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.

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

Desdemona in Verdi's Otello was a career role for soprano Renata Tebaldi, from her first operatic pe...

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

Parisian courtesan, Violetta meets the romantic aristocrat Alfredo and finds herself in love for the...

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

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

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

Fierrabras of 1823 is the last of Franz Schubert’s stage works. Rarely performed to this day, this h...

A Victor Hugo play, haunting and scandalous, provided the inspiration for Verdi’s mid-career masterp...
Politics and love leads to a love triangle between father, son and stepmother.

In the 50's, in Paris, the neighbors Rodolfo and Mimi meet each other when Mimi's candle blows out i...

Nabucco - live from Metropolitan Opera, June 2002. On its surface, Nabucco is about the epic strugg...

Starring the exquisite coloratura soprano Emma Matthews as the innocent girl priestess Lakmé, and su...

Berlioz’s colossal masterpiece requires stupendous forces—dozens of soloists, enormous chorus, orche...

A 1985 performance of Luchino Visconti's 1958 staging for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Bern...

An operatic film adaptation of the poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar of the same name.

Last production staged by Patrice Chéreau, this Elektra will remain as the main and most striking ly...

Loosely based on the story of the singer Nellie Melba...

A sudden gunshot shatters the dream of two lovers on their wedding day. The fate of Orpheus and Eury...

Two mystical beings emerge from the scenery, embarking on a journey through Gallup— Na'nízhoozhí in ...