Small wonder his colon was singing arias from tragic third-rate operas.

Notable in his early musical output is a grand tragic opera, Mathilde.

It can usually be distinguished from tragic operas or melodramas by the presence of a basso buffo.

Large tragic opera in five acts.

"Lucia" has always been by far the best-known of Donizetti's tragic operas and has never fallen out of the standard repertory.

Rossini's serious, tragic operas from his Neapolitan period between 1815 and 1822 still represent the area most in need of recordings.

Lucia di Lammermoor is a tragic opera in three acts.

"I feel like I'm watching a tragic opera unfold," Mayor Riley said.

Puccini's one-act, all-female tragic opera takes center stage in a production by the small Chelsea Opera company.

He is probably best remembered for his appearances in the title role of Giuseppe Verdi's tragic opera Otello.