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.
The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make...
At Salzburg Festival, Cecilia Bartoli shines as Ariodante with her dazzling coloratura in a highly a...
Manon Lescaut's production was updated and it worked. Highly professional production with two of the...
“Let us assume that Switzerland is truly a paradise. The music hereto was written long ago. We have ...
In October 2013, the Mariinsky label releases a DVD & Blu-ray of Strauss most Wagnerian of operas, D...
Based on Oscar Wilde's lurid play, it is an intense exploration of the Salome story. Its sumptuous v...
"Manon Lescaut is a heroine I believe in," wrote Giacomo Puccini to his publisher Giulio Ricordi. Ex...
A Scottish lighthouse goes dark. A visiting supply ship finds the building in order. But the keepers...
Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher’s bold new production probes the psychological underpinnings of Verd...
“Kaufmann is performing the title role for the first time, and it’s hard to imagine him bettered. Hi...
This all-star cast is framed by Peter Hall’s gritty, realistic production and conducted by James Lev...
The Graham Vicks production of FALSTAFF opened the new Covent Garden Royal Opera House, and was not ...
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...
When the most voluptuous, sought-after courtesan in the world meets an ascetic monk whose life is de...
During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cro...
Robert Lepage’s landmark staging of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, unveiled over the course of th...
Bizet’s rarely heard opera returned to the Met for the first time in a century on New Year’s Eve 201...
A man who accused a catholic bishop of abusing him when he was a child dies in the Austrian city Sal...
Franco Corelli is featured in this 1954 filmed version of Leoncavallo's opera, along with Tito Gobbi...
Met Music director James Levine conducts a cast of youthful stars in Mozart’s sophisticated comedy a...