Napoleon’s tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families.

The young Claudia wants to escape from the gray life of the province and aims rich men but each time with unhappy results. Only the brother will eventually succeed in…

In Pietro Mascagni’s tragic opera, a soldier returns home from war to reclaim his former fiancée, only to find that she’s married someone else in his absence, leading to jealousy,…