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.
When the most voluptuous, sought-after courtesan in the world meets an ascetic monk whose life is de...
The gorgeous and evocative Otto Schenk/Günther Schneider-Siemssen production continues with this sec...
Siegfried is the third of the four operas that constitute Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the N...
Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, March 1, 2014. Absent from the Met stage since 1917, ...
Met Music director James Levine conducts a cast of youthful stars in Mozart’s sophisticated comedy a...
Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 27 February, 1996.
Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 31 December 1986.
This John Dexter production, designed by Desmond Heeley, was a parting gift to the great American so...
Music Director James Levine conducts his first new Met production after a two-year absence: Robert C...
David McVicar’s inventive hit production of Handel’s most popular opera sets the story of Caesar’s c...
An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for the enslaved Ethio...
The Met’s spectacular production of Verdi’s Egyptian epic captures both the grandeur and the intimac...
This 2003 performance of Georges Bizet's 19th century opera Carmen was produced and directed by film...
The Glyndebourne Opera's 1981 production of the Benjamin Britten opera, based on Shakespeare's play.
Live from the Metropolitan Opera, 14 February 1980. This version takes place in Boston rather than S...
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...