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The last of Donizetti’s four operas based in the Tudor period, ROBERTO DEVEREUX focuses on the Earl of Essex during his service to Queen Elizabeth. Roberto returns to England from Ireland to face charges of high treason, and as he does, he must navigate a love triangle between himself, the Duchess of Nottingham, and the Queen — or face certain death.

The women have the last laugh when the men they plan to marry come up with a really bad idea: egged on by a cynical old bachelor, the guys decide to put their fiancées to the “fidelity test.” Big mistake—as the resulting romantic debacle demonstrates! Mozart does it again, with glorious music fueling comedy that cuddles right up to a calamity just waiting to happen.

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Desire for a coveted ring begins a mammoth adventure to Valhalla. Gods, dwarves, giants, river nymphs, and dragons scheme and dream of power in Das Rheingold, the influential masterpiece by Richard Wagner that echoes in our popular culture today.

The Death of Klinghoffer is based on the true story of the 1985 PLO hijacking of the passenger ship Achille Lauro in which disabled Jewish-American passenger Leon Klinghoffer was shot and thrown into the sea, wheelchair and all.