Rossini's breakthrough work.
183. Tancredi (Rossini)
Tag: Gaetano Rossi
53. Il giuramento (Saverio Mercadante)
A jealous nobleman locks his mistress in a crypt, and the heroine goads the man she loves into killing her.
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