La Sonnambula is a gripping drama that follows the story of a bride-to-be who sleepwalks and is thrown into a series of strange events, including a mysterious stranger and a missing ring.
Donizetti: L'Elisir d'amore is a comedic opera that tells the story of a young man who uses a magical elixir to win the love of a beautiful woman. However, things get complicated when a swindler interferes and the true power of love is put to the test.
Il Turco in Italia is one of Rossini‘s wittiest but most neglected works. It is full of ingenious and freshly composed invention. It is Rossini‘s first collaboration with Felice Romani - Bellini‘s librettist - on this opera and Romani understood perfectly Rossini‘s love of pastiche and parody. He provided a commedia dell‘ arte scenario that gave Rossini plenty of opportunity to mock traditions he had helped to cultivate in the first place. The plot is delightfully salcious and among the many jewels in the score, the duet for Geronio and Selim, in which the Turk tries to persuade the ageing husband to sell his wife to him, is widely considered one of the composer‘s masterpieces.
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