ACT ONE Part one – A room on the ground  floor in Don Magnifico’s baronal mansion. The Barons’ two extremely plain daughters, Clorinda and Thisbe, try on their new dresses, while their ragged sister, Cenerentola, prepares coffee for them, singing…Read more ›

Act I Pope Clement VII wants to be known as a generous art benefactor and collector. The prelate has commissioned Benvenuto Cellini, a hot blooded but brilliant Florentine sculptor and goldsmith, to create a statue of Perseus killing the Medusa.…Read more ›

First movement – The chorus tell of Cadmus’  abdication and wish happiness and wisdom to their new king and to the city of Thebes. Off-stage a voice suddenly cries: “The God Dionysus has entered Boeotia.” The chorus run off to…Read more ›

ACT ONE SCENE ONE A square in Seville Dawn is about to break. Before Doctor Bartolo’s house the young Count Almaviva is serenading Rosina: but the girl’s window does not open and the Count dismisses the players and hides under…Read more ›

ACT ONE A room in the royal palace in Stockholm, in March 1792. A solicitous group of officers and gentlemen is waiting for the King, to wake up, while another group of men belonging to the rival faction, which includes…Read more ›