Massenet – Le Roi De Lahore (Viotti) DVD – Vladimir Stoyanov, Riccardo Zanellato 

The love between Sita the priestess of the temple of Indra and unknown stranger who is actually Alim the king of Lahore is hindered by Scindia who wants to take the throne and to marry Sita. When Scindia discovers the lover’s true identity he accuses him before the high priest Timour who condemns him to go into battle against the Muslims. In the battle Alim is defeated and seriously wounded returns to Lahore where he dies in the arms of his beloved Sita. Having risen into the Hindu paradise and been reincarnated. Alim returns to Lahore just in time to witness the usurper’s splendid coronation and to reveal Scindia’s crimes to the entire populace. In the last act the two lovers take refuge in the temple of Indra to escape from Scindia: Sita takes her own life with a dagger thus provoking Alim’s death. The two lovers will be together in the hereafter.