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.

Passion, jealousy and betrayal take center stage at Londons Royal Opera House in a spectacular produ...

In the awe-inspiring Teatro Olimpico,Vicenza, Cecilia Bartoli, recognised as one of the best singers...

What happened to Figaro and his friends after the events told in Rossini’s and Mozart’s operas? One ...

Inspired by one of the twentieth century's greatest novels, composer Lorin Maazel evokes Orwell's to...

2014 marks a year of celebration recognizing the 150th birthday year of the German late-Romantic orc...

Rarely has a production of Verdi’s Otello been staged in such a prestigious location: the courtyard ...

The Lyric Opera of Chicago's 1985 production of Puccini's opera, set in the late nineteenth century ...

Handel's 1724 opera Tamerlano followed the success of his previous year's Giulio Cesare with another...

Johann Strauss, Jr., a would-be composer of waltzes in mid-19th Century Vienna, attempts to thwart h...

The 2021 production by the Dutch National Opera of the work by German composer Rudi Stephan (1887–19...

In Siegfried, the “Second Day” or third evening of the Ring Cycle, we meet the pivotal hero of the e...

The world premiere of composer Kaija Saariaho's opera, "Innocence", at the 2021 Aix-en-Provence Fest...

Viva Vivaldi! is a concert by the Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli interspersing arias from the...

The celebrated mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli joins Bryn Terfel for a recital of arias and duets reco...

John Eliot Gardiner conducts Gluck’s 1776 French version of “Alceste” at the Théâtre du Châtelet in ...

Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur was inspired by the real-life story of a celebrated actress at ...

A 2002 live performance of Mikel Rouse's Dennis Cleveland, a multimedia opera set entirely on a tele...

Donald Runnicles directs the San Francisco Opera in this lavish production of Giacomo Puccini’s fina...

A musical drama based on Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto.