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.

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

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

To open its 2019-2020 season, La Scala in Milan has chosen Tosca, in a new production directed by Da...

Dynamic are proud to present, for the first time on Blu-ray, Rossini’s La Gazza Ladra ‘The Thieving ...

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

Imagine a window into the past. Imagine finally connecting singers' bodies to the voices you have al...

Inspired by one of the twentieth century's greatest novels, composer Lorin Maazel evokes Orwell's to...

What happened to Figaro and his friends after the events told in Rossini’s and Mozart’s operas? One ...

A transfixing, rarely-seen 16mm miniature made as part of Rohrwacher's opera production of La travia...

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

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

A return to its roots for Castor et Pollux, Jean-Philippe Rameau’s lyric tragedy first performed in ...

German composer Richard Wagner wrote Parsifal, which is a three-act opera that tells the story of th...

A musical drama based on Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto.

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

This Blu-ray is a splendid record of a creative production with terrific voices and direction, as go...

This thought-provoking, modern-day interpretation of Rossini's 'Mosè in Egitto' sets the scene for s...

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

A ten-year-old girl meets famed opera singer Enrico Caruso on a train between Boston and New York. S...