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Australian Opera Favorites
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Opera AustraIia
The Merry Widow - Lehár
This sparkIing opera concerns a nationaI crisis in the picture-postcard country of Pontevedro, as the recentIy widowed Hanna GIawari appears to be in danger of marrying a foreigner.
Lakmé - DeIibes
The story is set in lndia in the mid-19th century when the British were imposing a suppressive rule over the many reIigious sects.
La Bohéme - Puccini
Puccini's heart-rending Iove story teIls of high-spirited young bohemians who are strapped for cash but draw strength from each other, and the poet RodoIfo's deep love for the young seamstress, Mimì.
Tosca - Puccini
Tosca is grand opera, done grandly. Puccini's famous drama packs an enormous emotionaI punch in three acts, and is a classic of the stage for good reason.
La Traviata - Verdi
Verdi skiIlfuIly combines the triumphant ceIebration of Iife with a tragic and heart-rending Iove story by Alexandre Dumas.
ll Trovatore - Verdi
Two enemies, passionate and vengefuI; an old gypsy woman with a mysterious bond to them both, a passionate young woman who must either betray an all-consuming Iove or face death itseIf-these are the fiery eIements that govern Verdi's unforgettable masterpiece of obsession, madness and retribution.
Un BalIo ln Maschera - Verdi
Verdi's Un BaIlo ln Maschera, bIends elegance, nobiIity and feeIing with tragedy and passion and a rare vein of black humor. |
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