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...
Franco Zeffirelli's magnificient staging of Puccini's final opera - a fairy tale set in a mythical C...
Simon Keenlyside smolders dangerously in the title role of Mozart’s version of the legend of Don Jua...
The water fairy Rusalka falls in love with an earthly prince. In vain, Father Aquarius warns her. He...
Here is a rare and exceptional example in which the director and costume designer amuse themselves w...
The director, Roland Schwab, has created his version of Hell. The set is like a high iron walled han...
When a passionate poet falls for a young woman, she is stirred by his ardent declaration of love. Ye...
Anew production of Tannhäuser, which was premiered on 26 July 2019 and presented the Bayreuth debut ...
"The Queen of Spades" is considered Tchaikovsky's best creation by the world-famous conductor, Peopl...
A musical drama based on Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto.
Johann Strauss, Jr., a would-be composer of waltzes in mid-19th Century Vienna, attempts to thwart h...
A look at the entire process of creating and developing Patrice Chéreau’s third staging of "In the S...
Imagine a window into the past. Imagine finally connecting singers' bodies to the voices you have al...
A notable opera singer tries to commit suicide because of a emotional breakdown. While hospitalized ...
Desdemona in Verdi's Otello was a career role for soprano Renata Tebaldi, from her first operatic pe...
This live version of Puccini s superbly dramatic opera was recorded in Rome in the exact locations a...
17-year old Sarah, filled with adolescent angst, is an extreme person who in her rehearsals with a t...
A 12-year-old boy tries everything to join a music lovers club.
Gustav Von Aschenbach, a passionate composer, arrives in Venice as a result of wanderlust and there ...