John Adams’s mesmerizing score, in the powerful production of Penny Woolcock, tells the story of one of the pivotal moments in human history—the creation of the atomic bomb. Conducted by Alan Gilbert in his Met debut, this gripping opera presents the human face of the scientists, military men, and others who were involved in the project, as they wrestled with the implications of their work. Baritone Gerald Finley gives a powerful star turn in the title role as the brilliant J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Trapped in an abusive marriage, a wealthy German prince desperately seeks a way out. But what appear...

This occasionally off-the-wall but finely sung and colourfully staged La Cenerentola was Rome Opera’...

Halka lives with her godmother in a modest cottage in a small highland village. One day, young Janus...

Herbert von Karajan directed this film of Verdi’s Shakespearan masterpiece as well as conducting the...

Opera confronts us with extremes of emotion, sometimes delivering unforgettable, life-changing exper...

A meditation on the female body as a source of both power and pain that focuses on the tragic figure...

Verdi’s monumental score is fully the equal of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy—and both demand great ac...
When Barbe-bleue loses his fifth wife, the turbulent Boulotte is selected at random to be the next o...

The career of Maria Callas was just a bit too early and too brief to receive full and satisfying vid...

Including world-class artists such as Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli, Anne Sofie von Otter, Jose Cura,...
The World Orchestra for Peace, conducted by Sir Georg Solti, performs pieces by Rossini, Bartók, and...

O Die Zee is a modern Dutch retelling Homer's Odyssey in the form of a rock opera. It was performed ...

Before the Trojan War, Agamemnon gathered the Greek armies at the port of Aulis. The goddess Diane s...

Enrico Caruso's only passion is to sing. For that, he leaves his hometown of Naples, Italy, and trav...

Live from La Scala Saturday 07 July 2007. In this live performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, Violet...

Written for exceptional singers, Il Trovatore has remained popular ever since its first performance ...

A possible impostor torments a newly crowned medieval czar who may have ordered the real successor's...

Jonas Kaufmann and Anna Caterina Antonacci bring rare erotic intensity to the drama of Don José and ...