Opera

Franz Leh?r's operetta "Paganini" (Vienna, 1925) marked the start of a new period in the composer's work that was strongly influenced by the tenor Richard Tauber. Leh?r now began to write works that were highly demanding in vocal terms and stylistically...

Created specially for television and recorded in studio, this short opera by one of today's most eminent Finnish composers is based on a Christmas story by the American writer O. Henry. Rautavaara sets The Gift of the Magi in a poor district of Helsinki

Everybody knows Schiller, everybody can Schiller, Schiller moves everybody, Schiller is performed, Schiller is sung. Numerous operas are based on his dramas, not to mention the countless poems, which were set to music by Schubert. Beethoven's 9th ends...

Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of special

A bundle of Romeo and Juliet and Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, directed by legendary Johannes Felsenstein from the Anhaltisches Theater Dessau. It has been associated with Christmas since ist earliest performances and especially with Dessau,...

Juha Uusitalo, John Daszak, Franz-Josef Kapellmann, Matti Salminen, Stephen Milling, Anna Larsson, Christa Mayer, Peter Seiffert, Petra Maria Schnitzer, Jennifer Wilson, Lance Ryan, Gerhard Siegel, and Catherine Wyn-Rogers star.

Marina Rzhannikova, Nikolay Chevychelov, Maxim Guerasimov, and Alexei Pryadkin star in this Moscow Classical Ballet production of the Tchaikovsky ballet with Pavel Salnikov conducting.

Directed by Charles R. Rogers. Starring David Kelly, Anna Pollak, Bernard Dickerson.

Founded in 1844 as an exclusive amusement establishment, the Kroll opera has left deep traces in the history of Germany. This documentary by Jorg Moser-Metius illustrates the eventful history of the opera house, capturing the architectural, political,...

KEEP SILENT. LOVE IS DIVINE AND CLAIRVOYANT. LOVE KNOWS EVERYTHING. Giacomo Casanova received a doctorate as jurist, scratched along as violinist in a theatre, dabbled in the role of a lieutenant and was cofounder of France's lottery. As an adventurer an

Vesselina Karasrova, Angelika Kirchschlager, Grace Bumbry, Juliane Banse, Anne Schwanewilms, and Rene Pape are featured with Kent Nagano conducing the Deutsche Oper Berlin benefiting the German AIDS Foundation. Included are highlights from Le nozze di...

Opera Highlights is both a visually exciting introduction for new viewers to opera as well as a unique opportunity to see great singers talking to camera, and then performing roles for which they are famous. Including: Fassbaender, Brigitte and EVA MART