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Oberon appears as a holy man, and proposes that Isolin should marry his fiancée
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Isoline and Isolin fly off on a golden dragon – despite the despairing cries of her surveillants. However, Titania brings the lovers down – to a sad land where the queen is so ugly that all mirrors are banned, rivers and lakes are drained
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honour in the turret of a castle of her mother Queen
Amalasonthe, in an attempt to ensure that she does not suspect that love may exist in the world. Only the young page Rosélio is allowed in her presence.
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Titania has ensured that while Isoline is transformed into a boy on her first kiss from Isolin, the groom is transformed into a girl.
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Despairing, the young man draws his dagger to stab himself, but
Isoline sees her true reflection in the dagger's blade, and responds once more to his ardour.
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440:La vérité sur le mariage
303:Antonia-Louise Aussourd
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478:La forêt de Brocéliande
179:(Obéron), conducted by
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142:Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
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110:Performance history
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