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  2. The Shoemaker's Holiday - Wikipedia

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    In Act 3 Scene 1, Eyre's purchase of the heavily discounted cargo from the Dutch skipper reveal the theme of insider capitalism. Eyre is able to purchase the cargo at a bargain because of "the love he [the shipowner] bears to Hans." [4] However, acknowledging the historical context reveals other motivations. Towards the end of the 16th century ...

  3. To be, or not to be - Wikipedia

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    "To be, or not to be" is a speech given by Prince Hamlet in the so-called "nunnery scene" of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet (Act 3, Scene 1). The speech is named for the opening phrase, itself among the most widely known and quoted lines in modern English literature, and has been referenced in many works of theatre, literature and music.

  4. La traviata - Wikipedia

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    La traviata (Italian: [la traviˈaːta,-aˈvjaː-]; The Fallen Woman) [1] [2] is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave.It is based on La Dame aux camélias (1852), a play by Alexandre Dumas fils, which he adapted from his own 1848 novel.

  5. The Escape; or, A Leap for Freedom - Wikipedia

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    Act 3, Scene 1: Sitting-Room Act 3, Scene 2: The Kitchen- Slaves at Work Act 3, Scene 3: Sitting Room Act 3, Scene 4: In the Forest near Dr. Gaines's Property Act 3, Scene 5: Room in a Small Cottage on the Poplar Farm Act 4, Scene 1: Interior of a Dungeon, likely the basement of Dr. Gaines's Estate Act 4, Scene 2: The Parlor of Dr. Gaines Act 4 ...

  6. La Loba Negra - Wikipedia

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    La Loba Negra (The Black She-wolf) is an opera in 3 acts by Francisco Feliciano with libretto by Fides Cuyugan-Asensio.The opera was based on a novel attributed to Jose Burgos, but was proven to be a hoax made by Jose E. Marco.

  7. Un ballo in maschera - Wikipedia

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    A rehearsal of act 3, scene 2, including the stabbing of Riccardo, is featured in the closing scene of Bernardo Bertolucci's 1979 film La Luna. It also confused Leslie Titmuss in John Mortimer's novel Titmuss Regained; when a friend said that she was going to see Un ballo in maschera at Covent Garden, he replied "never been one for dancing".

  8. Eugene Onegin (opera) - Wikipedia

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    Tchaikovsky's friend Konstantin Shilovsky contributed M. Triquet's verses in Act 2, Scene 1, while Tchaikovsky himself arranged the text for Lensky's arioso in Act 1, Scene 1, and almost all of Prince Gremin's aria in Act 3, Scene 1. [1] Eugene Onegin is a well-known example of lyric opera, to which Tchaikovsky added music of a dramatic nature ...

  9. Die Walküre - Wikipedia

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    Prelude to Act 3 - Walkürenritt (The Ride of the Valkyries) Scene 1. The Valkyries congregate on the mountain-top, each carrying a dead hero and chattering excitedly. Brünnhilde arrives with Sieglinde, and begs her sisters for help, but they dare not defy Wotan. Sieglinde tells Brünnhilde that without Siegmund she no longer wishes to live.