Name: Scheherazade by Jean-Christophe Maillot, Music by Rimsky-Korsakov — Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Monte-Carlo
Duration: 35 min
Channel: Various
Description: While Sultan Shahriyar pretends to go hunting, his favorite wife Zobeide and the other women of the harem take lovers from among the slaves. The Sultan returns unexpectedly and discovers the orgy, ordering a massacre of all the unfaithful. Zobeide, knowing she cannot escape, takes her own life before the Sultan's eyes.

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Scheherazade by Jean-Christophe Maillot, Music by Rimsky-Korsakov — Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Monte-Carlo (2011) | Stage Door Society