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 is a good video of "Figaro", but there are a couple of better ones available. The Bohm and the ...

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

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

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

co-production with the Teatro Real (Madrid).

Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano Marjor...

Tsar Saltan marries the youngest of three sisters, having heard that it is her dearest wish to prese...

Clara is given an enchanted Nutcracker doll on Christmas Eve. As midnight strikes, she creeps downst...

Set in a Siberian prison camp, Janacek's final opera centers on the experiences of recent arrival Al...

A freedom fighter in Austrian-occupied Switzerland. An oppressive Habsburg governor. The most famous...

This vivid film of Wagner's romatic opera succeeds in conveying what has famously been called "the w...

Mythological hero Scipio must choose between Fortune and Constancy in this superb 2006 Salzburg Fest...

The legendary director Ruth Berghaus created this staging of Carl Maria von Weber’s Der Freischütz a...

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

Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili gives a dynamic performance as Bizet’s iconic gypsy, the...

La traviata in Paris is a film-opera of Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata filmed live on television and w...

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

Acclaimed soprano Edita Gruberova stars as the title character in this 1996 production of Gaetano Do...

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