Adrianne Pieczonka

Strauss: Elektra

The great singing actress Nina Stemme gives a heart-wrenching performance in the title role of Strauss’s blazin...

Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]

When this sumptuous production by Giancarlo del Monaco opened in 1995, legendary tenor Plácido Domingo gave a r...

Don Giovanni

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni is performed live at the Theater an der Wien in this 1999 production sta...

Royal Opera House: Tosca

The painter Mario Cavaradossi helps a fugitive escape – and so attracts the attention of Scarpia, the sadistic...

Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer

Tim Albery's Olivier-nominated production for The Royal Opera delves deep into the psychology of Wagner's curse...

Der Rosenkavalier

This 2004 production of Richard Strauss's three-act comic opera Der Rosenkavalier (1911) emerged from the effor...

Elektra

Last production staged by Patrice Chéreau, this Elektra will remain as the main and most striking lyrical event...

Beethoven: Fidelio - Salzburg Festival

Im Olymp der Kunst

Don Giovanni

Live from Glyndebourne Festival 1995. Yakov Kreizberg conducting the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Dir...

Elektra - San Francisco Opera

In the wake of the Trojan War, Elektra’s world has come unmoored. When her desire for justice becomes a blood l...

Don Carlo