Originally set in the 15th c century, Tchaikovsky's "The Enchantress" is updated to the present day in this innovative production. The charismatic, emancipated Nastasya, who rejects the advances of the devious Mamïrov, duly faces the implacable forces of traditional values in a society riven by divisions between liberal freedoms and religious orthodoxies. The tragic outcome engulfs everyone...
The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make...
This is an effective staging, though the set looks medieval and the costumes are modern. It’s well p...
What happened to Figaro and his friends after the events told in Rossini’s and Mozart’s operas? One ...
a film opera; music by: Gaetano Donizetti (Philharmonic Orchestra of Rome) Directed by Giuseppe Zedd...
Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert...
Inspired by one of the twentieth century's greatest novels, composer Lorin Maazel evokes Orwell's to...
The 1987 Glyndebourne production of Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges, designed by Maurice Sendak a...
This hard-edged postmodern production of Giuseppe Verdi's haunting masterpiece brings the story of S...
Giuseppe Verdi based his famous opera on the novel “The Lady of the Camellias” by Alexandre Dumas. R...
Claude D'Anna's film of Verdi's Macbeth is a gloomy affair, stressing the descent into madness of th...
As part of the 2019 Aix-en-Provence Opera Festival, filmmaker Christophe Honoré delivers an innovati...
Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, a ballet in three acts, is present by the Ballet Company of the National Op...
One night in Judea, a disabled shepherd boy-turned-beggar and his mother are visited by three strang...
In Baden-Baden, Nayo Titzin follows the producers of the opera Don Giovanni, created for the Innsbru...
Car Men is a collaboration between the renowned choreographer Jíri Kylían and filmmaker Boris Paval ...
All the throbbing eroticism—and ultimate heartbreak—of Puccini’s youthful score is unleashed by Jame...
Praised by critics as “magnificent”, “breathtakingly theatrical” and full of “zestful imagination”, ...
A musician is offered a job in Vienna as stage director, but his disagreements with the aristocratic...
This telecast offers a rare opportunity to see the legendary Joan Sutherland in the role that first ...