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Opera Guide—Romeo and Juliet, by Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, French Opera Based on Shakespeare's Play

By: Amelia Hill

Offenbach Le Pont des Soupirs: Plot Synopsis and Character Description of a French Operetta

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Igor Stravinsky Opera The Soldier's Tale: Plot Synopsis and Character Description of a Morality French Drama

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Opera Guide– L'Africaine (The African Slave): Grand Opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer about Explorer Vasco da Gama

By: Amelia Hill

The Psychology of Carmen, the Opera: A Tale of Narcissism and Tragedy

By: Paula Marie Deubel

Opera Guide–Thaïs, by Jules Massenet: Lyric Opera Based on Thaïs by Anatole France

By: Amelia Hill

Jacques Offenbach Operetta Orphée aux Enfers: Plot Synopsis and Description of a French Fairy Tale Operetta

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Jacques Offenbach Opera The Tales of Hoffmann: Plot Synopsis and Description of a Fantastic French Opera

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Massenet's Werther with Álvarez, Garanca: Vienna Production Available on DVD from TDK

By: Kay Bosworth

Jules Massenet Opera Hérodiade: Plot Synopsis and Character Description of a French Tragic Drama

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Ravel L'Enfant et les Sortilèges: Synopsis and Character Description of French Lyric Fantasy

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Debussy Opera Pelléas et Mélisande: Plot Synopsis and Character Description of a French Lyric Drama

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Verdi Opera Don Carlo: Plot Synopsis and Character Description of a Tragedy Drama

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Ravel Opera The Spanish Hour: L'Heure Espagnole, a Musical Comedy Opera in One Act

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Hector Berlioz Opera Benvenuto Cellini: Synopsis and Characters of French Semi-Seria in Three Acts

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Jules Massenet's Opera Werther: Synopsis and characters in a Four-Act French Lyric Drama

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Massenet Opera Manon: Summary and Cast of French Opéra Comique in Five Acts

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Leo Delibes Opera Lakme: Opera in Three Acts from a Novel by Pierre Loti

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

French Opera Beginnings: Early Opera in France and Roles of Louis XIV, Lully, and Rameau

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Charles Gounod's Faust: French Opera in Five Acts

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Messiaen's Saint Francois D'Assise: Opera in Three Acts from 14th-Century Religious Text "Fioretti"

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Rossini Le Comte Ory: Plot Synopsis and Cast of The Count Ory, French Two-Act Comic Opera

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Gluck Opera Iphigenie en Tauride: Synopsis and Characters Description of Opera Seria in Four Acts

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Gluck Opera Iphigenie en Aulide: Iphigenia in Aulis French Opera Seria in Three Acts

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

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