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.

The director, Roland Schwab, has created his version of Hell. The set is like a high iron walled han...

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

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

Here is a rare and exceptional example in which the director and costume designer amuse themselves w...

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

A 2002 live performance of Mikel Rouse's Dennis Cleveland, a multimedia opera set entirely on a tele...

This May 2010 production of Massenet's 1910 opera "Don Quichotte" marked the opera's centenary and a...

Opera in one act, libretto by G. Forzano based on Dante's Divine Comedy. Third part of his opera Tri...

There are elements of Eurotrash in this outdoor Aix-en-Provence summer opera production. Nevertheles...

Visually this is a gripping production which captures the drama of this opera perfectly. It's downri...
The writer Dario Fo applies his inventive genius to Rossini's comic opera in its premiere DVD releas...

Axel Kohler, the internationally renowned countertenor has brought Admeto into the modern era in tim...

The many passionate, fiery or lyrical vocal pieces of Spanish zarzuela have continued to thrive in c...

A group of merchants and vikings navigate dramatic events both within and without in this epic music...

Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur was inspired by the real-life story of a celebrated actress at ...

Woody Allen's production of the Puccini comic opera at LA Opera in 2015

The production was the Vienna State Opera debut for the young Swiss conductor Philippe Jordan – the ...

Emmanuelle Haïm has established herself as one of the world’s leading performers, conductors and int...

Diana Damrau’s reputation as the world’s leading coloratura soprano has been built on her extraordin...