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Set in 17th century Poland, the plot involves a somewhat inept young knight who tries to liberate his captive fiancé, and needs a lot of help along the way.

Beethoven's only opera is about a daring woman who dresses as a man, risking all to save her imprisoned husband. Read the story and hear excerpts from this Lucerne Festival production.

Donizetti's unassuming comedy serves up magic elixirs and romance -- and a couple of solid insights. It demonstrates that, when it comes to love, the genuine article beats any potion-induced passion.

Two macho types hatch a silly test to prove the unswerving loyalty of their girlfriends, in a comedy by Mozart that goes deeper than farce.

Bowing to market forces isn't just a modern concern: 'Semele' was Handel's attempt to appeal to fans of spiritually minded oratorios and lusty operatic dramas alike.

In this rarely revived opera, Rossini reuses many of his own tunes, but modern audiences have embraced it. This production, from Rossini's hometown, places the main character in a mental ward, where he is tormented with visions of the wife he sentenced to death.

Massenet's Don Quichotte is one of several operas based on Miguel Cervantes' 17th-century novel, in which the self-proclaimed knight-errant travels the world righting wrongs.

Toni Morrison wrote the libretto for this opera, based on a real-life story about an enslaved woman who killed her daughter rather than let her be returned to slavery.

Rossini's take on Cinderella is one of his most comic operas, but it has serious moments. Kate Aldrich sings Cinderella, and Lawrence Brownlee is the prince in a production from the Rossini opera Festival in Pesaro, Italy.

Kurt Weill unleashed his entire musical and dramatic arsenal in this astonishing and decadent opera, which he wrote in his early twenties. The action is set in a fictional American city, but it's reminiscent of Weimar, Germany.