Aïda
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
La Bohème
Boris Godunov
Carmen
Cavalleria Rusticana (Rustic Chivalry)
La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Tales of Hoffmann)
Cosi fan tutte (“They All Do It”)
Don Giovanni
Don Pasquale
Eugene Onegin
Faust
Die Fledermaus (The Bat)
Der Fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman)
Hänsel and Gretel
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Katerina Ismailova)
Lucia di Lammermoor
Madama Butterfly
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
The Merry Widow
The Mikado
Nabucco
Otello
I Pagliacci (The Clowns)
Pelléas et Mélisande
Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of Nibelung)
Rigoletto
Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose)
Salome
Tosca
La Traviata (The Fallen Woman)
Il Trovatore (The Troubadour)
Turandot
Opera plots form the backdrop to the rich music and staging that make the opera experience. To help you follow the action, we've outlined the stories from the most frequently performed operas.
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