Die Tote Stadt

This is Paul, a guy who is kind of crazy, with the shrine he has made to his wife, who is kind of dead. Opera!

You can listen to the recording here.

You can read more about this opera here.

La Forza del Destino

In this scene of La Forza del Destino, a disguised nobleman and several muleteers meet in the kitchen of a roadside inn.

This beautiful recording features Leontyne Price, Placido Domingo, and Sherill Milnes. You can listen here. Read more about the opera here.

The Marriage of Figaro

This is Act 2 of the splendid comedy of delightful errors The Marriage of Figaro. In this scene, the countess tries (unsuccessfully) to convince the count that there is a woman, not a man, hiding in her closet. Her maid Susanna hides behind a couch.

Please forgive the photo quality. I am in need of a new camera. 

You can read more about this opera here.

You can listen to the beautiful recording here.

Edit: I added this photo to show the scene from the point of view of Cherubino who is, in fact, hiding in the closet.

Attila

This opera deals loosely with the facts when it comes to Attila the Hun and the Roman Empire. In the prologue, Attila surveys a village his Huns have ransacked. He is about to meet Odabella, daughter of the lord of the ruined town.



WARNING: Graphic Lego violence depicted.

You can read more about the opera here.

You can listen to the broadcast here.

I Puritani

In this final act of I Puritani (The Puritans), which is set during the English Civil War, the royalist hero Arturo is set to be executed by soldiers while his temporarily insane lover Elvira looks on. But a messenger arrives from Oliver Cromwell bearing good news.

Listen to the opera here. This is an all-star recording with Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Pierro Cappuccilli, and Nicolai Ghiaurov.

Read more about the opera here.

Martha

In this comic opera, two noble women disguise themselves at a fair where women are hired as servants. As you can probably guess, antics ensue.

You can read more about the opera here.

You can listen to the recording here.

Guglielmo Tell

On March 2, 2013, At the Opera broadcast a recording of Rossini's Guglieilmo Tell, or as well call it in English, William Tell. It is a long but exciting opera, and of course, everybody knows the overture. And everyone knows the scene Lego'ed bellow, where Mr. Tell is made to shoot an apple off his son's head.

You can listen to the broadcast here.

You can read more about the opera here.