Maria Tudor
The opera is based on Victor Hugo's play Marie Tudor, which centers on the rise, fall, and execution of Fabiano Fabiani, a fictional favorite of Mary I of England.
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Maria flees with Corrado against her father’s wishes, but Corrado later suspects her of infidelity and abandons her for her cousin Matilde. When Maria returns, Corrado wounds her and believes her dead. At his wedding to Matilde, Maria reappears, exposes his secret, kills Matilde, and takes her own life.
Maria di Rohan
Maria secretly married Chevreuse but continues to love Chalais, who agrees to help secure her husband’s pardon. Chalais and Maria confess their love while Chevreuse is away at a duel; when a letter and portrait reveal their relationship, Chevreuse confronts them. Chalais returns through a secret passage and leaves to duel Chevreuse, who returns claiming Chalais has killed himself.
Maria egiziaca
Mary, a prostitute, feels an overwhelming desire to travel to Jerusalem. There she repents her sins, and an angel instructs her to go to the desert and live in prayer. She remains there until old age. Saint Zosimas finds her as she is dying and, with a lion’s help, digs her grave.
Maria, regina d'Inghilterra
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.
Marie Stuart
Niedermeyer’s five-act grand opera follows Mary Stuart across France, Scotland and England from 1561 to 1587. Its principal roles include Mary, Bothwell, Moray, Elizabeth I, Darnley and Ruthven.
Marie Victoire
During the French Revolution, Marie de Lanjallay and her husband Maurice are separated when he flees to Brittany. Imprisoned with Clorivière, who loves her, Marie is spared after Robespierre’s fall. Years later she lives in poverty with Clorivière and a child; Maurice returns, and the truth about Marie’s assault and Clorivière’s guilt emerges in court, where Clorivière takes his own life.
Marilyn: Scenes from the ’50s in two acts
Twelve scenes interweave Marilyn Monroe’s personal life and decline with American political and civic events. Scenes include her childhood memories, General MacArthur in Korea, House Un-American Activities Committee interrogations, the prosecution of Wilhelm Reich, Beat poets discussing Marilyn’s death, a supper with Yves Montand, Timothy Leary’s drug lecture, and Monroe’s death under alcohol and barbiturates as the crowd celebrates the American way of life.
Marino Faliero
After Steno insults his wife Elena and the arsenal chief Israele, Doge Marino Faliero joins a conspiracy against Venice’s ruling council. Elena’s lover Fernando is killed in a duel, and the conspiracy is betrayed. Condemned to death, Faliero learns of Elena’s affair, forgives her, and is led to execution.
Maritana
Gypsy singer Maritana catches the attention of King Charles II, while devious minister Don José hopes to use her to advance his position. José arranges for the condemned Don César to marry a veiled Maritana before his execution, misleading her into believing she will marry the King; César survives and escapes. After the two find each other at court, César exposes José as a traitor and the grateful King gives Maritana to him, appointing him Governor of Valencia.
Marius et Fanny
At Marseille’s Old Port, Marius works in his father’s bar but dreams of becoming a sailor. When Fanny, his childhood sweetheart, becomes pregnant, their families urge them to marry; she encourages Marius to go to sea, and he leaves. Fanny marries the older Honoré Panisse, who raises her son as his own. Marius returns and tries to win Fanny back, but she remains Panisse’s wife.
Markheim
A one-act opera based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s story Markheim, featuring the title character, Josiah Creach, Tess and the Stranger.
Marnie
Opera by Nico Muhly based on Winston Graham’s novel Marnie.
Martha, oder Der Markt zu Richmond
Lady Harriet and her companion Nancy disguise themselves as servant girls at a Richmond hiring fair and are taken into the household of farmers Lyonel and Plunkett. The women flee, leaving Lyonel heartbroken; later, when he recognizes Harriet at a royal hunt, she falsely dismisses him as mad and he is imprisoned. A ring reveals Lyonel’s noble birth and restores his estate, but he rejects Harriet until she returns to the fair in disguise, prompting the couples to reunite.
Marthésie, première reine des Amazones
A tragédie en musique about Marthesia, identified in the title as the first queen of the Amazons.
Martin's Lie
In a medieval German orphanage, twelve-year-old Martin longs for a father. He hides an escaped heretic and grows attached to him, then lies to the pursuing sheriff to protect him. Under threat, Martin is frightened to death without betraying the stranger.
Martino Carbonaro
An Italian farsa with five named roles: Isabella, Lucindo, Agrippa, Martino, and Tognino.
Mary, Queen of Scots
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.
María de Buenos Aires
María, born in a poor suburb of Buenos Aires, is drawn to the city center by tango music and becomes a sex worker. Thieves and brothel keepers gather at a black mass and resolve her death. Afterward, her Shadow walks through the city, which becomes her hell. She returns to virginity, is impregnated by the word of the goblin poet, and gives birth to a Child María, who may be herself.
María del Carmen
Peasant farmer Pencho returns from Algeria, where he fled after wounding wealthy Javier in a dispute over water rights. María, who loves Pencho, nursed Javier and agreed to marry him to save Pencho from prosecution. Pencho and Javier agree to duel during a village fiesta. As the duel is about to begin, Javier’s father fails to persuade Pencho to give up María. The doctor reveals Javier is dying of tuberculosis; Javier abandons the duel, reconciles with the couple, and helps them escape.
Maskarade
Leander and Leonora meet at a masquerade ball, fall in love, and exchange rings. The next day Leander tells his valet Henrik about his new love, then learns that his parents have arranged for him to marry Leonora, the daughter of Leonard from Slagelse. Leonard complains to Leander’s father that his daughter is in love with someone she met at the masquerade. At a second masquerade, the young lovers’ identities and the arranged match are revealed, resolving the misunderstandings.
Maske in Blau
Artist Armando Cellini falls in love with Evelyne Valera, the masked woman who inspired his painting, but a rival steals her ring and makes Cellini believe she has rejected him. Their friends try to reunite them, and after Cellini confronts the rival at Evelyne’s ranch, the pair become engaged.
Massimilla Doni
A German-language opera based on Honoré de Balzac’s story Massimilla Doni.
Mateo Falcone
In nineteenth-century Corsica, Fortunato is alone outside his family home when wounded smuggler Sanpiero asks him for refuge from the police. Fortunato hides him in exchange for money, but later reveals his hiding place after Sergeant Gamba offers him an enamel watch. When Mateo and Giuseppa return and learn of their son’s betrayal, Mateo takes Fortunato away, prays with him, and kills him to preserve the family’s honor.
Mathis der Maler
During the German Peasants’ War, painter Mathis aids peasants and challenges Cardinal Albrecht over the suppression of their revolt. After the peasants are defeated, Mathis has a vision in which he is tempted as Saint Anthony. Albrecht calls him to go forth and paint; Mathis declines a comfortable position and chooses a life of artistic solitude.
Matilda of Hungary
Queen Matilda’s husband, King Ladislaus, is missing after battle, and she flees a court faction with Count Magnus, who proposes marriage and is rejected. Mountaineer Podiebrad, who resembles the king and has saved Matilda, agrees to impersonate Ladislaus. The people welcome him; Matilda realizes the deception but goes along with it. Podiebrad leads the army to victory. After Magnus’s assassination and exposure schemes fail, Podiebrad admits his identity to the senate, which hails him as king. Matilda crowns him, and Magnus is sentenced to death.
Matilde di Shabran
Corradino, a feared lord who hates women, is entrusted with Matilde after her father’s death. She wins his affection, but jealousy and a plot by the Countess lead him to believe Matilde betrayed him, and he orders her death. Matilde survives, Corradino despairs and prepares to die, but she returns with Edoardo; she reconciles Corradino with Raimondo, and the lovers are reunited.
Mavra
Parasha and her neighbor Vassili, a young hussar, struggle to meet. When her mother needs a new maid, Parasha disguises Vassili as Mavra and brings him into the house. The disguise works until Vassili shaves; the returning women discover him, and he escapes through a window.
May Night
Levko and Hanna are in love, but the Mayor also pursues Hanna. Levko tells Hanna the story of Pannochka, a drowned maiden who leads the rusalki and seeks the witch who became her stepmother. Levko rallies the village lads to mock the Mayor, whose household is thrown into confusion by their tricks. At the pond, Pannochka asks Levko to identify the witch among the rusalki. He recognizes her, and the rusalki drag her into the water. Pannochka gives Levko a letter instructing the Mayor to allow his marriage to Hanna, and the villagers celebrate.
Mazeppa
In 18th-century Ukraine, Mariya leaves her parents to marry her godfather Mazeppa, while Andrei loves her in secret. Mariya’s father Kochubey and his ally Iskra attempt to warn Peter the Great of Mazeppa’s plan to side with Sweden and establish an independent Ukraine. Mazeppa has Kochubey tortured and executed. After the Battle of Poltava, Andrei seeks revenge but is shot; Mariya, driven mad by events, fails to recognize either him or Mazeppa.
Maître Pierre
Gounod’s unfinished opera project about Pierre Abélard and Héloïse. The surviving description says Abélard is murdered at the end of Act 4 and his ghost visits Héloïse in the final act.
Maître Péronilla
In Madrid, Manoëla is meant to marry the elderly Don Guardona, but a dimly lit ceremony mistakenly marries her to music teacher Alvarès as well. Manoëla and Alvarès flee, are caught and brought to court; a substituted name in the marriage contract makes Léona the bride of Don Guardona, leaving Alvarès as Manoëla’s sole husband.
McTeague
An American opera based on Frank Norris’s novel, featuring McTeague, an unlicensed dentist in San Francisco, his friend Marcus Schouler, and Trina Sieppe, who becomes McTeague’s wife.
Medea
A one-act German melodrama in five scenes based on the Medea myth, with speaking roles for Medea, Jason, their son, Creusa, a housekeeper, and a follower.
Medea
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.
Medea
Reimann’s opera follows Franz Grillparzer’s play Medea, in which the title character is portrayed as a foreigner without protection who becomes the victim of powerful men and is expelled from society.
Medea in Corinto
Jason rejects Medea, his former wife, for Creusa, daughter of King Creon, who banishes Medea. King Aegeus of Athens arrives, having also been promised Creusa as a bride. He and Medea form an alliance and attack Creusa and Jason at their wedding, but are defeated. Imprisoned, Medea summons demons, kills Creusa with a poisoned robe and stabs her own children, then escapes in a chariot drawn by flying dragons. Jason attempts suicide in despair.
Medonte
A three-act opera seria by Giuseppe Sarti based on Giovanni de Gamerra’s libretto for an earlier setting of the same title.
Mefistofele
Mefistofele wagers that he can win Faust’s soul. Faust accepts a pact that grants him worldly pleasure in exchange for his soul at death. Restored to youth, Faust seduces Margherita, who is later imprisoned and condemned after poisoning her mother and drowning their child. She rejects Mefistofele and is redeemed. Faust then travels to ancient Greece and loves Helen of Troy, but finally seeks God’s forgiveness and dies redeemed.
Melusine
Set in France before World War I, the opera reimagines the water spirit Melusine in modern life. Married to a real estate agent, she tries to protect a park she believes is filled with nature spirits, but a castle is built there and she dies after losing her virginity.
Mendi Mendiyan
A Basque-language opera by José María Usandizaga.
Mer de glace
The elderly Claire Clairmont recalls her love for Percy Shelley and rivalry with Mary. During a storm at Villa Diodati, Mary’s nightmare brings Frankenstein’s creation into their lives: the Monster kills Mary’s child and begs Shelley for acceptance and a companion, but is rejected. Claire is left to return to England pregnant and unsupported, while Byron and Polidori shape a version of events that obscures Byron’s role in her life.
Merlin
A German-language Arthurian opera by Karl Goldmark and Siegfried Lipiner.
Merlin
A three-act English-language opera, loosely based on Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur and intended as the first of an Arthurian trilogy. The story retells Arthurian legend, with Ector de Maris replacing Sir Ector as Arthur’s guardian and Kay’s father.
Merrie England
At Windsor during the May Day festival, Jill-All-Alone and Long Tom become entangled in court rivalries. Raleigh and Bessie Throckmorton love each other secretly, but their lost letter reaches Queen Elizabeth, who imprisons Bessie and banishes Raleigh. Jill helps Bessie escape, and the Queen ultimately lets them reunite, choosing Essex for herself.
Merry Mount
In a Puritan settlement, minister Wrestling Bradford becomes obsessed with Cavalier Lady Marigold while engaged to Plentiful Tewke. When the Puritans disrupt the Cavaliers’ May Day celebration and kill Marigold’s beloved Sir Gower Lackland, Bradford dreams of surrendering to the Devil and Marigold. He wakes with Plentiful beside him, but the village is attacked and destroyed. Bradford reveals his apostasy and carries Marigold into the flames as the surviving Puritans pray.
Mesdames de la Halle
At a Paris market, several women pursue kitchen boy Croûte-au-pot, who loves fruit seller Ciboulette. After he escapes from jail, the pair reveal that they love each other; Ciboulette’s sealed letter resolves the mystery of her parentage, and her parents consent to the marriage.
Mese mariano
On Easter Sunday, Carmela visits a Naples orphanage with a cake for the son she left there. She tells her childhood friend Suor Pazienza and the Mother Superior that she was seduced and abandoned, then had to leave her child at the orphanage after marrying a man who rejected him. While Carmela prays in the chapel, the nuns report that her son died the night before. The Mother Superior tells Carmela that the boy is at choir practice, and Carmela leaves in tears.
Messaline
In Rome in AD 45, Empress Messaline loves the poet Harès and then his brother Hélion, a gladiator; these attachments have fatal results.
Messidor
In Ariège, the greedy peasant Gaspard has seized a gold-bearing stream that once supported the community. His daughter Hélène falls in love with Guillaume, whose mother Véronique accuses Gaspard of murdering her husband. Gaspard’s mining venture fails, and his cousin Mathias is revealed as the true murderer.
Miarka
The four-act opera with prologue tells of Miarka, a Romani girl whom tarot cards foretell will become a queen. The entry does not provide further plot details.
Midnight Son
A one-act contemporary opera inspired by the true story of the murder of Melbourne woman Maria Korp.
Mignon
In Germany, the wandering minstrel Lothario and student Wilhelm Meister rescue Mignon from a gypsy who threatens her. Wilhelm buys her freedom, and Mignon travels with him while falling in love. At a castle, she becomes jealous when Wilhelm favors the actress Philine, and Lothario sets fire to the conservatory after Mignon wishes it would burn. Wilhelm rescues her. In Italy, the castle’s history helps Mignon recover her memory: she realizes that Lothario is her father, and the three are reunited.
Mikrovion
The work examines HIV and AIDS through cultural, political, scientific, moral and psychological perspectives, including the microscopic world of the virus and ideas about the body and illness.
Milton
The blind poet Milton and his daughter Emma seek refuge from political persecution by Charles II with the Quaker Godwin. Godwin’s niece Charlotte loves Milton’s secretary Arthur, who is actually William Davenant in disguise and loves Emma. Davenant reveals his identity and brings a royal promise that Milton will not be punished, allowing Davenant and Emma to marry.
Mindia
After eating a snake to escape captivity, Mindia gains the power to understand nature and returns to his mountain village. He refuses his father’s demand for blood revenge, leads the villagers against invaders, then kills his brother’s murderer in self-defense; remorse and the loss of his powers lead him to take his own life.
Mináǧi kiŋ dowáŋ: A Zitkála-Šá Opera
A 30-minute operatic film in Dakota and English that follows pivotal moments in the life and work of Yankton Dakota author and activist Zitkála-Šá, portrayed at four ages. The entry does not detail the events shown.
Mirandolina
Innkeeper Mirandolina attracts several noble suitors, including the sardonic misogynist Ripafratta, whom she sets out to seduce. When he becomes seriously attached and reacts angrily to her rejection, Mirandolina turns instead to her faithful waiter Fabrizio, whom she marries after testing his loyalty.
Mireille
In Provence, Mireille and Vincent fall in love despite their families’ opposition. After jealous Ourrias wounds Vincent and is lost in the Rhône, Mireille crosses the Crau to reach him; she collapses at the chapel of Saintes-Maries, where her father forgives her before she dies.
Mirette
The foundling Mirette, raised among gypsies, falls for Gerard, nephew of the Marquise de Montigny, while Picorin loves her. After Mirette and Picorin enter the Marquise’s household, Mirette helps Gerard and Bianca reconcile and recognizes her own love for Picorin. The revised version also pairs the Marquise with the Baron and shifts the ending toward comedy.
Miriways
A three-act opera set in Persia and built around an account of Pashtun emir Mirwais Hotak, whose son’s achievements were partly attributed to him in the source account.
Mirra
The opera draws on Ovid’s story of Myrrha and her father Cinyras, mediated through a play by Vittorio Alfieri. The entry gives no specific plot events.
Mirthis
Athlete Nélée, preparing to celebrate victory at the Argive Games, says he is tired of the poet Myrthis’s indifference and claims to love Corinne. Myrthis reveals her jealousy, but when asked to choose a prize, Nélée names her, explaining he only pretended to love Corinne to punish her pride. The work ends with a celebration.
Miss Fortune
Judith Weir’s opera reworks a Sicilian folktale as a contemporary parable. The entry does not detail the story.
Miss Havisham’s Fire
The two-act opera loosely adapts Great Expectations and centers on an investigation into the circumstances surrounding Aurelia Havisham’s death.
Miss Helyett
At a Pyrenees hotel, prudish American Helyett believes she must marry the unknown man who rescued her after a fall exposed her legs. Her father encourages James to falsely claim the rescue, but James confesses. Helyett then accepts bullfighter Puycardas after he says he rescued someone, while Paul, the true rescuer, realizes he loves her. Helyett discovers Paul’s sketch of her and recognizes him as her rescuer; they agree to marry.
Miss Julie
During a Midsummer Eve celebration at a Swedish country estate, Miss Julie’s engagement to Niels ends after she orders him to kiss her boot. She flirts with the valet John, who admits his long-standing love and plans to escape with her. Julie steals money, but John kills her canary when she insists on bringing it. As John leaves to answer the Count’s summons, Julie goes into the garden and follows his suggestion to kill herself.
Miss Julie
On Midsummer Eve, the Count’s daughter Julie becomes entangled with Jean, her father’s servant, while Kristin and gamekeeper Ulrik witness the consequences. At dawn Jean urges Julie to flee with him and steal money for his hotel plan; after the dog is shot and the Count returns, Julie walks out into the park carrying Jean’s razor.
Missing
The opera’s dual narrative centers on Ava, a young white woman thrown into a tree in a car crash who sees the body of an Indigenous woman known as Native Girl. The encounter makes a deep impression on Ava; she adopts elements of Gitxsan culture and later dreams of Native Girl’s murder. A second narrative follows the grief of Native Girl’s brother and mother.
Mitridate
Nicola Antonio Porpora’s opera, written for Farinelli, Senesino, and Francesca Cuzzoni, premiered in Rome in 1730.
Mitridate Eupatore
Farnace usurps the throne of Pontus, kills the king, and marries his widow, Stratonica. The king’s daughter Laodice is married to Nicomede, while her brother Mitridate has taken refuge in Egypt. Mitridate and his wife Issicratea return disguised as Egyptian ambassadors. After revealing his identity to Laodice, Mitridate and Issicratea kill Farnace and Stratonica, and Nicomede announces the rightful king’s return.
Mitridate, re di Ponto
After a defeat, Mitridate is presumed dead, and his sons Farnace and Sifare both desire Aspasia. When he returns with Princess Ismene, he learns Farnace is pursuing Aspasia and plotting with the Romans. Mitridate arrests Farnace and discovers Sifare’s love for Aspasia. As Rome attacks, Sifare joins his father in battle. Defeated, Mitridate takes his own life after blessing Sifare and Aspasia and forgiving Farnace, who agrees to marry Ismene.
Mittwoch aus Licht
The final day of Stockhausen’s Licht cycle stages cooperation and reconciliation among Michael, Eve and Lucifer across four scenes: a world parliament, an orchestra audition, a helicopter-borne string quartet and Michaelion. Its musical theatre combines soloists, choirs, electronics, spatial performance and unconventional staging.
Mlada
Voyslava kills Mlada so she can have Yaromir, Mlada’s former fiancé. Morena helps Voyslava enchant him, but Mlada’s spirit leads Yaromir to the truth. Voyslava confesses and Yaromir kills her; Morena destroys the temple and city, and Yaromir is reunited with Mlada. This plot summary is partly conjectural and draws on later treatments of the libretto.
Mlada
In the ninth or tenth century, Voyslava kills Mlada, bride of Prince Yaromir, with a poisoned ring so she can have Yaromir for herself. Voyslava’s nurse offers her help if she pledges allegiance to Morena, goddess of the underworld. Although Morena bewitches Yaromir, Mlada’s spirit draws him away from Voyslava. He learns that Voyslava murdered Mlada and kills her. Morena destroys the temple and city of Rethra in a storm and earthquake, while Yaromir is united with Mlada in heaven.
Moby-Dick
Ahab leads the Pequod’s crew on a voyage to kill the white whale that took his leg, rejecting Starbuck’s pleas to return home and a request to search for a lost boy. After storms, deaths, and Moby Dick’s attacks sink the ship, Ahab is dragged under; Greenhorn survives on Queequeg’s coffin and identifies himself as Ishmael.
Modehandlerskan
Three-act operetta by Franz Berwald.
Momo and the Time Thieves
Svitlana Azarova’s two-act Danish-language opera adapts Michael Ende’s children’s novel Momo. Its characters include Momo, Beppo, Gigi, Master Hora, and the Grey Gentlemen.
Mona
A three-act English-language opera by Horatio Parker, composed after the work won the Metropolitan Opera’s 1911 composition competition.
Mona Lisa
In a prologue and epilogue set in the present, a lay brother recounts the history of a Florentine palace and its occupants. The two central acts take place in 1492: Mona Lisa, once in love with Giovanni, is married to Francesco, who suspects her feelings and imprisons Giovanni in a sealed pearl shrine. Giovanni suffocates, and Mona Lisa later locks Francesco inside the shrine.
Monkey: Journey to the West
Monkey is born from a stone egg and seeks immortality, but Buddha imprisons him after his rebellion in heaven. Five centuries later he joins Tripitaka’s pilgrimage to India, where the companions face demons and other trials before receiving the scriptures in paradise.
Monna Vanna
A four-act French opera based on Maurice Maeterlinck’s play Monna Vanna.
Monna Vanna
In the surviving first act, Pisa is under siege, and Guido’s father tells him that the enemy will cease fighting if Guido’s wife Monna Vanna visits their camp wearing only a mantle. She agrees to go.
Monsieur Beaucaire
In Bath, the disguised barber Monsieur Beaucaire is actually the Duc d’Orléans, heir to the French throne. He loves Lady Mary, who is courted by the Duke of Winterset. After Beaucaire exposes Winterset as a cheat, the rivals’ conflict escalates into a duel and a later attack that leaves Beaucaire wounded. He and Mary reconcile, and when the French Ambassador recognizes him as the king’s son, Beaucaire reveals his identity and names Mary his future Duchess.
Monsieur et Madame Denis
Gaston abducts Lucile from her boarding school so they can seek her guardians’ blessing to marry. While the guardians are away, Nanette helps the young couple disguise themselves as Monsieur and Madame Denis when guards arrive. The ruse is exposed, but Nanette gets the soldiers drunk, and the lovers tie them up before the real guardians return.
Monster's Paradise
Vampire women Vampi and Bampi travel the world and attempt to stop a destructive King-President, portrayed as a grotesque ruler in an oval office. Gorgonzilla, a sea monster created by a nuclear accident, opposes the ruler but has an ambiguous role. The King-President’s adjutants Mickey and Tuckey are patterned after powerful technology executives. The work satirizes the danger that the ruler could destroy the world and the efforts to prevent it.
Monsters of Grace
A multimedia chamber opera in 13 short acts, the work sets poems by Jalaluddin Rumi to music by Philip Glass and was directed by Robert Wilson. Its original production paired live music with 3D computer-animated film projected above the musicians.
Montag aus Licht
Eve gives birth first to strange children, whom Lucifer rejects, and then to seven boys, one for each weekday. In the final act, a Pied Piper enchants the children and leads them into the sky, as Eve’s statue transforms into a mountain.
Montezuma
The opera concerns Hernán Cortés’s conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztec emperor Montezuma.
Montezuma
The opera depicts the conflict involving Montezuma and Hernán Cortés in the Aztec Empire.
Morgen und Abend
The opera follows fisherman Johannes from birth to death. Before his birth, his father Olai waits and imagines what his wife and child are experiencing. Later, Johannes reflects on his daughter Signe and speaks with his friend Peter and wife Erna, then realizes that they died long ago and that he too must be dead.
Morning Star
The Russian Jewish Felderman family immigrates to Manhattan’s Lower East Side in 1910. Their story unfolds against the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, World War I, and the Great Depression.
Moro per amore
Queen Eurinda falls in love with Floridoro, prince of Cyprus, who enters her court disguised as a Moor. Their enemy kingdoms and court rivalries separate them until pirates recognize Floridoro and he returns with an army; the story ends with three couples united.
Moses
Anton Rubinstein’s eight-scene sacred opera follows Moses from his rescue from the Nile by Pharaoh’s daughter through the golden-calf episode. A chorus of night spirits and celestials comments on the events.
Moses
After leading the Israelites through the desert for forty years, Moses faces a revolt by Dathan and Abiram, who threaten to stone him. He is driven from the camp, where the people worship the Golden Calf. In the desert, Azazel and the ghost of Moses' mother urge him to renounce God; a storm sweeps him away. The Israelites fear he is dead and condemn Dathan and Abiram. Joshua prepares to lead them onward, and the opera ends with a call for peace before the people reach the Promised Land.
Moses und Aron
Moses is called to lead the Israelites from Egypt, while his brother Aron translates Moses’ inward conception of God into images the people can understand. During Moses’ absence, Aron permits the people to worship a golden calf; on his return Moses destroys it and despairs that Aron’s images have distorted his teaching. In the uncomposed final scene, Moses releases Aron, who dies, and affirms that the people may still reach unity with God.
Mosè in Egitto
In Egypt, Pharaoh initially agrees to release the Hebrews after Moses’s prayer ends the darkness, but reverses his decision. Pharaoh’s son Osiride loves the Hebrew Elcia and tries to prevent her departure. Though Pharaoh plans for Osiride to marry an Assyrian princess, Osiride refuses and orders Moses killed; he is struck by lightning. At the Red Sea, Moses parts the waters to lead the Hebrews across, and the pursuing Egyptians drown when the waters close.
Motezuma
The opera presents a highly fictionalized account of an episode in the life of the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II and has a happy ending, unlike the historical ruler’s death during the Spanish conquest.
Motezuma
Set in early sixteenth-century Mexico, the opera concerns Moctezuma II and the Spanish conquest.
Mother
In a poor part of Moravia, farmer Křen lives with his large family. After his first wife dies from hard work, he marries again. His second wife, Maruša, is dissatisfied with his lack of passion. Through maternal love, she softens his defiant nature, bears and raises children according to her understanding of God’s will, and becomes an observer of life’s continual renewal.
Mourning Becomes Electra
An English-language three-act opera by Marvin David Levy, with libretto by Henry W. Butler after Eugene O’Neill’s play Mourning Becomes Electra. The principal characters include Christine, Lavinia and Orin Mannon, and Captain Adam Brant.
Mozart and Salieri
Salieri, who has devoted himself to music, privately resents Mozart’s effortless talent and believes Mozart’s work is superior. He invites Mozart to dinner and poisons his drink. Mozart speaks of the Requiem commissioned by a mysterious stranger and asks whether genius can coexist with crime. As Mozart plays, Salieri weeps and urges him to continue. Mozart feels ill and leaves; Salieri remains troubled by Mozart’s belief that a genius could not be a murderer.
Moïse et Pharaon
Rossini’s four-act French-language revision expands Mosè in Egitto with additional music and a substantial ballet.
Mr Emmet Takes a Walk
In the final seconds before Mr Emmet dies by suicide on a railway line, thoughts, memories, ideas, and musical fragments pass through his mind over the work’s fifty-minute span.
Mr Kotsky
A house cat is abandoned for being old and unable to catch mice. It meets Fox and gives an impressive name, leading Fox to believe it is fierce. Fox marries the cat and feeds it well. Forest animals want to meet the feared Mr. Kotsky, but when they peek in at the couple, the cat wakes suddenly and seems to confirm its fearsome reputation. At a dinner party, the animals hide while Fox and the cat eat. Hearing the cat meow for more soup, the animals are amazed at its appetite. When the cat mistakes the boar’s tail for a mouse and bites it, the boar overturns the table, startling Bear into a chain of mishaps that sends all the animals fleeing.
Mr. Jericho
Earl Michael de Vere has lost his fortune, and his son Horace works undercover as an omnibus driver while longing for Winifred. Jam manufacturer Mr. Jericho arranges a customer testimonial from the Earl and offers Horace a partnership; Lady Bushey’s objection to the match is overcome, and the couple can marry.
Mrika
An Albanian-language opera by Prenkë Jakova to a libretto by Llazar Siliqi, based on their earlier musical action Dritë mbi Shqipëri.
Much Ado About Nothing
A four-act operatic setting of William Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado About Nothing.
Muirgheis
An opera originally written in Irish and mainly staged in English at the time.
Mutio Scevola
An Italian opera based on the story of the Roman hero Gaius Mucius Scaevola.
Muzio Scevola
As Tarquinio and Porsena attack Rome, Horatio defends the bridge and saves the city. Roman soldier Muzio tries to assassinate Porsena, fails, then earns the king’s respect by holding his hand in fire. Clelia escapes captivity, Tarquinio is defeated, and Porsena makes peace, allowing Muzio and Clelia and Horatio and Irene to marry.
Mystery on the Docks
A one-act children’s opera based on a book by Thacher Hurd, with roles for a cook, a criminal rat, an opera star, and a rat gang.
Mârouf, savetier du Caire
The henpecked cobbler Mârouf joins sailors to travel to Khaïtân, where he pretends to be a rich merchant expecting a caravan. The sultan offers him his daughter Saamcheddine, who falls in love with him. When the deception is uncovered, Mârouf flees with the princess. They find a ring that gives him power over a magician, who makes the promised caravan real. The sultan pardons Mârouf and allows the couple to marry.
Männerlist größer als Frauenlist
Jeweller Julius Wander poses as an aristocrat and is tricked into promising to marry Aurora, daughter of Baron von Abendthau. He recognizes the bear-keeper Gregor as his father, and discovers that the dancing bear is his brother Richard in a bearskin. After Wander reveals his parentage, the baron rejects him, freeing him to marry Leontine.
Médus, roi des Mèdes
A prologue and five-act tragédie en musique.
Méduse
Medusa competes with Minerva for the title of most beautiful and grows jealous when Prince Persée loves Princess Ismenie. Medusa and Neptune capture the couple, but Persée remains devoted to Ismenie. Jupiter transforms Medusa into a monster; she turns Ismenie to stone, and Minerva later reverses the transformation and celebrates the lovers’ marriage.
Médée
In Corinth, Jason abandons Médée to marry Créuse, and King Créon orders Médée into exile. She conspires with Oronte, then uses magic to kill Créuse with a poisoned robe and drive Créon mad. After Créuse dies, Médée announces she has killed her own children and escapes in a dragon-drawn chariot as Corinth burns.
Médée
At Corinth, Dircé prepares to marry Jason, who had taken the Golden Fleece with Médée’s help before abandoning her. Médée returns and demands that Jason return to her; he refuses, and she vows vengeance. Ordered to leave Corinth, she asks for one more day with her children and sends wedding gifts to Dircé. One gift poisons Dircé. Médée, Néris and the children take refuge in a temple; Médée emerges with a bloodied knife after killing her children, curses Jason and disappears as the temple burns.
Médée et Jason
An adaptation of the Medea myth that emphasizes its dark and violent elements, in a prologue and five acts.
Mélidore et Phrosine
Mélidore and Phrosine plan to elope, but her brothers oppose their marriage. After Mélidore appears to kill Aimar, he disguises himself as a dead hermit and secretly guides Phrosine to him with a nightly beacon. A storm extinguishes the light; Jule mistakes his torch for it and leaves Phrosine to drown, but Mélidore rescues her, and the brothers finally consent to the marriage.
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