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.

Julia Bullock, Joyce DiDonato and Jakub Jozef Orlinski star in Katie Mitchell’s thrilling new produc...

Based on Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci. The film recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clo...

An orphan (Eight-year-old boy soprano Bobby Breen) gets a chance to sing opera in New York.

This is Laurent Pelly’s Théâtre des Champs-Élysées staging of Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, wit...

At the beginning of 1964, the music world experiences something completely unexpected. Maria Callas ...

One night in Judea, a disabled shepherd boy-turned-beggar and his mother are visited by three strang...

Praised by critics as “magnificent”, “breathtakingly theatrical” and full of “zestful imagination”, ...

Alone in the woods, a young man is pursued by a horrifying specter and by visions of his deceased si...

The production bears the imprint of the conductor, Marko Letonja, and the director, Tobias Richter, ...

A production of Strauss' opera 'Der Rosenkavalier' performed at the Saltzburg Festival in 1984. Incl...

Famed countertenor Andreas Scholl sings the title role of Roman emperor Julius Caesar in this memora...

Although he is unanimously credited with having democratised opera, making it accessible to the grea...

A collectively made filmic opera in 35 parts. The Black and predominantly queer art collective, an e...

A famous opera singer falls for his sergeant's sister at boot camp.

A psychological interpretation of the opera mixing in references to the history of Germany, Wagner’s...

Benjamin Britten's opera as performed by the English National Opera, with Philip Langridge in the ti...

Although Domingo was younger and Banackova looked more like the sweet and innocent young Madalena th...

Based on Shakespeare's play, Verdi's opera depicts the devastating effects of jealousy, "...the gree...

It happened during the reign of King Vladislav Jagiellon: the rebellious knight Dalibor is sentenced...