Walter Felsenstein's staging of Jacques Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann at the Komische Opera Berlin.
This live from the Met telecast from October 1996 of Giordano’s infrequently performed verismo gem i...
Elijah Moshinsky’s witty production deftly walks the line between the lighthearted humor and the pro...
John Dexter’s brilliant production of Britten’s searing opera stars Dwayne Croft in the title role o...
Disciplined Italian composer Antonia Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...
Christian Thielemann conducts the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra in this production of Wagner's opera r...
An adaptation of Leos Janacek's opera Prihody Lisky Bystrousky (1925), based on the novel Liska Byst...
One of Modest Mussorgsky's great talents was his unique ability to transpose words, psychological st...
Herbert von Karajan directed this film of Verdi’s Shakespearan masterpiece as well as conducting the...
Translucence, transparency – warmth’ are the qualities identified by Bernard Haitink as necessary fo...
Claus Guth's exciting 2017 staging of Handel’s "Rodelinda" at Madrid’s Teatro Real, featuring Lucy C...
La Vie parisienne (Parisian life) is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, composed by Jacques Offenbach in ...
‘In reality, this Lohengrin is an entirely new phenomenon for the modern consciousness!’ Richard Wag...
‘A beautiful song – a shame that it shows such disrespect to the Mayor!’ This remark from the score ...
With James Levine at the helm, Verdi’s multi-faceted masterpiece is revealed as a drama of almost Sh...
Luciano Pavarotti brings his spectacular voice and artistry to one of the most famous of all tenor r...
James Levine leads a remarkable cast in one of Verdi’s most enduringly popular operas and brings fre...
Wagner’s Romantic opera demands singing actors who can truly inhabit their parts, and that’s just wh...
A stellar cast brings Puccini’s spellbinding opera to life, seizing every opportunity to thrill the ...
High Definition recording June 2014, Arena di Verona. This opulent production was directed by Franc...