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.

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...

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...

This superb 2006 production of the Los Angeles Opera's La Traviata stars Renée Fleming, who joins th...

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

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

Disenchanted opera star Carlotta Manson falls for ruffian cat burglar Barney McGann and gives up her...

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

An aging opera singer looks back on her long life, including her relationships with her vocal teache...

A short experimental film shot on Super 8, inspired by the music of Richard Wagner.

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

"Irresistible" (Opera News) rising-star mezzo Elina Garanca triumphs as Rossini's Cinderella in this...

This vivid film of Wagner's romatic opera succeeds in conveying what has famously been called "the w...

The Queen of the Night has begged Prince Tamino to free her daughter Pamina from the clutches of the...

From the Semperoper Dresden, 2006 Fairy-tale Opera in three acts by Engelbert Humperdinck based on ...

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