Motivated by the love that bound him to Mathilda Wesendonck, Richard Wagner’s composition of Tristan und Isolde goes far beyond any simple operatic gesture. Peter Sellars’ production pours oil onto this troubled sea of emotions in an almost dematerialised setting bared of all earthly contingencies whilst Bill Viola presents the lovers’ initiatory quest for nirvana in videos detached from the stage, suspended like altarpieces.

Starring Jonas Kaufmann as Bacchus and featuring Emily Magee with Daniel Harding conducting the Vien...

Two mystical beings emerge from the scenery, embarking on a journey through Gallup— Na'nízhoozhí in ...

An operatic film adaptation of the poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar of the same name.

Gustav Von Aschenbach, a passionate composer, arrives in Venice as a result of wanderlust and there ...

This tragic story revolves around the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigol...

For the first time in company history, the Met presents the original five-act French version of Verd...

Leonora plans to elope with Don Alvaro, but he accidentally shoots and kills her father, who curses ...

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

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

A Victor Hugo play, haunting and scandalous, provided the inspiration for Verdi’s mid-career masterp...
Politics and love leads to a love triangle between father, son and stepmother.

In the 50's, in Paris, the neighbors Rodolfo and Mimi meet each other when Mimi's candle blows out i...

Nabucco - live from Metropolitan Opera, June 2002. On its surface, Nabucco is about the epic strugg...

Starring the exquisite coloratura soprano Emma Matthews as the innocent girl priestess Lakmé, and su...

Berlioz’s colossal masterpiece requires stupendous forces—dozens of soloists, enormous chorus, orche...

This superb 2006 production of the Los Angeles Opera's La Traviata stars Renée Fleming, who joins th...

Idi and Rita live with their grandmother, Manie. Idi tries to keep the memories they have of their m...

A musical drama based on Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto.

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