Opera heroines are some of the most iconic characters in classical music. Tosca, Lucia, NORMA, Mimi, AIDA, Ariadne, Isolde, and Elsa are all examples of opera heroines. Tosca is a character from the opera of the same name by Giacomo Puccini, while Lucia is from Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. NORMA is the title character of Vincenzo Bellini's opera, and Mimi is the heroine of Puccini's La Bohème. AIDA is the protagonist of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, and Ariadne is the heroine of Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos. Isolde is the main character of Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, and Elsa is the heroine of Wagner's Lohengrin. Finally, Manon is the title character of Jules Massenet's opera.