The grand scale and magnificent acoustics of the Roman arena in Verona are ideally suited to the pageantry of Verdi's Egyptian opera, presented here in a staging that is true to the original 1913 production, framed by obelisks and sphinxes and filled with chorus and dancers. Chinese soprano Hui He has won international acclaim for her portrayal of the eponymous slave girl whose forbidden love for the war hero Radamés (Marco Berti, the experienced Verdi tenor) brings death to them both.

A romantic opera in three acts with music and libretto by Richard Wagner, performed by the Orchestra...
A look at the entire process of creating and developing Patrice Chéreau’s third staging of "In the S...

Teatro Alla Scala 1983 production of three one-act operas from Puccini.

Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate Maddy introdu...

Live performance from Zürich Opera House, 2001. “Vesselina Kasarova’s Rosina turned this Barber int...

Set in 16th-century France and Spain, Don Carlos tells of the political and amorous rivalry between ...

Part folklore, part opera-ballet, this féerie presents local pagan traditions on the day of the summ...

The stupendous climax to Wagner’s four-part Ring cycle is brilliantly realized by the Otto Schenk/Gü...

The historic, original, live airing of what would become an annual Christmas tradition throughout th...

CARMEN is the classic tale of forbidden passion between a young man and a spoken-for woman, Carmen. ...

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 1985 performance of Luchino Visconti's 1958 staging for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Bern...

Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, and Robert Kerns star in this Jean-Pierre Ponnelle-d...

A notable opera singer tries to commit suicide because of a emotional breakdown. While hospitalized ...

The aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra.

Live performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat, BWV 243 from Herbert von Karajan's New Year'...