Opera Plots

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1. A slave girl of royal birth tricks her boyfriend into betraying his country and spends the rest of her life with him in the basement. L'Africaine Aida Armide L'Amore dei tre Re

2. Amorous count enlists the aid of a factotum to win the hand of a fair maiden who is held cloistered by her lecherous guardian. Bartered Bride Barber of Seville Fra Diavolo La Giocondca

3. Starving French author falls for a sick and starving neighbor; relationship has its ups and downs; poor girl dies in the end. La Favorita La Boheme Girl of the Golden West Herodiade

4. Gypsy girl lures infatuated hick soldier into a life of crime; leaves him for a bullfighter; she meets a bad end. Carmen Dinorah Ariane et Barbe-Bleu Elektra

5. Country bumpkin woos local hotty but needs help from 'Dr. Feelgood' who cons him. A couple of bottles later, the rube wins the lass by a twist of fate. Ernani Le Prophete Forza Del Destino The Elixir of Love

6. Faithful cross-dressing wife frees political prisoner husband. L'Amico Fritz Zampa Don Pasquale Fidelio

7. Asian military bride loses sailor husband to his American wife; gives up child; gives up life. Madama Butterfly Manru Lakme Thais

8. Manservant's future wife is pursued by the Count while the Countess, yearning for the Count, is being chased by a teenage boy who is also after another servant girl. Manservant, his bride, the Countess, and the boy entrap the Count in a rendevouz. (Whew!) All's well that ends well. Martha Marriage of Figaro Navarraise Zaza

9. Double-crossed henchman plots revenge on his libertine master but pays the price with the life of his daughter. Rigoletto Werther Robert Le Diable Mignon

10. Druid high priestess is thrown over by Roman boyfriend and vows revenge. In the end, both are burned up. Norma Linda De Chamounix The Queen of Sheba Semiramide