German composer Richard Wagner wrote Parsifal, which is a three-act opera that tells the story of the title character's quest to save the Knights of the Holy Grail by returning the Holy Spear, healing King Amfortas, and carrying out the sacred ceremony of uncovering the Holy Grail.

Set in 16th-century France and Spain, Don Carlos tells of the political and amorous rivalry between ...

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

Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, and Robert Kerns star in this Jean-Pierre Ponnelle-d...

The stupendous climax to Wagner’s four-part Ring cycle is brilliantly realized by the Otto Schenk/Gü...

Originally commissioned to celebrate the completion of the Suez Canal and the opening of Cairos new ...

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondri...

Carlos Álvarez takes the title role in the first of Verdi's Shakespearean operas, with Maria Guleghi...

Disenchanted opera star Carlotta Manson falls for ruffian cat burglar Barney McGann and gives up her...

The priestess Norma loves Pollione, leader of the occupying force suppressing her people, and has bo...

An operatic film adaptation of the poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar of the same name.

In Camelot, kingdom of Arthur and Merlin, Lancelot is well known for his courage and honor. But one ...

From the first steps of an emerging singer to the final bow of a celebrated soprano, 'PRIMADONNA OR ...

"Orango" - prologue to an unfinished opera by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), conducted by Esa-Pekk...

Axel Köhler’s production of Der Freischütz at the Dresden State Opera was described by Die Presse as...

For the first time in company history, the Met presents the original five-act French version of Verd...

A sudden gunshot shatters the dream of two lovers on their wedding day. The fate of Orpheus and Eury...

Cio-Cio-San, the young Japanese bride of dashing American officer Lieutenant Pinkerton, finds her ro...

A 1985 performance of Luchino Visconti's 1958 staging for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Bern...