An impressive masked figure, Trompe‑la‑mort reveals his true character through his impalpable latent energy and a plot abounding in tragic twists of fate. An ambivalent character, both regal in bearing and warmly protective, cruel and yet loving, rapacious and indomitable even in the face of madness, this ’Machiavelli among miscreants’ destined to become chief of police, uses his conquests to advance relentlessly in the pursuit of his aims whilst keeping his hand closely hidden. Guy Cassiers, working for the first time with the Paris Opera, portrays a three-tiered society where some rise and others fall.

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...

A sudden gunshot shatters the dream of two lovers on their wedding day. The fate of Orpheus and Eury...

Set in 16th-century France and Spain, Don Carlos tells of the political and amorous rivalry between ...

The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singe...

A short opera about the assassination of poet and dramatist Federico García Lorca at the hands of Na...

"Orango" - prologue to an unfinished opera by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), conducted by Esa-Pekk...

A romantic opera in three acts with music and libretto by Richard Wagner, performed by the Orchestra...

Passion, jealousy and betrayal take center stage at Londons Royal Opera House in a spectacular produ...

The painter Lili Elbe was the first person to have gender confirmation surgery in the 1930s. The hom...

A film version of the famous Bizet opera, where a soldier (Don Jose) falls in love with a beautiful ...

Just as a young woman is about to marry her sweetheart, she is discovered—by the entire village, to ...

Verdi’s admiration for Shakespeare led to such masterpieces as Othello and Falstaff, and if the earl...

A village hires a priestess to pray for the safety of their pearl fishermen, but long lost love gets...

José Cura sings and acts here with an inwardness and intensity which make a profound impression. So ...

Leonora plans to elope with Don Alvaro, but he accidentally shoots and kills her father, who curses ...
Easter is a five story-arc opera about the coming-of-age of juking. The first of its tales aptly dea...

An introspective dentist's suspicions about his wife's infidelity stresses his mental well being and...

Young María, the embodiment of tango, leaves the outskirts of Buenos Aires and tries her luck in the...