The arias of La traviata are instantly recognisable. Yet at its London premiere in 1856, it was denounced for bringing 'the poetry of the brothel' to the stage and unleashing uncomfortable truths on Victorian society.

Arabella, Op. 79, is a lyric comedy or opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a German libretto b...
A short film by Walerian Borowczyk in two parts. The first 'panel' follows the morning routine of Le...

A 2002 live performance of Mikel Rouse's Dennis Cleveland, a multimedia opera set entirely on a tele...

Who loves whom in Così fan tutte, Mozart’s and Da Ponte’s cruelly comic reflection on desire, fideli...

Jules Massanet's lyrical opera is transformed into a superb film production by Petr Weigl, shot on l...

Frantisek Filip film version of the Smetana opera.

The historic, original, live airing of what would become an annual Christmas tradition throughout th...

La traviata in Paris is a film-opera of Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata filmed live on television and w...

The Royal Ballet and the Royal Opera collaborate in Wayne McGregor's production of Handel and Gay's ...

In the 50's, in Paris, the neighbors Rodolfo and Mimi meet each other when Mimi's candle blows out i...
A look at the entire process of creating and developing Patrice Chéreau’s third staging of "In the S...

A Night in Tuscany is the first DVD released by Italian singer Andrea Bocelli of a concert held in h...
A colorful and comedic staging of the classic opera buffa by the Vienna State Opera.

Imagine a window into the past. Imagine finally connecting singers' bodies to the voices you have al...

With its four operas, seventeen-hour running time and months of rehearsal, Wagner's "Ring Cycle" is ...

The documentary dives intimately behind the scenes of the Finnish National Opera and sucks the viewe...

When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of...