Mythological hero Scipio must choose between Fortune and Constancy in this superb 2006 Salzburg Festival production of Mozart's "Il Songo di Scipione," directed by Michael Sturminger and starring Blagoj Nacoski, Louise Fribo, Bernarda Bobro, Iain Paton, Robert Sellier and Anna Kovalko. The Chor des Stadttheaters Klagenfurt and the Kärntner Symphonieorchester, conducted by Robin Ticciati, provide accompaniment.
Composer Thomas Adès conducts the Met premiere of his powerful opera based on Shakespeare’s last pla...
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Lovers Edgar and Lucia dream of happiness, but Lucia's brother Henry is preparing her marriage to an...
This is an effective staging, though the set looks medieval and the costumes are modern. It’s well p...
This hard-edged postmodern production of Giuseppe Verdi's haunting masterpiece brings the story of S...
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John Adams’s mesmerizing score, in the powerful production of Penny Woolcock, tells the story of one...
Extraordinary soprano Lise Davidsen stars as the volatile diva Floria Tosca for the first time at th...
Tosca, suspecting his lover is seeing anothe woman, turn him, painter Mario Cavaradossi, to Baron Sc...
This Wagner opera is rarely performed because of the scandals that engulfed the Magdeburg Theatre wh...
One of the greatest revolutions in the history of mankind happened around 3000 years ago: the transi...
Valery Gergiev leads the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in this production of Puccini's opera, record...
Giuseppe Verdi based his famous opera on the novel “The Lady of the Camellias” by Alexandre Dumas. R...
This all-star cast is framed by Peter Hall’s gritty, realistic production and conducted by James Lev...
The story of the star crossed love between Manon Lescaut and Des Grieux.
A live recording of Carl Orff's world-famous musical masterpiece Carmina Burana, performed by more t...
Since its premiere on 2 June 1937 in Zurich, Alban Berg's second opera "Lulu" has the reputation of ...
A collaboration between award-winning American filmmaker Sofia Coppola and Italia haute couture king...