Pushkin folk tale as comedic opera whose sultry elements expand an Oriental influence. Korsakov portrays the story of Tsar Nicholas II, punished for his cowardice and despotism, using satire to condemn Russia's autocratic ruler.
Franco Zeffirelli's magnificient staging of Puccini's final opera - a fairy tale set in a mythical C...
The legendary director Ruth Berghaus created this staging of Carl Maria von Weber’s Der Freischütz a...
The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singe...
A version of Benjamin Britten's opera based on the Melville story. Will the virtuous young sailor Bi...
Dvořák's "Rusalka" in a production by David Pountney at the English National Opera in 1986. Mark Eld...
It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of ...
This filmed version of Strauss' shocker features Teresa Stratas as opera's most depraved teenager, a...
A lonely mother and her son go to the opera where a performance of Cherubini’s opera Medea is given....
After Tristan und Isolde (2016), Parsifal (2017) and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (2018) this is t...
Bellezza (Beauty) admires herself in the mirror, but knows that her beauty will one day pass. Piacer...
The hero Siegfried reforges his father’s shattered sword, embarking on a quest for the greatest priz...
Lovely but lethal, the evil Princess Turandot comes to life through the performance of Luana De Vol ...
Takarazuka Revue's Phantom based on the play by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit.
Lucia di Lammermoor, dramma tragico in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848). Libretto by Sa...
Witness the Zurich Opera's stunning production of Richard Wagner's masterpiece "Tannhauser," conduct...
Take a perfect cast, a great conductor and a groundbreaking staging in-out makes a 'Tristan' for ete...
The Zurich Opera gathered a superb cast for this production: Italian soprano Eva Mei sings the Count...