by Iotis Erlewine
synopsis
This opera is based on a story by Peter Tchaikovsky. It is the tale of a young woman who grows up unaware that she is blind. Her father protects her from this truth so that the Duke of Burgundy, to whom she has been betrothed since birth, will marry her.
characteristics
- Love
- Knight
- Marriage-arranged
- Romance
- Romantic
- Incapacitation
- Handicap
- Bride
- Cripple
- Disability
- Disabled
- Blind
