Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili gives a dynamic performance as Bizet’s iconic gypsy, the woman who lives by her own rules. Aleksandrs Antonenko is Don José, the soldier who falls under her spell, and Ildar Abdrazakov plays Escamillo, the swaggering bullfighter who takes Carmen away from Don José—an action that seals Carmen’s tragic fate. Anita Hartig is Micaëla, and Pablo Heras-Casado conducts Richard Eyre’s hit production, set in 1930s Spain.

Axel Kohler, the internationally renowned countertenor has brought Admeto into the modern era in tim...

The many passionate, fiery or lyrical vocal pieces of Spanish zarzuela have continued to thrive in c...

Woody Allen's production of the Puccini comic opera at LA Opera in 2015

To open its 2019-2020 season, La Scala in Milan has chosen Tosca, in a new production directed by Da...

Take a perfect cast, a great conductor and a groundbreaking staging in-out makes a 'Tristan' for ete...

The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singe...

A group of merchants and vikings navigate dramatic events both within and without in this epic music...

Jean-Marie Villegier's modern interpretation of Handel's "Rodelinda" – filmed live at the world-reno...

Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur was inspired by the real-life story of a celebrated actress at ...

This live version of Puccini s superbly dramatic opera was recorded in Rome in the exact locations a...

Kristine Opolais is the young woman whose conflicting desires for love and luxury lead to her tragic...

Here is a rare and exceptional example in which the director and costume designer amuse themselves w...

The grand scale and magnificent acoustics of the Roman arena in Verona are ideally suited to the pag...

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...

The director, Roland Schwab, has created his version of Hell. The set is like a high iron walled han...

This May 2010 production of Massenet's 1910 opera "Don Quichotte" marked the opera's centenary and a...

Witness the Zurich Opera's stunning production of Richard Wagner's masterpiece "Tannhauser," conduct...
Eugen Suchoň's opera Svätopluk returns to the stage of the Slovak National Theatre Opera in 2023. Si...

Recorded at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1995, this acclaimed presentation of composer Gioachi...

"La Bohème" is one of Giacomo Puccini's most popular and timeless works and the second-most performe...