Robert Tear

Previn and the Pittsburgh

Renowned composer, conductor, and pianist Andre Previn welcomes one or more musical guests for conversation and...

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

A young woman, married to a wealthy man, but miserably lonely; trapped within a world ruled with an iron fist....

Billy Budd

A version of Benjamin Britten's opera based on the Melville story. Will the virtuous young sailor Billy Budd be...

The Turn of the Screw

Benjamin Britten’s opera of the Henry James novel. An inexperienced governess is sent to a country house to car...

Der Rosenkavalier

Live performance, new production season 1984-5. BBC 2 Television relay on 30 March 1985 of performance of Febru...

The Marriage of Figaro

Live from Glyndebourne 1994. The first production to be filmed Live in Glyndebourne´s new opera house May 1994....

The Burning Fiery Furnace

Tony Palmer's documentary about the staging of Britten's choral work.

Turandot

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

Idomeneo

This TV production is from 1970 and the color picture is accordingly rich and beautiful. The sound however is b...

Britten: Death in Venice

Death in Venice was Britten's final opera--an extraordinarily atmospheric and haunting adaptation of Thomas Man...

Alban Berg - Lulu

The Makropulos Case

Recorded at Britain's Glyndebourne Opera Festival, Leos Janacek's opera follows the exploits of Emilia Marty (A...