Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside high-flying tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the titular barber of Seville, with bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast.

A return to its roots for Castor et Pollux, Jean-Philippe Rameau’s lyric tragedy first performed in ...

David McVicar's exhilarating new production, with Anne Sofie von Otter in the title role, restores t...

Recorded at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1995, this acclaimed presentation of composer Gioachi...

Live performance from the Schwetzinger Festspiele, 1987. At the age of 21, Italian composer Giacchin...

"La Bohème" is one of Giacomo Puccini's most popular and timeless works and the second-most performe...

Sasha Regan’s award-winning All-male Company are set to lift everyone’s spirits with a treat in thei...

The complete version of Verdi's Otello performed by Placido Domingo and Kiri Te Kanawa, at the Royal...

This is a joy from beginning to end. Although there are many tricks and ideas from Laurent Pelly, as...

Jean-Marie Villegier's modern interpretation of Handel's "Rodelinda" – filmed live at the world-reno...

All the throbbing eroticism—and ultimate heartbreak—of Puccini’s youthful score is unleashed by Jame...
A colorful and comedic staging of the classic opera buffa by the Vienna State Opera.

After the acclaimed Met premiere of Thomas Adès's "The Tempest" in 2012, the composer returned with ...

Sir David McVicar’s bold new staging of Tosca, Puccini’s operatic thriller of Napoleonic Rome, thril...

A rarely performed bel canto gem, Rossini’s Semiramide returned to the Met for the first time in nea...

Premiered immediately before the enduring masterpieces Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, and La Traviata, Lui...
The writer Dario Fo applies his inventive genius to Rossini's comic opera in its premiere DVD releas...

This telecast offers a rare opportunity to see the legendary Joan Sutherland in the role that first ...

Stage director Emilio Sagi's production of the legendary Barber of Seville is enriched by a bright d...

A musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel "Notre Dame de Paris" which follows the gypsy dancer Esm...