Opera

Giuseppe Gazzaniga has earned a place in history as one of the forerunners of Rossini and is best known for his one-act Don Giovanni Tenorio (1786), written in the opera buff mold and one of his most successful works. It is the story of Don Juan, the...

Rodelinda is a tale of unrequited love steeped in jealousy, treachery and grief.

Handel's penultimate English oratorio tells a tale of self-sacrificial love between a Christian virgin and a Roman imperial bodyguard in fourth-century.

The definitive documentary about Wagner's final opera is hosted by Placido Domingo, who also performs many of the excerpts from the opera.

Handel's timeless opera Tamerlano, whose model is Nicholas Pradon's Tamerlan ou La Mort de Bajazet, is brought to life in this live recording from the 50th Handel-Festipiele 2001 at the world famous Halle on the Saale. Conducted by Trevor Pinnock and...

Puccini's Il Trittico consists of three one-act operas, each satisfying in itself, yet skillfully contrasted to make up a thrilling complete program.

Ray Lawler's classic Australian story unfolds dramatically in this operatic version. Set in Melbourne in the summer of 1953, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is an emotional and dramatic tale which brilliantly captures the heart and soul of Australia.

Joan Sutherland first broke through to international success with her role in Lucia Di Lammermoor, Gaetano Donizetti's operatic interpretation of Sir Walter Scott's story of love, treachery and murder. In 1986, in the autumn of her career, the great...

Frank Corsaro's Zurich Opera production of Ha?nsel und Gretel is a brilliant evocation of the wonderment of childhood, brought to life in a delightful, old-fashioned storybook style by Maurice Sendak.

Hms Pinafore / Trial By Jury DVD

Debussy's masterpiece, Pelleas et Melisande, is based on Maurice Maeterlinck's symbolist play - a tragic fairytale, which recounts the ill-fated love of half-brothers Golaud and Pelleas for the same woman, the enigmatic Melisande.

This highly acclaimed production from the Bayerische Staatsoper, a powerful and fascinating re-interpretation of Dvorak's fairy-tale opera Rusalka, was a revelation: The young, up-and-coming Latvian soprano, Kristine Opolais, whose performance was...