The Met assembled an ideal cast for François Girard’s acclaimed new production of Wagner’s final masterpiece: Jonas Kaufmann in the title role of the fool “made wise by compassion”, René Pape as Gurnemanz, the veteran Knight of the Grail, Katarina Dalayman as Kundry, Peter Mattei is Amfortas, the anguished ruler of the Grail’s kingdom, and Evgeny Nikitin sings the evil magician Klingsor.
Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, and Robert Kerns star in this Jean-Pierre Ponnelle-d...
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly busin...
Savanyú and his friend work at a plant. After the monotonous shifts they engage in the pleasures of ...
Axel Kohler, the internationally renowned countertenor has brought Admeto into the modern era in tim...
In December 2025, the extraordinary artist Hildegard Knef would have celebrated her 100th birthday. ...
A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, whi...
Deep in a forest where druids and warriors seek revenge against the conquering Romans, Norma is scor...
After the acclaimed Met premiere of Thomas Adès's "The Tempest" in 2012, the composer returned with ...
Sir David McVicar’s bold new staging of Tosca, Puccini’s operatic thriller of Napoleonic Rome, thril...
Premiered immediately before the enduring masterpieces Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, and La Traviata, Lui...
The Semperoper caused a sensation in November 2007 when it visited Japan for the first time in twent...
Opera in one act, libretto by G. Forzano based on Dante's Divine Comedy. Third part of his opera Tri...
Bill Morrison’s experimental short features decayed film reels from the lost, German silent film Paw...
The Queen of the Night enlists a handsome prince named Tamino to rescue her beautiful kidnapped daug...
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The hero Siegfried reforges his father’s shattered sword, embarking on a quest for the greatest priz...
In a time when girls were forbidden to study religious scriptures, a Jewish girl masquerades as a bo...