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Chérubin, 2005
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Opera Synopses

Even though all of our productions provide surtitle transaltions above the stage (even those operas performed in English!), we recommend reading the opera synopsis before your OperaNJ performance to enhance your experience. We hope this section provides you with in-depth plot details and permits you to keep your eyes glued to the stage!

Albert Herring (Britten)

Ba-Ta-Clan (Offenbach)

The Barber of Seville (Rossini)

Buoso’s Ghost (Ching)

Carmen (Bizet)

La Cenerentola (Rossini)

Chérubin (Massenet)

The Consul (Menotti)

Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (Mozart)

Faust (Gounod)

Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss, Jr.)

Don Giovanni (Mozart)

Così fan tutte (Mozart)

L’Elisir d’Amore (Donizetti)

L’enfant et les Sortilèges (Ravel)

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)

Falstaff (Verdi)

Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)

The Merry Widow (Lehár)

The Mikado (Gilbert & Sullivan)

Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart)

Don Pasquale (Donizetti)

The Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert & Sullivan)

Rigoletto (Verdi)

Roméo et Juliette (Gounod)

Tosca (Puccini)

La traviata (Verdi)

Il trovatore (Verdi)

Turandot (Puccini)

Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)

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