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.

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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