Recorded at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1995, this acclaimed presentation of composer Gioachino Rossini's epic opus ERMIONE is based on Jean Racine's play "Andromache." Set in Troy after the city fell to the Greeks, the production recounts the rancorous battle between widow Andromache and Helen of Troy's green-eyed daughter, Ermione for the love of Pyrrhus
This is an effective staging, though the set looks medieval and the costumes are modern. It’s well p...
For those with any interest in Vivaldi's operas Orlando Furioso is essential viewing, being a 1989 S...
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...
Teatro Regio’s 2013 revival of their highly successful 2006 production of Verdi’s Don Carlo celebrat...
"Manon Lescaut is a heroine I believe in," wrote Giacomo Puccini to his publisher Giulio Ricordi. Ex...
La Rondine (The Swallow) is possibly the least performed of Giacomo Puccinis later operas, but is st...
“Let us assume that Switzerland is truly a paradise. The music hereto was written long ago. We have ...
“Kaufmann is performing the title role for the first time, and it’s hard to imagine him bettered. Hi...
This all-star cast is framed by Peter Hall’s gritty, realistic production and conducted by James Lev...
Live performance from the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, 23 July 2005.
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...
Conspiracies and regattas form the backdrop to the fortunes of a young singer. Harassed by a heartle...
Live performance from the Grand Théâtre de Genève, February 25 2016.
At the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, Raphaël Pichon conducts a new production of Rameau's opera Dardanu...
Triumphantly premiered in 1724 at the King's Theatre in London, George Frideric Handel's Giulio Cesa...
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...