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TC is an Ethiopian princess.
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Aida
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Aida
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Verdi
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TC falls in ove with Radames and convinces him to run away with her, but is caught by priest Ramphis and princess Amneris
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Aida
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Radames is buried alive but the TC has joined her tomb.
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Aida
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Was intended to commemorate the opening of the Suez Canal but was finished late and premiered at the Cairo Opera House
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Aida
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TC is a young gypsy in a cigarette factory in Sevile who is arrested by DOn Jose for fighting
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Carmen
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TC meets Don Jose at an inn where she tempts into challenging his captain which forces him to join a group of smugglers
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Carmen
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the former soldier enconters the TC where her lover Escamillo is competing (Toreador Song) and stabs her
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Carmen
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based on Prosper Merimee
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Carmen
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Carmen
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Bizet
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TC and Susanno are servants of COunt Almaviva who plan to marry.
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marriage of figaro
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the major plan is complicated by the older Marcellina who wants to wed the TC.
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marriage of figaro
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the count made unwanted advances to susanna and don bartolo who has a loan that the TC swore he will repay.
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marriage of figaro
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the issues are resolved with the page Cherubino - based on a comedy by Beaumarchais
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Marriage of Figaro
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almaviva loves rosina, the ward of Dr. Bartolo.
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barber of seville
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marriage of figaro
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mozard
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barber of seville
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rossini
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Figaro tries the guise of Lindoro and then a replacement teacher, all of which are penetrated by Dr. Bartolo.
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barber of seville
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the characters bribe the notary who was to marry Rosina to Dr. Bartolo.
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barber of seville
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14th century Swiss patriot who wishes to end Austria's domination of his country.
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William Tell
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the TC helps Leuthold escape the Austrian golvernor Gessler.
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william tell
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Gessler takes the TC's son Jemmy and forces Tell to shoot an apple off of his head.
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William Tell
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TC tries to seduce Donna Anna, but is discovered by her father, the Commendatore, whom he kills in a sword fight.
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Don Giovanni
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willliam tell
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rossini
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later, Leporello recounts his master's 2000 conquests in the Catalogue Aria. Swordfights commence until the Commentadore comes to life and takes him to hell
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don giovanni
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don giovanni
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mozart
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jokanaan is imprisoned in the dungeons of King Herod. Herd's 15 year old step-daughter becomes obsessed with the prisoner's religious passion and is incensed.
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Salome
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Later, Herod orders her to dance for him (the dance of the seven veils) but she refuses. She asks for the hand of Jokanaan and receives it.
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Salome
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salome
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richard Strauss
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the TC is the chief adviser of Ivan the Terrible, who is pressured to assume the throne after his two kids die.
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boris godunov
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boris godunov
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mussorgsky
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in the beginning, the religious novice Grigori decides to impersonate the younger son, Dmitri, who turns out is kiled by the TC
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boris godunov
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Grigori raises a general revolt and the TC dies in front of the boyars
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boris godunov
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tells of 4 extremely 4 friends who live in the Quarter of paris
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la boheme
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Marcello is an artist, Rodolfo = poet
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la boheme
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colline = philosopher, schaunard = musician
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la boheme
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Rodolfo meets Mimi and when her single candle is withered and needs to be relit.
marcello is attached to musetto who left him for alcindoro. |
la boheme
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musetta bursts into an apartment and tells them that Mimi is dying.
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la boheme
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based on novel by Henry Murger and became the basis of Rent by Larson
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La Boheme
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La Boheme
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Pucini
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American naval lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton is strationed in Nagasaki, where, with the help of Goro he meets Cio-Cio-San
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madama butterfly
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pinkerton returns to america to raise his son "trouble'. When him and his wife Kate return, Cio-Cio-San stabs herself and gives them their son.
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madama butterfly
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madama butterfly
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pucini
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based on a play by David Belasco
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madama butterfly
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