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.

This Italian film version of Verdi's opera stars Sophia Loren on the screen, with Renata Tebaldi pro...

An aging opera singer looks back on her long life, including her relationships with her vocal teache...

A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing dol...

As bright and colorful as penny candy, this visually arresting production of Engelbert Humperdinck's...

Wolfgang Sawallisch conducts Hans Werner Henze's opera "Der Prinz von Homburg".

A version of Benjamin Britten's opera based on the Melville story. Will the virtuous young sailor Bi...

Pietro Mascagni's opera recorded in 2009. Conductor Stefano Ranzani leads the orchestra and chorus o...
Car Men is a collaboration between the renowned choreographer Jíri Kylían and filmmaker Boris Paval ...

All the throbbing eroticism—and ultimate heartbreak—of Puccini’s youthful score is unleashed by Jame...

An invitation to enter the soul of an artist - director Erick Ifergan - through a highly personal re...

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

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...

Deep in a forest where druids and warriors seek revenge against the conquering Romans, Norma is scor...

After the acclaimed Met premiere of Thomas Adès's "The Tempest" in 2012, the composer returned with ...

La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo (Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant) is an operatic dramma...

Part of an epoch-making release of Mozart's complete operas on DVD, here is the 18-year old composer...

The grand scale and magnificent acoustics of the Roman arena in Verona are ideally suited to the pag...

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

La traviata (Italian: [la traˈviaːta], "The Fallen Woman"[1][2]) is an opera in three acts by Giusep...