Jessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera, opposite the passionate Bacchus of the great James King. Kathleen Battle delivers the coloratura fireworks of Zerbinetta, the leader of a commedia dell’arte troupe that finds itself stranded on Ariadne’s island. Tatiana Troyanos and Franz Ferdinand Nentwig star as the young Composer and the Music Master in the opera’s prologue. James Levine brings out all the color and charm of Strauss’s brilliant chamber-sized score with its equal amounts of pathos and humor. Bodo Igesz’s production features sets by esteemed designer Oliver Messel.

All the throbbing eroticism—and ultimate heartbreak—of Puccini’s youthful score is unleashed by Jame...

Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili gives a dynamic performance as Bizet’s iconic gypsy, the...
The writer Dario Fo applies his inventive genius to Rossini's comic opera in its premiere DVD releas...

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

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

Live performance from the Schwetzinger Festspiele, 1987. At the age of 21, Italian composer Giacchin...

This is a joy from beginning to end. Although there are many tricks and ideas from Laurent Pelly, as...

David McVicar's exhilarating new production, with Anne Sofie von Otter in the title role, restores t...

Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giusep...

What begins like a fairy-tale turns into a whimsical fantasy halfway between magic farce and Masonic...

Just as a young woman is about to marry her sweetheart, she is discovered—by the entire village, to ...

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“Let us assume that Switzerland is truly a paradise. The music hereto was written long ago. We have ...

Production of Mozart's opera about the Spanish nobleman who seeks to rescue his beloved Konstanze fr...

"William Christie and Les Arts Florissants propel this exuberant production of Jean-Philippe Rameau'...

Mozart's famous Singspiel after Christoph Friedrich Bretzner's work "Belmonte und Konstanze", DIE EN...