Live performance from Zürich Opera House, 2001. “Vesselina Kasarova’s Rosina turned this Barber into a major event. Pearling coloratura, endless resources of vocal colour and nuance and phenomenal acting versatility became mere means to an end: that of making Rosina into a human being of flesh and blood, with heart, humour and considerable brains.
John Adams’s groundbreaking work vividly brings to life US President Nixon’s 1972 visit to the Peopl...
Inspired by one of the twentieth century's greatest novels, composer Lorin Maazel evokes Orwell's to...
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Takarazuka Revue's Phantom based on the play by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit.
With his affinity for the 16th-century sculptor Benvenuto Cellini's advocacy of artistic and persona...
Giancarlo Del Monaco's passionate and intelligent production of Jacques Offenbach's magnum opus crea...
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Premiered immediately before the enduring masterpieces Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, and La Traviata, Lui...
Franco Zeffirelli directs these two legendary La Scala productions telling tragic tales of jealousy...
Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert...
Kristine Opolais is the young woman whose conflicting desires for love and luxury lead to her tragic...
Viva Vivaldi! is a concert by the Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli interspersing arias from the...
John Eliot Gardiner conducts Gluck’s 1776 French version of “Alceste” at the Théâtre du Châtelet in ...
Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco...
Robert Lepage’s dreamlike production, with its thousands of twinkling LED lights stretching across t...
Performed live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Gluck's opera in three acts is conducted by ...
The first words uttered by Carmen mark one of the greatest entrances in the history of opera and exp...
The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singe...