Opera

Le Villi (The Willis or the Fairies) is an opera-ballo in two acts (originally one) composed by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Ferdinando Fontana, based on the short story Les Willis by Alphonse Karr. The original one act version was first...

Verdi's Otello is undoubtedly one of the masterpieces of the Italian repertoire with 3 superb stars.

The Australian Opera's colorful production of the Mikado is an experience designed to seduce the eye, charm the ear and tickle the rib. The sets are breathtakingly oriental, full of surprises and the beautiful costumes are a masterpiece of eccentricity.

Taking place during the French Revolution, this story concerns a group Carmelite nuns who go to the guillotine rather than renounce their calling. Starring Joan Sutherland.

Newly restored and digitally remastered from the original 35 mm film, the legendary soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf stars in this acclaimed film of Richard Strauss' delightful opera, Der Rosenkavalier. This Salzburg Festival production of Strauss' great...

Leos Janacek's opera 'Katia Kabanova' follows the life of a middle-class family in the 1850s and is set on the banks of the Volga in a small town, Kalinove in Russia. Christopher Marthaler's modern production takes place in the 1990s and sheds a new...

One of the leading exponents of Renaissance and Baroque vocal music Emma Kirkby performs a varied program including works by Pierre GuTdron, Rene Mesangeau and William Lawes. This concert also includes some exceptional lute pieces performed by her...

In this performance of Die Fledermaus an international array of talent combines to perform one of Covent Garden's most glittering productions. Featuring Kiri Te Kanawa.

Set in the early 20th century, the aesthetic poet Bunthorne sings his love for Patience, the village milkmaid. Meanwhile he has captured the heart of every other lady in the village. Upon the arrival of the idyllic poet Grosvener, all hell breaks loose...

Verdi's enduring masterpiece of musical theatre, Aida, is a marvelous blend of human emotion and grand spectacle, full of Egyptian pomp and pageantry.

Bela Bartok's opera 'Duke Bluebeard's Castle' performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra; conducted by Adam Fischer. Singers include: Robert Lloyd and Elizabeth Laurence; directed for video by Leslie Megahey.

Seeking to exorcise the failure of his current love affair, the poet Hoffmann tells the story of his three past loves. Featuring Placido Domingo.