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.

In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceres...

Handel's 1724 opera Tamerlano followed the success of his previous year's Giulio Cesare with another...

The documentary follows Chilly Gonzales from his native Canada to late '90s underground Berlin, and ...

Elmer Fudd introduces two pieces of classical music: "Tales of the Vienna Woods" and "The Blue Danub...

The dark world of Tchaikovsky’s penultimate operatic masterpiece Queen of Spades hinges on obsession...
Miller’s daughter Zuzanka Vojířová, betrothed to Ondřej Zachar, hesitates before marriage when Lord ...

The grail is not the gold, nor the books of ancient wisdom, but the 3,000 year old DNA of the mummie...

I Vespri Siciliani must me Verdi's most underrated masterpiece. Most people are put off by the fact ...
The writer Dario Fo applies his inventive genius to Rossini's comic opera in its premiere DVD releas...

A ruthless real estate agent discovers a passion for piano and auditions with help from a young virt...

Anton Bruckner’s 6th Symphony was written between 1879 and 1881: a very happy time in his life. Unli...

“Clarity was one thing that made this performance a marvel. Another was the flexibility of Barenboim...

The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of th...

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

"La Bohème" is one of Giacomo Puccini's most popular and timeless works and the second-most performe...

On a June night in 2017, opera lovers thronged to the Royal Opera House in London to hear tenor Jona...

Recorded at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1995, this acclaimed presentation of composer Gioachi...

In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifel...