Bella Liberta! Long live Liberty! Enjoy this comedic double bill of Rossini's first professional opera along with an American opera that hasn't been heard in over a hundred years! Rossini's "The Marriage Contract" is an Italian take on a silly farce that features secret London lovers trying to outwit an overbearing father. Meanwhile, the Freer opera features the love story of Elizabeth and Robert Browning - who elope from England to Italy. Long live Love!