf as her killer. When Moldaw’s retainers plan to abduct Rodolphe, Ludorf impersonates his son and is murdered in his place. The nun accepts his sacrifice and ascends to heaven.

La pietra del paragone

Opera · 1812

At his country villa, Count Asdrubale is unsure whether three women who claim to love him are sincere, and whether Clarice prefers him or his friend Giocondo. With his majordomo Fabrizio, he pretends to have lost his fortune and disguises himself as the creditor who has acquired his estate. Fulvia and Aspasia leave, while Clarice and Giocondo remain loyal. The guests then turn on one another, and a hunting outing and false duel bring further jealousies to the surface. Clarice disguises herself as her returning twin brother to make Asdrubale fear he has lost her. He sends her a note admitting his jealousy; she reveals her identity, and the lovers reconcile.

La púrpura de la rosa

Opera · 1701

The work begins with a prologue honoring Philip V. In the opera, Venus is rescued from a wild boar by Adonis, who says he has renounced love because of his incestuous birth. Venus pursues him, and Cupid shoots him with a golden arrow, making him desire her. Mars becomes jealous and plans revenge. After Mars arranges for a boar to attack Adonis, the animal mortally wounds him. Venus mourns his death, but Jupiter raises the lovers to Olympus, transforming Adonis into an anemone and Venus into the Evening Star.

La reine de Saba

Opera · 1862

Adoniram, architect of Solomon’s Temple, prepares a great bronze basin. His workers Amrou, Phanor and Méthousaël demand better pay and plot against him. When Balkis, Queen of Sheba, visits Jerusalem, she is impressed by the temple and gives Adoniram a necklace, provoking Solomon’s jealousy. The workers sabotage the casting of the basin, but it is later completed after the mould is mysteriously repaired. Balkis and Adoniram confess their love. The workers reveal their relationship to Solomon, and Balkis drugs Solomon, takes back her engagement ring and arranges to elope with Adoniram. The workers kill Adoniram when he refuses their renewed demands. Balkis finds him dead, places the ring on his finger and mourns him.

La secchia rapita

Opera · 1772

In 14th-century Modena, Renoppia receives a bucket taken from Bologna as a trophy from her lover Manfredi. Bologna’s ambassadors demand the bucket and Renoppia and Countess Ghereda as brides; Modena’s council rejects the offer and declares war. Later, Lorenzo and Antibo negotiate, with Bologna demanding either the bucket or Renoppia. During a banquet, the guests fear a bowl of soup is poisoned, then rush out to defend the city when Bologna attacks. The conflict ends in duels: Manfredi wins, while the Count feigns an injury and flees. The opera closes with the characters proclaiming the bucket’s seizure more historically famous than other legendary abductions.

La sonnambula

Opera · 1831

Amina is engaged to Elvino in a Swiss village. Count Rodolfo, the long-lost son of the former lord, returns and recognizes the area. That night, Amina sleepwalks into his room; Rodolfo leaves without disturbing her, but villagers find her there and Elvino rejects her as unfaithful. Elvino plans to marry Lisa instead. Rodolfo explains that Amina is a sleepwalker, but Elvino demands proof. As Amina crosses a mill bridge in her sleep, she relives her grief at his rejection and safely reaches the other side. Elvino restores her ring, she wakes, and they reconcile.

La statue

Opera · 1861

In Damascus, wealthy Sélim meets Margyane and falls in love, but leaves to seek a buried treasure. Spirits promise him a thirteenth jeweled statue if he marries an innocent girl and delivers her to them. In Mecca, he marries Margyane, unaware she is the girl from the desert. Torn between his vow and love, he refuses to surrender her, but Amgiad takes her away while Sélim sleeps. He returns to claim the treasure and plans to smash the statue; Margyane appears in its place, and Amgiad reveals that love is a greater treasure than gold.

La toison d’or

Opera · 1786

Jason and the Argonauts reach Colchis after Jason defeats fire-breathing bulls. His wife Hypsipyle, who followed him, learns Medea is expected to marry him. Medea discovers Jason is already married and vows revenge. Jason and Hypsipyle reconcile, but Medea summons a storm that wrecks the fleet and stabs Hypsipyle. Later, Medea plans to kill Jason but instead helps the Argonauts defeat earth-born giants and puts the dragon guarding the Golden Fleece to sleep, allowing Jason to take it. Medea asks to accompany Jason to Greece; when he refuses, she curses him and flies away in a dragon-drawn chariot.

La vera costanza

Opera · 1779

Rosina is secretly married to Count Errico and has a young son, but he has left her. Baroness Irene pressures her to marry Villotto so Irene can marry Marquis Ernesto. Misunderstandings lead Errico to believe Rosina is unfaithful, and he orders her and her brother killed. After learning the truth, he finds Rosina and their child and repents. The Baroness later tries to separate the couple with forged letters, but they see through the deception and reconcile; she accepts them and agrees to marry Ernesto.

La vie parisienne

Opera · 1866

After singer Métella rejects them, Parisian dandies Gardefeu and Bobinet decide to pursue more respectable mistresses. Gardefeu takes the place of a Swedish couple’s guide and deceives them about their lodgings so he can court the baroness, while Bobinet stages a party with servants impersonating aristocrats. At a masquerade, Métella reconciles with Gardefeu, and the baron’s anger subsides when his wife intervenes; the company toasts Paris.

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Opera · 1934

Katerina lives unhappily with her husband Zinovy and his father Boris. She begins an affair with Sergei, a worker on the family estate. After Boris catches Sergei leaving Katerina’s room and has him beaten, Katerina poisons Boris. When Zinovy discovers the affair, Katerina and Sergei kill him and hide his body. They marry, but the corpse is found and both are sent to a Siberian prison camp. Sergei pursues another convict, Sonyetka, and tricks Katerina into giving up her stockings for her. After the other convicts mock her, Katerina pushes Sonyetka into an icy river and falls in herself.

Lakmé

Opera · 1883

In British-ruled India, Lakmé, daughter of the Brahmin priest Nilakantha, meets British officer Gérald after he remains behind to sketch her jewellery. They fall in love, and Nilakantha vows revenge for the officer’s intrusion. At a bazaar, Nilakantha makes Lakmé sing the Bell Song to expose Gérald, then stabs him. Lakmé hides and nurses him in the forest. When Gérald’s fellow officer reminds him of his military duty, Lakmé realizes he will leave her. She takes poison from a datura leaf; she and Gérald drink from a spring said to grant eternal love, and Lakmé dies.

Larmes de couteau

Opera · 1969

Eleonore falls in love with a hanged neighbor, Saturn, while her mother expects the handsome Satan to visit. Satan declares love for both women and marries Eleonore to Saturn. When Saturn does not return Eleonore’s affection, Satan appears as a cyclist; Eleonore and her mother are attracted to him until his head cracks and reveals the devil. Eleonore stabs herself, but Saturn comes to life and she revives. She embraces him, then his head bursts open to reveal Satan, who flees after kissing both women.

Le Jour et la Nuit

Opera · 1881

In Portugal, Don Braseiro awaits the bride chosen by proxy while he guards the border. His steward Miguel’s fiancée Manola arrives fleeing the prime minister and pretends to be Braseiro’s bride. The real bride, Béatrix, agrees to help the couple by exchanging places with Manola in the dark. A series of disguises and mistaken identities culminates in a confrontation at an inn. Once the deception is explained, Braseiro accepts Béatrix, the king dismisses the prime minister, and both couples are happy.

Le diable dans le beffroi

Opera · 2012

In a Dutch village, a devil makes the clock strike thirteen, then turns the bell-ringer’s holy music into a jig and leads villagers toward a canal before stopping them. In a second tableau set in Italy, the villagers are wilder, but bell-ringer’s son Jean is immune to the devil’s magic because of his love for the mayor’s daughter. He climbs the belfry and prays, breaking the spell; the devil vanishes and the villagers return to normal as the clock strikes twelve.

Le dilettante d'Avignon

Opera · 1829

At a theatre in Avignon, the French director Casanova claims to love Italian music although he cannot speak Italian and is musically illiterate. After dismissing his French musicians, he auditions supposed Italian singers who are the same performers in disguise. The theatre’s singing director also poses as Italian while courting Casanova’s daughter; the disguises are exposed, and the company agrees to draw on both French and Italian traditions.

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