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.

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

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

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

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

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

Famous opera singer Dmitry Hvorostovsky performs live songs from his album 'Deja vu' by composer Igo...

Set in 16th-century France and Spain, Don Carlos tells of the political and amorous rivalry between ...

A lyric tragedy in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti, libretto by Salvatore Cammarano. Roberto Devereu...

Mozart's La Clemenza Di Tito was originally commissioned to celebrate the coronation of the Emperor ...

Charles Mackerras teases the romantic beauty from Gounod's score, which has been widely admired sinc...

Turn of the century Paris provides the glittering setting for this light hearted tale of political a...

A delightful fairy tale, Mozart's final operatic legacy remains a great work in the spirit of the En...

A 1985 performance of Luchino Visconti's 1958 staging for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Bern...
Smetana's penultimate opera premiered on September 18, 1878, at the New Czech Theater. At the Nation...

The most popular Czech comic opera, with a libretto by Karel Sabina, marking the 200th anniversary o...

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