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.
Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondri...
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar ...
More than anything in the world, Rusalka, a mysterious and elusive water nymph, yearns to become hum...
Don Juan sins with his servant and is doomed in this tragicomic opera.
A short experimental film shot on Super 8, inspired by the music of Richard Wagner.
The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make...
A return to its roots for Castor et Pollux, Jean-Philippe Rameau’s lyric tragedy first performed in ...
The story concerns the enlightenment of the Christian King Roger II by a young shepherd who represen...
37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts...
Verdi’s grand opera “Aida” is given an intimate treatment in Busetto, Italy, in 2001, in a staging w...
During the Turkish artistic revolution of the 1930s, a group of pioneers staged Özsoy Opera, the fir...
Mozart's Marriage of Figaro is a comedy whose dark undertones explore the blurred boundaries between...
A behind-the-scenes look at the Aldeburgh Festival and the opening by The Queen of the new concert h...
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 ...
Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin in this production of Verdi's opera starring Anna...
Violinist Sydney Wells was accidentally blinded by her sister Helen when she was five years old. She...