Paata Burchuladze

Khovanshchina

The last and arguably finest opera of Modest Mussorgsky is captured in one of its most powerful interpretations...

Aida

AIDA, an Ethiopian princess, is captured and brought into slavery in Egypt. A military commander, Radamès, stru...

Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina

Kent Nagano superbly masters the challenges presented by this score, shapes the dynamics with subtle intensity,...

Aida

La Scala went all out for its 1986 production of this grandest of grand operas, with a strong cast and, most im...

Karajan: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem

Nabucco

Live performance from La Scala in Milan. Nabucco was the first production of the theatre's 1986-87 season.

Il Mefistofele

Arrigo Boito's Il Mefestefele was first performed in 1868 and his most known work. In Ken Russell's modern inte...

Don Giovanni

Live performance from Salzburger Festspiele in 1987. Herbert von Karajan conducting the Wiener Philharmoniker a...

The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

A youthful cast brings Rossini’s immortal comedy to sparkling life, led by Christopher Maltman as Figaro, the r...

Turandot

Valery Gergiev leads the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in this production of Puccini's opera, recorded live at...

Les Troyens

Prince Igor

TV movie version of the famous Prince Igor opera