An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for the enslaved Ethiopian princess Aida, and his loyalty to the Pharaoh. To complicate the story further, the Pharaoh's daughter Amneris is in love with Radamès, although he does not return her feelings.
The Met’s spectacular production of Verdi’s Egyptian epic captures both the grandeur and the intimac...
David McVicar's exhilarating new production, with Anne Sofie von Otter in the title role, restores t...
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...
Premiered immediately before the enduring masterpieces Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, and La Traviata, Lui...
Live performance from the Schwetzinger Festspiele, 1987. At the age of 21, Italian composer Giacchin...
This is a joy from beginning to end. Although there are many tricks and ideas from Laurent Pelly, as...
Among DVDs of "Hoffmann" currently available, this is the only one that even begins to stand compari...
The complete version of Verdi's Otello performed by Placido Domingo and Kiri Te Kanawa, at the Royal...
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), WWV 86B, is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner with a German libre...
Robert Lepage’s dreamlike production, with its thousands of twinkling LED lights stretching across t...
Richard Strauss's opera, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Live performance from the Opéra National de Paris, 2003.
Recorded at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1995, this acclaimed presentation of composer Gioachi...
In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he m...
Live 2001 production from the Zurich Opera House of the classic Mozart/Da Ponte opera, with Nikolaus...
Simon Keenlyside smolders dangerously in the title role of Mozart’s version of the legend of Don Jua...
Jean-Marie Villegier's modern interpretation of Handel's "Rodelinda" – filmed live at the world-reno...
The stupendous climax to Wagner’s four-part Ring cycle is brilliantly realized by the Otto Schenk/Gü...