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Always smile and always be cheerful, always satisfied, no matter what happens, smile in spite of your sorrows and a thousand aches and pains, sings Prince Sou-Chong, thus introducing the fundamentally melancholic tone of Das Land des Lachelns (The Land...

For the first time ever, a Chinese symphony orchestra is performing at Lucerne Festival. If yet more evidence that classical music has long since become a global language were needed, it would be this appearance by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra under...

Alina Cojocatu, Johan Kobborg, Marianela Nunez, and Martin Harvey perform in this Royal Ballet production of the Adam ballet conducted by Boris Gruzin.

Dario Fo applies his inventive genius to Rossini's comic opera in it's premiere DVD release.

A classic in the Royal Ballet repertory, the Frederick Ashton choreographed La Fille Mal Gard?e (The Wayward Daughter) was an immediate hit with the British public at it's 1960 premiere and garnered renewed praise during this 2015 revival, declared by...

Since it was first published in 1731, L'Histoire du Chevalier Dex Grieux et de Manon Lescaut has been the object of numerous adaptations for both stage and screen. In the 19th century, Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber, Jules Massenet and Giacomo Puccini used...

Der Rosenkavalier Blu-Ray

Lewis Carroll's ever-popular story provides the basis for Christopher Wheeldon's spectacular new work, starring Royal Ballet Principal Lauren Cuthbert son. Captivating designs by Bob Crowley, an engaging and passionate score by Joby Talbot, and...

Misha Didyk, Emily Magee, Lado Ataneli, Ludovic Tezier, Elena Zaremba, Ewa Podles, Mikhail Vekua, Fransisco Vas, and Claudia Schneider star in this Gran Teatre del Liceu production of the Tchaikovsky opera conducted by Michael Boder.

Queen'S Competition DVD

One of, if not the foremost ballet company in the world, the Bolshoi Ballet dates it's history to 1825, and it's pre-history to the original company founded in 1776. Over the course of the entire 20th century the company vaulted to the pre-eminent status...

Glyndebourne's pulsating new production of the Waltz King, Johann Strauss II's much-loved comic operetta includes outstanding performances from a cast led by Pamela Armstrong, Thomas Allen, Ragnar Ulfung and Hukan Hagegurd with the Glyndebourne Chorus...