Martin Kušej's brilliant 2006 Carmen represents a landmark interpretation of a truly timeless opera. Led by Rolando Villazón as Don José and Marina Domashenko in the title role, the virtuoso cast joins forces with the celebrated Staatskapelle Berlin under the direction of the legendary maestro Daniel Barenboim.

The stupendous climax to Wagner’s four-part Ring cycle is brilliantly realized by the Otto Schenk/Gü...

Renée Fleming stars in the title role of one of Handel’s greatest dramas, seen in Stephen Wadsworth’...

Live performance from Zürich Opera House, 2001. “Vesselina Kasarova’s Rosina turned this Barber int...

Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giusep...

Live performance from the Schwetzinger Festspiele, 1987. At the age of 21, Italian composer Giacchin...

Recorded at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1995, this acclaimed presentation of composer Gioachi...

David McVicar's exhilarating new production, with Anne Sofie von Otter in the title role, restores t...

The complete version of Verdi's Otello performed by Placido Domingo and Kiri Te Kanawa, at the Royal...

Among DVDs of "Hoffmann" currently available, this is the only one that even begins to stand compari...

This is a joy from beginning to end. Although there are many tricks and ideas from Laurent Pelly, as...

Jean-Marie Villegier's modern interpretation of Handel's "Rodelinda" – filmed live at the world-reno...

Sasha Regan’s award-winning All-male Company are set to lift everyone’s spirits with a treat in thei...
The writer Dario Fo applies his inventive genius to Rossini's comic opera in its premiere DVD releas...

Live 2001 production from the Zurich Opera House of the classic Mozart/Da Ponte opera, with Nikolaus...
“Let us assume that Switzerland is truly a paradise. The music hereto was written long ago. We have ...

Production of Mozart's opera about the Spanish nobleman who seeks to rescue his beloved Konstanze fr...

José Cura, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Verónica Villarroel and Yvonne Naef lead the star cast of Verdi's bl...

The award-winning show is re-imagined as a live concert event, featuring an all-star cast of recordi...

Gaetano Donizetti and his librettist Felice Romani kept the focus of their opera ANNA BOLENA on the ...

Live performance, Bayerische Staatsoper, 2011. The Tales of Hoffmann (French: LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN...