Beethoven’s only opera is a masterpiece, an uplifting story of risk and triumph. In this new production, conducted by Antonio Pappano, David Butt Philip plays the political prisoner Florestan, and Lise Davidsen his wife Leonore (disguised as ‘Fidelio’) who daringly sets out to rescue him. Set in strong counterpoint are the ingredients of domestic intrigue, determined love and the cruelty of an oppressive regime.

The legendary director Ruth Berghaus created this staging of Carl Maria von Weber’s Der Freischütz a...

TANNHÄUSER UND DER SÄNGERKRIEG AUF WARTBURG is a grand opera by Richard Wagner in three acts. After ...

Clara is given an enchanted Nutcracker doll on Christmas Eve. As midnight strikes, she creeps downst...

A freedom fighter in Austrian-occupied Switzerland. An oppressive Habsburg governor. The most famous...

Passion, jealousy and betrayal take center stage at Londons Royal Opera House in a spectacular produ...

The tale of a quick-witted fox and her escape from confinement for a life in the forest.

Seven students from different countries come to Rome to a school for foreigners. The diverse age gro...

Naples, present. A stranger has stopped Diego and he will ask for a cigarette but the guy shows hims...

At first glance, the title of Shostakovich’s opera seems to speak for itself: Katherina, neglected a...

Premiered in 1787, “Don Giovanni” exposes the timeless theme of a man hovering between vitality and ...

Götterdämmerung, the final instalment of Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung, is a story of human passions...

Tosca is a melodrama of love, betrayal and death set in the revolutionary unrest of 1800. The story ...

It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of ...

To open its 2019-2020 season, La Scala in Milan has chosen Tosca, in a new production directed by Da...

The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singe...

Officers Ferrando and Guglielmo are certain that their lovers Dorabella and Fiordiligi are faithful ...

A very stressed young woman is dismayed to find herself behaving like her own mother, with whom she ...

A musical drama based on Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto.