Gioachino Rossini’s operatic version of the Cinderella story may not have any enchanted mice or pumpkins, but there’s plenty of magic in the music.

Love is intoxicating, but dating can be hard. In Jacques Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann, a love-obsessed poet tells fantastical stories of romance gone very, very wrong. 

Past trauma can have a dramatic effect on your desire for love and intimacy. It's true for Puccini’s Turandot, the ice princess who cuts off her feelings – and the heads of her suitors.

The most famous American opera opens with one of the most famous American songs: “Summertime.” The Gershwins’ haunting lullaby from Porgy and Bess is a simple tune with a complex story.

It’s not easy to accept the changes that come with time and age. For Richard Strauss’s Marschallin, the trick is simply learning to let go.

When someone you love dies, how far would you be willing to go to bring them back? The mythical Orpheus goes to hell and back, but even that isn’t enough to save his love Eurydice.

When your spouse cheats, your mind starts racing with a million questions. For Mozart's Countess Almaviva, one of them is: What happened to the spark we had and how can we get it back?

You may not have heard of the Egyptian king Akhnaten, but the young pharaoh helped shape modern religion as we know it. Composer Philip Glass brings his life into broad daylight.

Sometimes an illusion is the hardest thing to let go of. For Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, that illusion comes in the form of a distant ship on the horizon, carrying her long lost husband.