The opera deals with the life of the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century folk preacher Paavo Ruotsalainen.

The opera deals with her obsession, her rejection by Karin, and her disintegration.

Nestled among Romantic repertory works in which tragedy means dying for love, "Dialogues" is a reminder that opera can also deal with weightier matters.

The opera, which begins in 1903, deals with Wright's abandonment of his first wife, Catherine; the Cheney affair, and its grisly culmination.

The opera deals with the subject of slavery, a major concern in Brazil at the time (the institution had only been abolished by the Lei Áurea in 1888).

The opera deals with episodes in the life of Aleksis Kivi, the Finnish national writer.

Opera specializes in love triangles, but not many operas have dealt with the all-too-topical topic of sexual molestation.

The opera, by Michael Sahl and Howard Pflanzer, deals with a woman on a beach and a man on a train and their subsequent encounter.

His operas dealt with historical themes.

Usually the operas dealt with the section of her life when she was being persecuted by Elizabeth I of England.