Vienna State Opera
04 Apr
Vienna State Opera - Iolanta
Vienna State Opera
Opernring 2, 1010 Vienna
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Piotr I. Tschaikowski
Lyric opera in one act
Text Modest Tchaikovsky
No intermissions - Main Stage
Short Summary
Iolanta, the daughter of Provençal King René, who has been blind from birth, lives in hiding in the Vosges mountains.
Her father hopes that she will be cured by the famous physician Ibn-Hakia - only when she can see will Iolanta meet her fiancé Robert of Burgundy. But things turn out differently: Robert wants to break off the engagement because he loves another princess. His companion and friend Vaudemont, on the other hand, falls in love with Iolanta at first sight and she returns his love. Love becomes the key to treatment, the cure succeeds and Iolanta learns to see.
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