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In the epic tale of good versus evil, Faust sells his soul to the devil and tries to save Marguerite from an eternity in hell.

In the summer of 1830 the impresarios of Teatro Carcano contacted Donizetti and asked him to compose a new opera for the season's opening. At the moment of signing the contract Donizetti still ignored the subject of the new opera, but he knew that the librettist would be Felice Romani and the female protagonist Giuditta Pasta. Success was resounding and unanimous, also with the critics. Donizetti had indeed reached artistic maturity. Anna Bolena tells a human drama of solitude and oppression; it is a work of centered psychological introspection. Donizetti's first great scene of madness is one of the most moving and powerful of the whole history of opera. The new theatrical element introduced by Anna Bolena is that the protagonist's death is not a consequence of moral duty or divine justice, but a plain act of cruelty. A tragedy through and through, then: intense, deep and profoundly romantic. Anna Bolena is a significant work in the history of opera, as well as in Donizetti's own personal history. In this Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo production, Dimitra Theodossiou stands out as a fine interpreter both as a singer and as an actress.

Leonore dresses up as a man and becomes the gaoler's assistant to free her unjustly imprisoned husband. The gaoler's daughter Marcelline quickly falls in love with her, while Marcelline's admirer Jaquino becomes intensely jealous.

The Count of Luna loves Leonora and is jealous of his rival, the troubadour Manrico.

This is Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal" performed by Vienna State Opera. Due to COVID, this was a one-time-only event, performed in an empty auditorium and broadcast on Austrian television. It was recorded on 11 April 2021.

The poet and revolutionary André Chenier in Paris in 1789.

Alsina, the Witch Queen of the Magic Island transforms her lovers into rocks and trees when she tires of them. At the opening of this opera, however, she is experiencing a new emotion: love. But Alcina is too tough to die for love, though her magic powers disappear when she falls in love with a man. Now she is forced to deal with the infections of doubt, jealousy and mortality.