In 2010, for the first time in its history, the Bolshoi Opera presented Alban Berg’s masterpiece Wozzeck conducted by Teodor Currentzis. Dmitri Cherniakov’s aim with this bold, sensitive transposition was “to highlight the hidden sorrows of a late twentieth-century man dwelling in a megalopolis.”

Finding the right librettos was not easy, but one month after the end of the First World War, his tr...

The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House presents a new production of Poulenc's short opera La Voix Hu...

A godforsaken village in Germany shortly after the Thirty Years’ War: The young scrivener Max loves ...

Based on the Béla Bartók opera, Duke Bluebeard reluctantly and gradually uncovers the secrets of his...

Barcelona’s Palau de la Música Catalana, one of the world’s most beautiful concert halls, hosted Gus...

After he is rejected by the Great Poochini as an opening act, Mysto the Magician gets his revenge by...

It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian Verdi t...

A famous opera singer, Giorgio Fini, loses his voice during an American tour. He goes to a female th...

This release contains the celebrated 2006 production of Mozart's Nozze di Figaro that was directed f...

Violetta, a courtesan much wooed by Parisian society, organizes a grand party that is attended, amon...

Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore is one of the staples of the comic opera repertory. The plot hinges on ...

Famed composer Gustav Mahler reflects on the tragedies of his life and failing marriage while travel...

I Love to Singa depicts the story of a young owl who wants to sing jazz, instead of the classical mu...

Donizetti's French masterpiece was in the hands of Italian conductor Antonello Allemandi. This maest...

Dalibor is based on events that took place in the 15th century: having led a peasant revolt, the Kni...

Enrico Caruso's only passion is to sing. For that, he leaves his hometown of Naples, Italy, and trav...

Live from La Scala Saturday 07 July 2007. In this live performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, Violet...