Based on Oscar Wilde's lurid play, it is an intense exploration of the Salome story. Its sumptuous vocal and orchestral writing seethes and pulsates as Strauss conjures up the brutality of Herod's corrupt court. Richard Strausss opera at the Salzburg Festival, staged by Romeo Castellucci at the Felsenreitschule, was nothing short of a sensation. Debuting in the title role, Asmik Grigorian propelled herself to international stardom with her mesmerizing singing and acting abilities. The exceptional soprano recently won the International Opera Award as best singer.

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

The first-ever audio-visual recording of this opera – directed by Christof Loy, conducted by Marc Al...

A production of Mozart's opera recorded live at Zurich Opera House in 2000. Cecilia Bartoli leads an...

Officers Ferrando and Guglielmo are certain that their lovers Dorabella and Fiordiligi are faithful ...

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

The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make...

The Biblical story of Belshazzar's hubristic arrogance, set against the valour of the young warrrior...

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

The audience is invited into Violetta’s privacy to have a close look at the fire to which she abando...

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

37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts...

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

Witness the Zurich Opera's stunning production of Richard Wagner's masterpiece "Tannhauser," conduct...

Shortly after WWII, the DEFA Studios produced a series of operas and operettas which belonged to the...

Johann Strauss, Jr., a would-be composer of waltzes in mid-19th Century Vienna, attempts to thwart h...

"Die tote Stadt" is a psychologically layered drama with Hitchcock-like features, about Paul who, af...

Premiered in 1787, “Don Giovanni” exposes the timeless theme of a man hovering between vitality and ...

17-year old Sarah, filled with adolescent angst, is an extreme person who in her rehearsals with a t...