Inspired by one of the twentieth century's greatest novels, composer Lorin Maazel evokes Orwell's totalitarian nightmare, where "Big Brother" is always watching, and those guilty of "thoughtcrime" are condemned to face their worst fears in the infamous "Room 101". Filmed during world premiere performances of Robert Lepage's spectacular and psychologically gripping Royal Opera production and conducted by the composer, an international cast brings George Orwell's dark vision to shattering operatic life.
In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by fall...
An interpretation of Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen," which is presented in an artful form with a twi...
Royal Opera favourite Bryn Terfel heads the cast for this new production of Donizetti’s comedy of do...
A Ukrainian comic opera with spoken dialogue in three acts with music and libretto by the composer S...
Adapted from the opera written by the composer Semen Hulak-Artemovsky.
Richard Jones’ “La bohème” is an important weapon in the Royal Opera’s commercial arsenal. This is i...
Beethoven’s only opera is a masterpiece, an uplifting story of risk and triumph. In this new product...
Live 2001 production from the Zurich Opera House of the classic Mozart/Da Ponte opera, with Nikolaus...
An excellent performance of this delightful opera. The principals are superb, especially the sisters...
A tribute to marriage coming from a bachelor is a tad suspicious. But for Beethoven the idealization...
Wagner’s mystic masterpiece Parsifal at the Staatsoper Berlin, staged by Dmitri Tcherniakov and cond...
Gustav Von Aschenbach, a passionate composer, arrives in Venice as a result of wanderlust and there ...
Jules Massanet's lyrical opera is transformed into a superb film production by Petr Weigl, shot on l...
Frantisek Filip film version of the Smetana opera.
This tragic story revolves around the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigol...
This highly acclaimed production of Strauss Salome from the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden is staged by G...
Johann Strauss, Jr., a would-be composer of waltzes in mid-19th Century Vienna, attempts to thwart h...
In the year 2047, sex is forbidden and Big Brother uses robots to keep an eye on everyone. One young...
In Rigoletto, the deformed figure of the hunchbacked jester at the Mantuan court acts as a foil to h...