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TWO HUNDRED OPERA PLOTS By Gladys D
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56. Iphigenia in Aulis 57. Iphigeni
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Offenbach 118. La Belle Hélène Pa
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Wagner (Richard) 180. The Flying Du
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Madame de la Tour, and wishing to p
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his suspicions thus confirmed, and
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7. THE CROWN DIAMONDS Opera Comique
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challenges the Marquis to fight wit
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Bertrand; and the unhappy young wif
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they desire in order to compromise
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had two sons. At the opening of the
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circumstance a means of avenging he
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establish his identity. When the Ca
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Romantic Opera in One Act By George
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ings forth the hidden treasure, tog
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Libretto By Mosenthal, adapted from
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26. ODYSSEUS' RETURN Grand Opera in
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y Despoina, who has managed to esca
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insults upon her, she is unable to
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ing the lady to be La Duclos, they
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lovers, asks the irate father to co
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35. THE KING HAS SAID IT Opera Comi
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moment,. the angry Nilakantha appea
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partner, and willingly hands her ov
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takes her to some luxurious rooms,
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amongst the guests, and has also sw
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Court, where he sees Lady Henrietta
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First Produced Dresden, October, 18
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50. NANON Opera Comique in Three Ac
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part). Elizabeth is horrorstruck at
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condemned to death. He has, however
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obtained the love she craved for, t
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Grand Opera in Three Acts By Christ
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stand with his sweetheart, May. The
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plot having been evolved by the lib
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Gringoire suddenly appears with Pho
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with remorse and grief, since her l
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Bertram becomes more jealous of him
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calling himself Samuel, and thus ma
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eloved ones are in greater danger t
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74 THE FOLKUNGS Grand Opera in Five
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elease of the noble prisoner; and F
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78. MAIA Opera in Three Acts By R.
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First Produced Hamburg, 1846 Chief
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Here he sees Undine, a lovely but m
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victim; and whilst the flames leap
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defend her; and though Brian, now r
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88. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA Tragic Ope
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trick which has been played upon hi
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is overlooked by the King, who best
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the convent as a brother and re-nou
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since he has the means to provide h
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Chief Characters Charlotte, Sophia,
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two of the inhabitants, a male and
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etween the Catholics and Huguenots
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and despairing Bertha to the tyrant
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lovers. 106. THE STAR OF THE NORTH
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108. MUGUETTE Opera Comique in Four
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fact that he is pursued by another
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however, their trials are not over,
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determination to die rather than be
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himself an arrant coward. The situa
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good looks and gallant bearing of a
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In Act 2 we are taken to Venice, wh
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it to the test. When he has gone, R
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her. The disguised Prince obeys wit
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First Produced Turin, February, 189
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jealous anger of her rough friends
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husband, and trustfully expecting h
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131. LA TOSCA Tragic Opera in Three
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sent to tempt him from is enterpris
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her transitory suspicions, and next
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character, and is herself leading a
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shackles of Rome and proclaims hims
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Opera in Three Acts By Max Schillin
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Chief Characters Mary, Agnes Micha,
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146. JESSONDA Opera in Three Acts B
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een sentenced to a weeks imprisonme
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151. THE QUEENS LACE HANDKERCHIEF O
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chamber window she listens to his p
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lineage, they are desperately poor
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Comic Opera in Two Acts By Sir Arth
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Page 189 and 190: 183. PARSIFAL Sacred Festival Music
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Page 213 and 214: Gioconda, La Ponchielli Gipsy Baron
Page 215: Mikado, The Sullivan Moloch Schilli
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