The 2021 production by the Dutch National Opera of the work by German composer Rudi Stephan (1887–1915) "Die ersten Menschen" ("The First Humans"), completed in 1914 to a libretto by Otto Borngräber interpreting the Biblical story of the Garden of Eden through symbolism and the then nascent science of psychoanalysis. This production was part of the Holland Festival of Amsterdam.
An adaptation of Leos Janacek's opera Prihody Lisky Bystrousky (1925), based on the novel Liska Byst...
The sequel to the 2013 short, August sings Carmen 'Habanera'. After Elfie and her nerdy son August s...
Elizabeth of Valois is promised in marriage to Don Carlos of Spain, as part of a peace treaty betwee...
Christian Thielemann conducts the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra in this production of Wagner's opera r...
High Definition recording June 2014, Arena di Verona. This opulent production was directed by Franc...
With James Levine at the helm, Verdi’s multi-faceted masterpiece is revealed as a drama of almost Sh...
Luciano Pavarotti brings his spectacular voice and artistry to one of the most famous of all tenor r...
Disciplined Italian composer Antonia Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...
The plans of a publicity agent to put on a charity concert are nearly wrecked by a lawyer who wants ...
Elijah Moshinsky’s witty production deftly walks the line between the lighthearted humor and the pro...
John Dexter’s brilliant production of Britten’s searing opera stars Dwayne Croft in the title role o...
Film version of the Rimsky Korsakov opera from the Pushkin story. Motsart i Salyeri (Mozart and Sali...
Portrait of a Knight is a musical romance about the way in which historic ideals inform contemporary...
A devil is at work in the Ukrainian village of Sorochintsy, terrifying residents and travellers alik...
There are elements of Macbeth in this political fable, in which the ghost of the child that Boris ha...
First performed in Paris in 1843, at the turning point of several eras, Don Pasquale, a composite an...
Les Huguenots is a monumental fresco featuring various impossible loves in the context of the Saint ...
Robert Lepage’s landmark staging of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, unveiled over the course of th...
Any performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida at La Scala, Milan, is guaranteed to be an experience – but...