Vagaries of Operatic Love Class 7: Adultery and Jealousy Calisto and Juno, Theater Erfurt Maria Bayo (Calisto) and Sonia Theodoridou (Juno), La Calisto (Brussels, 1996) Gerald Finley as Count Almaviva (London, 2015) Miah Persson as Susanna and Gerald Finley as Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro (London, 2015) Shakespeare’s Othello at the Folger Theatre Ezio Di Cesare (Iago) and Chris Merritt (Otello) in Rossini’s Otello (Pesaro, 1998) Plácido Domingo (Otello) and James Morris ( Iago) in Verdi’s Otello (Met, 1996) Barbara Frittoli as Nedda in I Pagliacci (Met, 2016) I Pagliacci at the Teatro Regio, Turin The birds that screech up there launch freely into flight to fly as arrows, up on high. They challenge the clouds, ignore the burning light, and go, and go, in the trackless sky. Let them wander in the azure splendor, thirsting for some dream untold. They also follow their chimera, and go, and go, through clouds of gold. Though winds may howl and tempests roar, on widespread wings, they know no fear. Nor rain nor lightning can ever stop them, as they go, they go, over mountains and the sea. They go far off to some unknown land that they dream of but may never know. These gypsies of the sky, obey some strange command that urges them to go… and go… and go! Vagaries of Operatic Love Class 7: Adultery and Jealousy Roslin: Gustavus III and his Brothers KING GUSTAVUS III AMELIA COUNT ANCKARSTROEM Riccardo Renato STOCKHOLM SETTING Boston Setting MME ARVIDSON COUNTS RIBBING AND HORN Ulrica Sam and Tom Dmiti Hvorostovsky as Count Anckarstroem THE KING / Riccardo AMELIA ANCKARSTROEM / Renato THE KING / Riccardo AMELIA MME ARVIDSON / Ulrica THE KING / Riccardo AMELIA MME ARVIDSON / Ulrica THE KING / Riccardo COUNTS RIBBING AND HORN AMELIA THE KING / Riccardo AMELIA THE KING / Riccardo AMELIA ANCKARSTROEM / Renato AMELIA ANCKARSTROEM / Renato COUNTS RIBBING AND HORN AMELIA ANCKARSTROEM / Renato COUNTS RIBBING AND HORN Vagaries of Operatic Love Class 7: Adultery and Jealousy .