Gregory Yurisich

La Fille du Régiment

Sandro Sequi

Joan Sutherland, Anson Austin

Australian Opera Chorus and Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra production of Donizetti's opera

The Mikado

Anne-Maree McDonald, Heather Begg

Performed by Opera Australia at the Sydney Opera House in 1987.

Verdi Stiffelio

Elijah Moshinsky

José Carreras, Catherine Malfitano

Stiffelio is considered "early Verdi" to musiclogists who classify things, but, in reality, it is a final transition between the maestro's earlier (but most enjoyable) works, and the mature craftsmanship of Rigoletto. Preceded by Luisa Miller (q.v.), there is more dramatic intensity and story line than in the earlier works. The plot centers around Stiffelio, a minister, who discovers that his wife, Mina, has been unfaithful.