PONCHIELLI: La Gioconda

La Gioconda, dramma lirico in four acts.
Music composed by Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886). Libretto by Arrigo Boito (under the pseudonym Tobia Gorrio), based upon Victor Hugo’s
Angelo, Tyrant of Padua (1835).

BIZET: Carmen

OpÈra comique in four acts.

Music composed by Georges Bizet (1838-1875). Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic HalÈvy after Prosper MÈrimÈe’s novella, Carmen.

WAGNER: Der fliegende Holl‰nder

Der fliegende Holl‰nder. Romantic opera in 3 acts.

Music composed by Richard Wagner. Libretto by the composer.

MOZART: CosÏ fan tutte ó La Scala 1956

CosÏ fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti (K. 588). Opera buffa in two acts.

Music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.

ROSSINI: La Cenerentola

La Cenerentola, ossia La bont‡ in trionfo. Dramma giocoso in two acts.
Music composed by Gioacchino Rossini (1792–1868). Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti after Perrault.

DONIZETTI: Poliuto

Poliuto, Tragedia lirica in three acts.

Music composed by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848). Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, after the tragedy Polyeucte (1640) by Pierre Corneille.

GLUCK: Alceste

Alceste. Tragedia in three acts (Italian version).

Alceste. TragÈdie opÈra in three acts (French version).

GLUCK: Orfeo ed Euridice

Orfeo ed Euridice. Azione teatrale in three acts (Italian version).

OrphÈe et Eurydice. TragÈdie opÈra in three acts (French version).

HANDEL: Giulio Cesare in Egitto

Giulio Cesare in Egitto (HWV 17), Drama in three acts.

Music composed by Georg Friedrich Handel (1685–1759). Libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym after an earlier libretto by Giacomo Francesco Bussani.

BELLINI: I puritani

I puritani, opera seria in three acts
Music composed by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835). Libretto by Carlo Pepoli from TÍtes rondes et Cavaliers (1833) by Jacques Ancelot and Xavier Saintine.