Live performance, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, July 2006.  'L'italiana in Algeri' (English: 'The Italian Girl in Algiers') is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli, based on his earlier text set by Luigi Mosca. It premiered at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice on 22 May 1813. The music is characteristic of Rossini's style, remarkable for its fusion of sustained, manic energy with elegant, pristine melodies.

L'Italiana in Algeri

Schubert Opera composed in 1823 but not performed until 1988.  It is set in a medieval world and based on La Chanson de Roland and the legend of the love between Eginhard and Emma.  Live performance from 2007 at the Opernhaus Zürich.

Fierrabras

Jealous men and unreliable women: Mozart's "Opera buffa" Così fan tutte is a masterpiece of its genre. This operatic gem which is part comedy, part tragedy is a wry study in love, manipulation and trust. After having cooperated twice before (Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni) Così fan tutte was the third and last collaboration of Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte.