Set in Venice during the Renaissance, the drama centres on Bassanio, a young nobleman who would like to court the beautiful Portia but doesn‘t have the money to travel to her country estate, so he asks the merchant Antonio for help. Antonio‘s wealth is tied up in maritime trade but he offers to procure the sum Bassanio needs from the Jewish money lender Shylock. Shylock hates Antonio for being so contemptuous in his treatment of Jews, and therefore stipulates that if the debt is not repaid within three months, the penalty will be a pound of Antonio‘s own flesh...

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...

In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he m...

It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of ...

To open its 2019-2020 season, La Scala in Milan has chosen Tosca, in a new production directed by Da...

Lucia’s brother Enrico is horrified to learn she has fallen in love with his sworn enemy Edgardo. He...

Nabucco, King of Babylon, takes Jerusalem in his war with the Israelites – but his daughter Fenena l...

Vivian, Roe, JJ, Ines and a mysterious French man through a 20 year musical memory of New York City....

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

Just as a young woman is about to marry her sweetheart, she is discovered—by the entire village, to ...

Verdi’s admiration for Shakespeare led to such masterpieces as Othello and Falstaff, and if the earl...

A village hires a priestess to pray for the safety of their pearl fishermen, but long lost love gets...

José Cura sings and acts here with an inwardness and intensity which make a profound impression. So ...

A film version of the famous Bizet opera, where a soldier (Don Jose) falls in love with a beautiful ...

As Aragon descends into unrest, a count jealously fights for a noble lady's heart. But she has alrea...

A transfixing, rarely-seen 16mm miniature made as part of Rohrwacher's opera production of La travia...

This superb 2006 production of the Los Angeles Opera's La Traviata stars Renée Fleming, who joins th...

Witness the Zurich Opera's stunning production of Richard Wagner's masterpiece "Tannhauser," conduct...

Takarazuka Revue's Phantom based on the play by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit.

Based on Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci. The film recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clo...