Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

A man who loves an aspiring opera singer is prepared to sacrifice everything to help her with her ca...

One of Modest Mussorgsky's great talents was his unique ability to transpose words, psychological st...

Magic opera, Singspiel, a comedy with spectacular stage effects, Masonic ritual with Egyptian myster...

Die Zauberflöte is one of Mozart’s most famous works and one of the most beloved of the entire opera...

Translucence, transparency – warmth’ are the qualities identified by Bernard Haitink as necessary fo...

Claus Guth's exciting 2017 staging of Handel’s "Rodelinda" at Madrid’s Teatro Real, featuring Lucy C...

Can the darkest moments of life also lift our souls? Drawing on his own experience in a Siberian pri...

Herbert von Karajan directed this film of Verdi’s Shakespearan masterpiece as well as conducting the...

An adaptation of Leos Janacek's opera Prihody Lisky Bystrousky (1925), based on the novel Liska Byst...

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...

Elizabeth of Valois is promised in marriage to Don Carlos of Spain, as part of a peace treaty betwee...

Portrait of a Knight is a musical romance about the way in which historic ideals inform contemporary...

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...

A devil is at work in the Ukrainian village of Sorochintsy, terrifying residents and travellers alik...

In Benoît Jacquot’s production, Manet’s Olympia dominates the stage of the Opéra Bastille. In 1863,...

As comparably short operas, Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci are often billed together, but seldom...