Glyndebourne's Saul stole the summer and had critics raving. The Guardian (****) applauded virtuoso stagecraft from director Barrie Kosky in his debut production there, calling the show a theatrical and musical feast of energetic choruses, surreal choreography and gorgeous singing. For The Independent, which ranked it amongst five top classical and opera performances of 2015, there was no praise too high for the cast. The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Ivor Bolton sparkles from the pit with period panache, and designer Katrin Lea Tag's exuberant costumes (The Times ****) set the Old Testament story in Handel's time, with a witty twinge of the contemporary.

Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl...

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

Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the ...

Desdemona in Verdi's Otello was a career role for soprano Renata Tebaldi, from her first operatic pe...

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

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Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes ge...

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hi...

From the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Terme di Caracalla "Carmen" by Georges Bizet. Director Jesus Lope...

Opera in one act, libretto by G. Forzano based on Dante's Divine Comedy. Third part of his opera Tri...
The writer Dario Fo applies his inventive genius to Rossini's comic opera in its premiere DVD releas...

The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly fo...

Followers of the Bible and its teachings are challenged in a liberal courtroom.

The director, Roland Schwab, has created his version of Hell. The set is like a high iron walled han...

Based on Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci. The film recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clo...

1989 recording of the San Francisco Opera production of Mefistofele: Boito's retelling of Goethe's F...

Kristine Opolais is the young woman whose conflicting desires for love and luxury lead to her tragic...

The strong bond between two brothers is challenged when their chosen responsibilities set them at od...

An invitation to enter the soul of an artist - director Erick Ifergan - through a highly personal re...

The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the e...