The dark world of Tchaikovsky’s penultimate operatic masterpiece Queen of Spades hinges on obsession, greed, and a secret in winning at cards… In 2005, the Opéra Bastille mounted a compelling production featuring Vladimir Galouzine as the mad lover Hermann, Hasmik Papian as the doomed Lisa, and Irina Bogatcheva as the mysterious Comtesse.

La Vie parisienne (Parisian life) is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, composed by Jacques Offenbach in ...

"La Bohème" is one of Giacomo Puccini's most popular and timeless works and the second-most performe...

There are elements of Eurotrash in this outdoor Aix-en-Provence summer opera production. Nevertheles...

Visually this is a gripping production which captures the drama of this opera perfectly. It's downri...

Joan Sutherland's farewell performance to the operatic stage offsets this story of the St. Bartholom...

This Blu-ray is a splendid record of a creative production with terrific voices and direction, as go...

This thought-provoking, modern-day interpretation of Rossini's 'Mosè in Egitto' sets the scene for s...

In Benjamin Britten's operatic adaptation of Henry James' masterwork, a naive governess (Helen Field...

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

This is the 2004 version of Kaija Saariaho's opera performed by the Finnish National Opera and condu...

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

In Mea Culpa, Christoph Schlingensief blurs a delicate line: he ignores the threshold that separates...

In the awe-inspiring Teatro Olimpico,Vicenza, Cecilia Bartoli, recognised as one of the best singers...

Handel's 1724 opera Tamerlano followed the success of his previous year's Giulio Cesare with another...
Live performance from Cologne Opera. Conlon conducts a skittishly dynamic performance of Don Giovann...

Viva Vivaldi! is a concert by the Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli interspersing arias from the...

The celebrated mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli joins Bryn Terfel for a recital of arias and duets reco...

John Eliot Gardiner conducts Gluck’s 1776 French version of “Alceste” at the Théâtre du Châtelet in ...

To open its 2019-2020 season, La Scala in Milan has chosen Tosca, in a new production directed by Da...

Vivian, Roe, JJ, Ines and a mysterious French man through a 20 year musical memory of New York City....