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In which the lively gaiety of Vienna on Shrove Tuesday provides a dazzling and colourful backdrop to a masked intrigue at the opera ball, where mystery and playful pursuit weave through the throng. The spirited Tsarevitch, delighting in the freedom of incognito pleasure, finds himself entwined in a beguiling chase after a captivating odalisque who flits tantalisingly just beyond his reach.