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Prima Donna Bonds Russian Tenor With A Wartime Vow
The coloratura Mme Nadina Legat vows to marry Enrico Arensen to save him from a firing squad in wartime Paris. Reading a vision of his fate drives her to secure his freedom with a marriage, mirroring grand opera’s most dramatic plots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston National Opera Company
Imperial Opera
Mme
Nadina Legat
Gilda
Victor Hugo
Magdalene
Camille
Dumas
Lucia
Donizetti
Walter Scott
Enrico Arensen
Verdi
Russia
Arensen
Berlin
Vienna
Mme. Legat
Nice
Opera
Germany
Hausvogter Gefangniss
Switzerland
Italy
Piedmont
Mentone
France
Paris
Monte Carlo
Mme. Legal
la Sea
Attos
Arenson
Austria
Kaliser
M. Arensen
M. Isowsky
Tosca
Scala
Lafayette
United States
Enrico Aventsen
Boston National Grand Opera’ Company
Kth
Wes
Kaiser William
Mr. Arensen