There are elements of Macbeth in this political fable, in which the ghost of the child that Boris has had killed in order to seize the throne appears as an impostor. Adapting Pushkin's epic poem, Mussorgsky composed a meditation on the solitude of power, a populist drama in which the real protagonist is the Russian people with its burden of eternal suffering. Ivo Van Hove is no stranger to grand political frescos. This is his first production for the Paris Opera.

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The Lyric Opera of Chicago's 1985 production of Puccini's opera, set in the late nineteenth century ...

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Fierrabras of 1823 is the last of Franz Schubert’s stage works. Rarely performed to this day, this h...

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Live performance from the Schwetzinger Festspiele, 1987. At the age of 21, Italian composer Giacchin...

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

A transfixing, rarely-seen 16mm miniature made as part of Rohrwacher's opera production of La travia...

The Zurich Opera gathered a superb cast for this production: Italian soprano Eva Mei sings the Count...

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The definitive version of this rare opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The costume and set design is ...

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This set has Edita Gruberova singing in top form, all her scooping cast aside, which one finds in ab...

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

Originally commissioned to celebrate the completion of the Suez Canal and the opening of Cairos new ...