Benjamin Britten’s opera of the Henry James novel. An inexperienced governess is sent to a country house to care for two children, whom she is gradually convinced have been corrupted by the ghosts of a previous manservant and governess…

Director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut, reinvigorating the classic story with a staging that ...

Two singers at the height of their powers—radiant soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor sensation Benjamin...

A meditation on the female body as a source of both power and pain that focuses on the tragic figure...

Alfredo, a young man from the provinces, falls in love with Violetta, the stylish toast of Paris. Bu...

Clay animation film by Guionne Leroy, based on the music of Henry Purcell's opera "King Arthur"

Rossini's "Le Comte Ory" tells the story of a libidinous and cunning nobleman who disguises himself ...
Cecilia Bartoli stars in this ebullient Zurich Opera House production of Rossini’s first French-lang...

The story concerns the enlightenment of the Christian King Roger II by a young shepherd who represen...

Walter Felsenstein's staging of Jacques Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann at the Komische Opera Berl...

After the destruction of Troy, the Trojan warrior Énée sets out on a journey to found a new dynasty....

Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur concerns a doomed love based on a real story about an actress i...

La Scala went all out for its 1986 production of this grandest of grand operas, with a strong cast a...

Elizabeth of Valois is promised in marriage to Don Carlos of Spain, as part of a peace treaty betwee...

Amour, the messenger of the gods, tells Orpheus that he may descend to the underworld and return wit...
B. Britten's famous opera, which became a major theatrical event in its production by the National T...

Director Rolf Liebermann’s 1968 filmed-for-TV production of Carl Maria von Weber’s opera, with the H...

The setting of the opera is the enchantress Alcina's island: here by her magic powers she has create...