Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

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

In 1935, renowned Portuguese neurologist Egas Moniz visits psychiatrist Sobral Cid, trying to convin...

Massenet’s tale of passion, excess, and their consequences stars rising soprano Lisette Oropesa in t...

Julie Taymor’s kaleidoscopic production returns to select cinemas this holiday season in an encore p...

As the imperious title empress, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato leads the Met premiere of Handel’s tale...

Live broadcast of the opera performance held on November 10, 2012 at the Opéra national de Lorraine ...

Romeo and Juliet is the most famous love story of all time. In Charles Gounod's operatic adaptation ...

The Snow Queen is Hans Abrahamsen's first opera, composed to a self-penned libretto, based on Hans C...

Madama Butterfly is, with Bohème, the most loved and staged of Puccini’s works. This Blu-ray produc...

With the “Méditation”, Jules Massenet probably wrote one of the most famous melodies of our time. It...
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When this sumptuous production by Giancarlo del Monaco opened in 1995, legendary tenor Plácido Domin...

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

"The Queen of Spades" is considered Tchaikovsky's best creation by the world-famous conductor, Peopl...

Richard Jones’ “La bohème” is an important weapon in the Royal Opera’s commercial arsenal. This is i...

Beethoven’s only opera is a masterpiece, an uplifting story of risk and triumph. In this new product...

Royal Opera favourite Bryn Terfel heads the cast for this new production of Donizetti’s comedy of do...

Opera lies at the heart of Rimsky-Korsakov's colourful idiom, but performances are few and far betwe...
Can the darkest moments of life also lift our souls? Drawing on his own experience in a Siberian pri...