Verdi’s grand opera “Aida” is given an intimate treatment in Busetto, Italy, in 2001, in a staging with young singers, all coached by the legendary tenor Carlo Bergonzi and staged by Franco Zeffirelli. The result is an astonishing musical and dramatic piece of theater, proving that with the right mix of ingredients, an opera can be staged in a small theater and still achieve a thrilling and moving effect.
In Mea Culpa, Christoph Schlingensief blurs a delicate line: he ignores the threshold that separates...
Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramid is the only one to survive. Many believe that...
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...
Live performance from Salzburger Festspiele in 1987. Herbert von Karajan conducting the Wiener Philh...
Japan, early twentieth century. U.S. Navy Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton inspects the house he has leased...
Candide falls in love with the beautiful but materialistic Cunegonde. Her barron father doesn't appr...
La Cenerentola is Gioachino Rossini's version of the popular Cinderella story, an exciting mixture o...
A timeless tale told in a florid bel canto style, Rossini’s take on the Cinderella story offers an i...
The Metropolitan Opera performance of L'Elisir d'Amore is conducted by Nicola Rescigno and features ...
Don Juan sins with his servant and is doomed in this tragicomic opera.
David McVicar’s powerful Royal Opera House 2008 production of Strauss's opera – based on a play by O...
Glyndebourne's intimate opera house provides the perfect setting for Rossini's third French opera, a...
Wagner's Lohengrin is the mythical tale of the mysterious Knight of the Grail, who appears to defend...
Bill Morrison’s experimental short features decayed film reels from the lost, German silent film Paw...
Live from Glyndebourne 1994. The first production to be filmed Live in Glyndebourne´s new opera hou...
It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of ...