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    19 life lessons from the world of opera

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    Got a dilemma at work? Relationship worries? The great opera composers have an answer for everything. Here are some of the pearls of wisdom we've picked up from Mozart, Verdi, Wagner et al.

    1. Life lessons from opera

      1. La bohème

      Money management

    2. Life lessons from opera

      2. Wagner's Flying Dutchman

      On ambition

    3. Life lessons from opera Faust

      3. Gounod's Faust

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    4. Life lessons from opera

      4. Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro

      Career advice

    5. Life lessons from opera

      5. Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel

      Parenting tips

    6. la traviata

      6. Verdi's La traviata

      Learning to take advice

    7. Life lessons from opera

      7. Mozart's Così fan tutte

      Relationship advice

    8. Life lessons from opera

      8. Bartók's Duke Bluebeard's Castle

      Relationship advice 2

    9. Life lessons from opera

      9. Dvořák's Rusalka

      On aspiration

    10. Life lessons from opera

      10. Mozart's Don Giovanni

      On men

    11. Life lessons from opera

      11. Wagner's Lohengrin

      On a happy marriage

    12. Life lessons from opera

      12. Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore

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    13. Life lessons from opera

      13. Mozart's The Magic Flute

      On dealing with the in-laws

    14. Life lessons from opera

      14. Wagner's Die Walküre

      How to find true love

    15. Life lessons from opera

      15. Verdi's Rigoletto

      On politics

    16. Life lessons from opera

      16. Beethoven's Fidelio

      On being a law-abiding citizen

    17. Life lessons from opera

      17. Puccini's Tosca

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    18. Life lessons from opera

      18. Richard Strauss's Salome

      How to achieve your goals

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      19. Britten's Peter Grimes

      On living in a tight-knit community

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