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.

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondri...

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

This live version of Puccini s superbly dramatic opera was recorded in Rome in the exact locations a...

Joan Sutherland's farewell performance to the operatic stage offsets this story of the St. Bartholom...

Visually this is a gripping production which captures the drama of this opera perfectly. It's downri...

The production by Deutsche Oper Berlin achieves a beautiful balance between the stage drama and the ...

Take a perfect cast, a great conductor and a groundbreaking staging in-out makes a 'Tristan' for ete...

Carlos Álvarez takes the title role in the first of Verdi's Shakespearean operas, with Maria Guleghi...

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

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...

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

It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of ...

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

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

There are elements of Eurotrash in this outdoor Aix-en-Provence summer opera production. Nevertheles...
Eugen Suchoň's opera Svätopluk returns to the stage of the Slovak National Theatre Opera in 2023. Si...

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

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