At Salzburg Festival, Cecilia Bartoli shines as Ariodante with her dazzling coloratura in a highly acclaimed new production by the German director Christoph Loy, who is known for his clever psychological stagings. Loy turns Handel's splendid baroque opera into an exciting and differentiated reflection on gender roles.
A meditation on the female body as a source of both power and pain that focuses on the tragic figure...
When the most voluptuous, sought-after courtesan in the world meets an ascetic monk whose life is de...
Scenes from Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera with Canio, the clown, introducing actors who are seen in pa...
Live performance from Salzburg Festival Opera, August 2007. The story tells of Cellini's love for T...
The prestigious Gran Teatre del Liceu from Barcelona presents Mozart's beloved opera in an elegant, ...
"Manon Lescaut is a heroine I believe in," wrote Giacomo Puccini to his publisher Giulio Ricordi. Ex...
A stage performance of the Shostakovich opera, filmed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.
“Kaufmann is performing the title role for the first time, and it’s hard to imagine him bettered. Hi...
Met Music director James Levine conducts a cast of youthful stars in Mozart’s sophisticated comedy a...
This John Dexter production, designed by Desmond Heeley, was a parting gift to the great American so...
Staged by the Salzburger Marionettentheater. Wagner's great epic condensed into two hours — compact,...
This all-star cast is framed by Peter Hall’s gritty, realistic production and conducted by James Lev...
A 120-participant tableau vivant by Sarah Small.