Alfredo falls in love with the beautiful courtesan, Violetta Valery, who is dying from consumption.

When the commoner Simon Boccanegra unseats his rival, the nobleman Fiesco, as the new leader of the Italian city, Simon discovers that Amelia, an orphan raised by Fiesco's family, is his long-lost daughter. Although Amelia is in love with Gabriele Adorno, Fiesco has already promised her hand in marriage to Paolo. Assuming his new fatherly role, Simon refuses to permit his malevolent colleague's desire for Amelia's hand. As father and daughter form...

Il trovatore: The opera takes place in a 15th century Spanish town where the Count is in love with Leonora, who is in love with Manrico, which makes the Count and Manrico enemies. La traviata: The opera takes place around Paris in the 1840s where Violetta is ill and is unsure about the love of Alfredo. Macbeth: The opera takes place in Scotland where Macbeth is uncertain about the witches prophesy about him whereas his wife, Lady Macbeth, wants...