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Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur was inspired by the real-life story of a celebrated actress at the Com?die-Fran?aise who was much admired by Voltaire. Hailed as a masterpiece, the opera was...

During his years in Italy, Handel absorbed the music of his contemporaries and mastered new stylistic trends. Though the staging of La resurrezione was a memorable event in the Roman musical world,...

Jean-Baptiste Lully's Atys, a trag?die en musique, became known as the 'king's opera' due to Louis XIV's fondness for it. The work stands as a testament to the Sun King's courtly refinement, as well...

The award-winning Akademie f?r Alte Musik Berlin has become one of the world's leading chamber orchestras on period instruments. These concerts reveal some of the foundations of Beethoven's genius,...

The award-winning Akademie f?r Alte Musik Berlin has become one of the world's leading chamber orchestras on period instruments. These concerts reveal some of the foundations of Beethoven's genius,...

Ottorino Respighi's La Bella Dormente Nel Bosco (The Sleeping Beauty) was originally commissioned by the renowned puppeteer Vittoria Podrecca. The revised version we hear today preserves much of the...

With his affinity for the 16th-century sculptor Benvenuto Cellini's advocacy of artistic and personal freedom, Hector Berlioz went straight for the grand gesture with his first completed opera...

The opera La campana sommersa ('The Sunken Bell') is Respighi's operatic masterpiece. A symbolist drama on a supernatural theme, it is steeped in beauty, mystery and foreboding, and orchestrated with...

Carlisle Floyd: Susannah DVD

Choreographer Jir? Buben?cek's Carmen celebrates the incredible inspiration of Bizet's timeless music in a completely new two-act ballet that also includes music by Alb?niz, Castelnuovo-Tedesco and...

Choreography By Mourad Merzouki DVD

These special concerts with the award-winning SWR Vokalensemble represent two Christmas gifts from the Gaisburg Church, considered to be one of the most beautiful churches in Stuttgart. Michael...