Why did this Spanish city serve as the backdrop to so many stories during the golden age of opera? Explore the historical connections, stories, and the familiar orchestral music that persisted even through your Saturday morning cartoons.

• Mozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro
• Rossini: Overture to II Barbiere di Siviglia
• Beethoven: Leonore Overture no. 3
• Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino
• Bizet: Carmen Suites 1 & 2