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.

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

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

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

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

This tragic story revolves around the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigol...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dark fairytale about a demonic doctor who abducts a beautiful opera singer with designs on transform...

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

Aging opera singer Maria Callas tries to make a comeback by performing in a production of Bizet's "C...

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

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