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...

St. Margarethen is a magnificent structure and a grand setting for Nabucco. This venue, along with t...

Tosca is a melodrama of love, betrayal and death set in the revolutionary unrest of 1800. The story ...

Live 2001 production from the Zurich Opera House of the classic Mozart/Da Ponte opera, with Nikolaus...

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

A film version of the famous Bizet opera, where a soldier (Don Jose) falls in love with a beautiful ...

Cio-Cio-San, a young Japanese geisha, seeks to fulfill her dreams through marriage to an American na...
“Let us assume that Switzerland is truly a paradise. The music hereto was written long ago. We have ...

The historic, original, live airing of what would become an annual Christmas tradition throughout th...

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

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

From the first steps of an emerging singer to the final bow of a celebrated soprano, 'PRIMADONNA OR ...

An introspective dentist's suspicions about his wife's infidelity stresses his mental well being and...

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert...

Award winning singer Katherine Jenkins performs an intimate concert in London's Cadogan Hall, accomp...

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

Disenchanted opera star Carlotta Manson falls for ruffian cat burglar Barney McGann and gives up her...

Lumee, one of the two main characters (of the opera p r i s m), sings this aria while smoking outsid...

Cio-Cio-San, the young Japanese bride of dashing American officer Lieutenant Pinkerton, finds her ro...

Axel Köhler’s production of Der Freischütz at the Dresden State Opera was described by Die Presse as...