The Semperoper caused a sensation in November 2007 when it visited Japan for the first time in twenty-six years. The demand for tickets and the audience's enthusiasm were unprecedented, not least because the company was staging a piece that is performed more authentically in Dresden than anywhere else in the world: Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier, which received its first performance in Dresden in 1911. Leading the ensemble was the radiant-voiced and profoundly thoughtful Marschallin of Anne Schwanewilms.
Notre Dame de Paris tells the story of Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bell-ringer of the cathedral of No...
The Glyndebourne Opera's 1981 production of the Benjamin Britten opera, based on Shakespeare's play.
When the most voluptuous, sought-after courtesan in the world meets an ascetic monk whose life is de...
Martin Kušej's brilliant 2006 Carmen represents a landmark interpretation of a truly timeless opera....
The Met’s spectacular production of Verdi’s Egyptian epic captures both the grandeur and the intimac...
An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for the enslaved Ethio...
Siegfried is the third of the four operas that constitute Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the N...
A stage performance of the Shostakovich opera, filmed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.
Live performance of Alban Berg's opera at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona. Inspired by "Pandora...
Maometto II (or Maometto secondo) is an 1820 opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian li...
David Alden’s elegant 2012 production moves Verdi’s thrilling drama to a timeless setting inspired b...
Audiences went wild for Bartlett Sher’s dynamic production, which found fresh and surprising ways to...
It is a rare opera indeed that calls for one soprano diva and no fewer than six tenors. Mary Zimmerm...
Live performance from the Grand Théâtre de Genève, February 25 2016.
Live performance from the Opéra National de Lyon.
Live from the Metropolitan Opera 19 December 2009.