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.

Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as ...

Stage director Jean-Louis Grinda and the Opéra de Monte-Carlo present Verdi’s early smash hit opera ...

In celebration of Verdi's 200th birthday in 2013, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence produced the compos...

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

This film traces the life of Jan Kapr, a prominent Czech composer of the 20th century. A documentary...

Sarah Connolly's 'outstanding' (The Guardian) portrayal of the wronged Roman noblewoman, written ori...

In Tamerlano, Handel defied rules both written and tacit—offering a main role to a mature tenor at a...

Set around a classic case of broken vows – the defendant having literally left the claimant at the a...

One of the world's most acclaimed conductors, Sir Georg Solti has consistently inspired audiences ar...

Live performance of Philip Glass's opera Kepler (2009) by the Landestheater Linz Upper Austrian Stat...

A Scottish lighthouse goes dark. A visiting supply ship finds the building in order. But the keepers...

With Sounds of Dortmund, Dortmund Opera picks up where MusiCircus left off in the 2018/19 season. On...

Live recording from Oper Zurich, 2008, DVD release 2014. Jonas Kaufmann, 'the Prince of Tenors', ap...

Directed by Ursel Hermann, this 2005 production of Mozart's last opera stars a remarkable cast with ...

Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker in this filmed studio performance of Mozart'...

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

Performed at the Théâtre Graslin in Nantes in 2013. Francis Poulenc (1899-1963): Dialogues des Carm...