Opera may not have been of central importance to Rachmaninov's long and diverse creative life but, relatively early in his career, he completed two one-act operas.
16 The Duke and the Baron: Do You Have Children, Baron?
17 The Duke and the Baron: I Am Angry with My Son
18 Entrance of Albert
19 Death of the Baron
20 Introduction
21 Duet: Francesca and Paolo: Fair Guinevere
22 Paolo and Francesca: As the Early Portent of Morning Coloured the East
23 Paolo and Francesca: Oh, How Sweet, How Awe-Inspiring It Was for Them
24 Francesca: Let It Be That We Are Not Fated to Know Kisses
25 Paolo and Francesca: What to Me Is Paradise
26 Paolo and Francesca: With You Hell Is Better Than Paradise!... Where You Are There Is Happiness Without End!
27 Francesca: I Am Yours Forever!
28 Storm
29 Entrance of Lanceotto: No! An Eternal Curse!
30 Shades of Virgil and Dante
31 Spirits of Paolo and Francesca
32 The Spirits Vanish
Opera may not have been of central importance to Rachmaninov's long and diverse creative life but, relatively early in his career, he completed two one-act operas.