A Byzantine general betrayed by his emperor.
41. Belisario (Gaetano Donizetti)
Category: 19th century opera
40. The Queen of Spades / Pique Dame (Пиковая дама) (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
A 30-page short story is turned into a three-hour opera.
39. Ivan IV (Georges Bizet)
Bizet's unfinished opera about Ivan the Terrible.
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