Audiences went wild for Bartlett Sher’s dynamic production, which found fresh and surprising ways to bring Rossini’s effervescent comedy closer to them than ever before. The stellar cast leapt to the challenge with irresistible energy and bravura vocalism. Juan Diego Flórez is Count Almaviva, who fires off showstopping coloratura as he woos Joyce DiDonato’s spirited Rosina—with assistance from Peter Mattei as the one and only Figaro, Seville’s beloved barber and man-about-town.
Based on a revolutionary play supposedly written by the Eternal President of the Democratic People's...
The operatic version of the famous story about a governess who fears her two charges are possessed.
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Lovely but lethal, the evil Princess Turandot comes to life through the performance of Luana De Vol ...
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Cio-Cio-San, a young Japanese geisha, seeks to fulfill her dreams through marriage to an American na...
The first words uttered by Carmen mark one of the greatest entrances in the history of opera and exp...
Beethoven’s only opera is a masterpiece, an uplifting story of risk and triumph. In this new product...
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Pagliacci, is a 1948 Italian film based on Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci, directed by Mario ...
Deep in a forest where druids and warriors seek revenge against the conquering Romans, Norma is scor...
After the acclaimed Met premiere of Thomas Adès's "The Tempest" in 2012, the composer returned with ...
Sir David McVicar’s bold new staging of Tosca, Puccini’s operatic thriller of Napoleonic Rome, thril...
Premiered immediately before the enduring masterpieces Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, and La Traviata, Lui...
Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert...
Although Domingo was younger and Banackova looked more like the sweet and innocent young Madalena th...
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Giancarlo Del Monaco's passionate and intelligent production of Jacques Offenbach's magnum opus crea...
Passion, jealousy and betrayal take center stage at Londons Royal Opera House in a spectacular produ...
Richard Strauss's opera, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.