Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka's magical masterpiece in its entirety, inspired by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin's poem of a Russian tale. An evil sorcerer Chernomor casts a spell over wedding celebrations for Ruslan and Lyudmila at the court of Svetozar, the Prince of Kiev. Lyudmila vanishes and her father promises her hand and half his kingdom to the knight who rescues her. Ruslan on this quest of rescue encounters the knights Ratmir and Farlaf, the wise wizard Finn, the slave of Ratmir, Gorislava and sorceress Naina before confronting Chernomor in his magic garden. After all the challenges for Ruslan, true love prevails.

An invitation to enter the soul of an artist - director Erick Ifergan - through a highly personal re...

37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts...

In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he m...

After the acclaimed Met premiere of Thomas Adès's "The Tempest" in 2012, the composer returned with ...

Takarazuka Revue's Phantom based on the play by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit.

Shortly after WWII, the DEFA Studios produced a series of operas and operettas which belonged to the...

German composer Richard Wagner wrote Parsifal, which is a three-act opera that tells the story of th...

A romantic opera in three acts with music and libretto by Richard Wagner, performed by the Orchestra...

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

Following a tragic accident that leaves him disfigured, crazed composer Erique Claudin transformed i...

In the 50's, in Paris, the neighbors Rodolfo and Mimi meet each other when Mimi's candle blows out i...

Loosely based on the story of the singer Nellie Melba...

Opera Australia's 1976 production of Lakmé, an opera in three acts by Léo Delibes, with a French lib...

La traviata in Paris is a film-opera of Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata filmed live on television and w...

Parisian courtesan, Violetta meets the romantic aristocrat Alfredo and finds herself in love for the...

A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing dol...

This rare 1935 film (the title translated means "do not forget me") features Beniamino Gigli as, of ...

Opera's most popular double bill, fondly known as Cav and Pag, conducted by Herbert von Karajan. In ...