2. She's engaged to a guy with a gambling problem. The guy gets killed. She thinks she knows who did it. She cozies up to her suspect to get him to confess. The trouble is, she cozies up too much and falls in love with him. This is the plot of: Ugo, Conte di Parigi by Donizetti Fedora by Giordano Adriana Lecouvreur by Cilea
3. Boy and Girl are in love. Her dad doesn't like him. Boy and Girl decide to elope. Dad catches them leaving and says he's going to call the cops. Realizing the game is up, Boy throws his gun on the floor. Unfortunately, in those days guns didn't have safety catches. It goes off and Dad bites the dust. Boy and Girl decide to elope anyway, especially since the cops are on the way. This is the plot of: La Forza del Destino by Verdi Simon Boccanegra by Verdi Le Comte Ory by Rossini
4. A notorious womanizer hires a comedian to entertain at his parties. The comedian thinks his boss is a creep, but he needs the work. Then to top it all off, the comedian finds out that his boss has made a play for his daughter. It's not really the womanizer's fault. He thought the girl was the comedian's mistress and therefore fair game. Instead of seeking group therapy, the comedian decides to hire a hit man instead. This is the plot of: Un Giorno di Regno by Verdi Gianni Schicchi by Puccini Rigoletto by Verdi
5. He'd been in a bit of trouble in his home town for stabbing a guy. But now he seems to be turning his life around. He's got a career in the army and the love of a good woman back home. The problem is that the home town girl is so good that she's rather boring. Then he meets a woman who is not good and definitely not boring. He falls for her, even though she has an unfortunate tendency to get into knife fights with her co-workers and flirt with every man she sees. This is the plot of: La Fanciulla del West by Puccini Carmen by Bizet La Traviata by Verdi
6. Boy meets girl. They fall in love. He hasn't got much money and neither does she. Unfortunately she soon gets turned off by the prospect of a 'poor but happy' life-style. So, she decides to leave him and marry the rich guy who'd been after her for ages. She ends up with some great jewelry but a rotten marriage. At this point, Boy, who's taken up gambling and made a lot of money, shows up at her house. This is the plot of: Manon Lescaut by Puccini La Scala di Seta by Rossini I Puritani by Bellini
7. There's big trouble brewing at an early prototype of Dinner Theater. The leading man and lady are married to each other, but they are in serious need of a marriage counselor. Another actor in the show has a crush on the leading lady. But she thinks he's hideous and besides she's already having an affair with a guy in the audience. This is the plot of: Capriccio by Strauss I Lombardi by Verdi I Pagliacci by Leoncavallo
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