Manon,
seduced by the old Geronte, returns to her former lover, Des Grieux, but
is betrayed to the authorities and transported to America, where she dies
in the arms of her lover.
La
Boheme,
first staged in 1896, centres on the love of Mimě and the poet Rodolfo in
the Latin Quarter of Paris, a story of innocent love, betrayal and the
final death of the heroine.
Madama
Butterfly
is a story of love betrayed, the innocent Japanese heroine of the title
deserted by her faithless American husband and finally compelled to
suicide.
La
Fanciulla del West
( the Girl of the Golden West ) is set in a slightly improbable Wild West.
Turandot:
it is the last opera and it is based on an Oriental fantasy by the 18th
century dramatist Gozzi, makes inappropriate use of Chinese melodies, but
is a study of the love of the suitor Prince Calaf for the
icy-hearted and cruel Princess Turandot. All ends happily, but not before
moments of suspense, marked by the famous tenor aria Nessun dorma ( Let
no-one sleep ).
Tosca
:
One of the most famous and popular operas. It was staged for the first
time in Rome in 1900. Opera in 3 acts The story is placed in Rome in 1800
Protagonists
Tosca:
a singer
Mario Cavaradossi: a painter and a rebel
Scarpia: Police chief
It deals the love of Tosca for the Painter Cavaradossi. The painter was
arrested because he helped another patriot to escape.Tosca tries to save
him, but she is deceived by Scarpia so she killed him. Cavaradossi himself
is shooted and Tosca, deeply distressed, throws herself out of the walls
of Castel Sant'Angelo. |