Tag: opera

Richard Strauss - Ariadne Auf Naxos

Rameau Hippolyte et Aricie

Emmanuelle Haïm has established herself as one of the world’s...

O Die Zee

O Die Zee is a modern Dutch retelling Homer's Odyssey...

Tosca

Puccini's Tosca at the San Francisco Opera (October 2014)

Marinksy on Screen War And Peace

Based on the 19th century novel by Tolstoy, the opera...

Turandot

The Franco Zeffirelli production of Puccini's "Turandot", recorded live at...

William Tell

“Let us assume that Switzerland is truly a paradise. The...

Pagliacci

The story is set in southern Italy and recounts the...

The Merchant of Venice - Bregenzer Festspiele

Set in Venice during the Renaissance, the drama centres on...

Wozzeck

1987 recording of Wozzeck by the Vienna State Opera with...

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

Opera singer and professor Dr P is examined both in...

Rigoletto

Kraus - Nucci - Serra - Pertusi - Vespasiani ......

Boris Godunov

Mussorgsky's quintessential Russian opera is captured live on stage in...

Verdi Macbeth Chailly

Claude D'Anna's film of Verdi's Macbeth is a gloomy affair,...

Der Goggolori

Rigoletto - Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

In celebration of Verdi's 200th birthday in 2013, the Festival...

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice

Based on Gluck's masterpiece and performed entirely on location in...

Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmelites

At the end of 2013, the year that marked the...

Wagner: Siegfried

In Siegfried, the “Second Day” or third evening of the...

The Merry Wives of Windsor - Opéra Royal de Wallonie

At the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, stage director David Hermann...

Rameau: Les Indes galantes

For the launch of its DVD collection, Alpha is joining...

Così fan tutte

Who loves whom in Così fan tutte, Mozart’s and Da...

Aida - Arena di Verona

The grand scale and magnificent acoustics of the Roman arena...

Wagner: Die Walküre

Richard Wagner called Die Walküre the “first evening” of the...