Opera is based on the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus, who attempts to rescue his dead lover Eurydice from Hades.

In 1993 the Godfather of all Godfathers, Toto Riina, is arrested in Palermo, Sicily, marking the end of a 25-year manhunt and of the war that killed thousands between the Cosa Nostra and the Italian State. Through interviews of prosecutors, judges, police officers, lawyers, and now repentant mobsters, the two-part documentary mini-series tells the story of the rise and fall of the most feared and violent organized crime leader ever.

The Coronation of Poppea (L'Incoronazione di Poppea) tells the amoral story of the Roman Emperor Nero's love affair with the scheming and seductive Poppea, with evil triumphing over good, while the allegorical figures from the Prologue - Fortune, Virtue and Love look on.