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.
The incomparable Luciano Pavarotti at his most eloquent brings Donizetti’s Nemorino to live as only ...
Clay animation film by Guionne Leroy, based on the music of Henry Purcell's opera "King Arthur"
Since its premiere on 2 June 1937 in Zurich, Alban Berg's second opera "Lulu" has the reputation of ...
Claude D'Anna's film of Verdi's Macbeth is a gloomy affair, stressing the descent into madness of th...
This Wagner opera is rarely performed because of the scandals that engulfed the Magdeburg Theatre wh...
Shostakovich’s satirical opera adapted from the classic short story by Nikolai Gogol. Baritone Eduar...
One of the greatest revolutions in the history of mankind happened around 3000 years ago: the transi...
One of opera's most vivid and compelling characters, a vengeful court jester, desperately tries to p...
Franco Zeffirelli's magnificient staging of Puccini's final opera - a fairy tale set in a mythical C...
Prince Abesalom runs into an orphaned Eteri while hunting, falls for her and brings the woman to his...
This hard-edged postmodern production of Giuseppe Verdi's haunting masterpiece brings the story of S...
Valery Gergiev leads the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in this production of Puccini's opera, record...
Tosca, suspecting his lover is seeing anothe woman, turn him, painter Mario Cavaradossi, to Baron Sc...
Simultaneously filmed English language version of a period operetta, in which a Polish noblewoman is...
Zaporozhets za Dunayem (Ukrainian: Запорожець за Дунаєм, translated as A Zaporozhian (Cossack) Beyon...
Adapted from the opera written by the composer Semen Hulak-Artemovsky.
This film traces the life of Jan Kapr, a prominent Czech composer of the 20th century. A documentary...
Franco Zeffirelli directs these two legendary La Scala productions telling tragic tales of jealousy...