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.

Live performance from Zürich Opera House, 2001. “Vesselina Kasarova’s Rosina turned this Barber int...

Premiered in 1787, “Don Giovanni” exposes the timeless theme of a man hovering between vitality and ...

Teatro Alla Scala 1983 production of three one-act operas from Puccini.

Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, and Robert Kerns star in this Jean-Pierre Ponnelle-d...

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

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

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

An excellent performance of this delightful opera. The principals are superb, especially the sisters...

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

Opera superstar Cecilia Bartoli offers her first operatic release on DVD in 12 years, and also her f...

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

A musician is offered a job in Vienna as stage director, but his disagreements with the aristocratic...

This telecast offers a rare opportunity to see the legendary Joan Sutherland in the role that first ...

Two years prior to the opening scene, the nobleman Florestan has exposed or attempted to expose cert...

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

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

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

Shortly after WWII, the DEFA Studios produced a series of operas and operettas which belonged to the...

1989 recording of the San Francisco Opera production of Mefistofele: Boito's retelling of Goethe's F...

Takarazuka Revue's Phantom based on the play by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit.