Charles Castronovo

Ever since its premiere in Turin in 1896, La bohème has been a huge hit with audiences across the world. Within two years, it had been seen in...

Genre: Music

Cast: Suzy Klein

Without question, this is an incredibly bizarre production. The revised storyline makes little sense, and there is a surprising amount of violence...

Genre: Music

Cast: Laura Aikin

How can emotion come to light on the opera set? Does it come from singing, acting or music? How can someone become the incarnation of Verdi's...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Natalie Dessay

Met Music Director Emeritus James Levine conducts Tony Award winner Julie Taymor’s production of Mozart’s masterpiece, Die...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Golda Schultz

A live recording of Don Giovanni from the Festspielhaus Baden Baden, recorded on May 23rd 2013.

Genre: Music

Cast: Erwin Schrott

La Rondine (The Swallow) is possibly the least performed of Giacomo Puccinis later operas, but is still just as much a masterwork as its more...

Genre: Music

Cast: Dinara Alieva

Natalie Dessay made her first European appearances as Violetta in La traviata in a new production by the French director Jean-François...

Genre: Music

Cast: Natalie Dessay

Lucia’s brother Enrico is horrified to learn she has fallen in love with his sworn enemy Edgardo. He hastily arranges her marriage to his...

Genre: Music

Cast: Daniel Oren

In 2009, Frédéric Mistral’s tale of love and loss in Provence came to the Opéra de Paris with a new production of...

Genre: Music

Cast: Inva Mula

In Benoît Jacquot’s production, Manet’s Olympia dominates the stage of the Opéra Bastille. In 1863, the painting caused a...

Genre: Music

Cast: Ermonela Jaho

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Cast: Ermonela Jaho

Alfredo Germont and the courtesan Violetta Valéry fall in love at a party in Violetta's Paris salon. Alfredo is determined to cure Violetta of...

Genre: Music

Cast: Ermonela Jaho

Richard Jones’ “La bohème” is an important weapon in the Royal Opera’s commercial arsenal. This is its second revival...

Genre: Music

Cast: Sonya Yoncheva

Power struggles among rival families in 14th-century Genoa, a story of tragic love, a young girl gone missing… Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra...

Genre: Music

Cast: Luca Salsi

Julie Taymor’s kaleidoscopic production returns to select cinemas this holiday season in an encore presentation of the company’s...

Genre: Music

Cast: Golda Schultz

Diana Damrau’s reputation as the world’s leading coloratura soprano has been built on her extraordinary technical virtuosity, her...

Genre: Music

Cast: Diana Damrau

Presented at Baden-Baden’s Pentecost Festival, this production of Boito’s Mefistofele captured the hearts of both audiences and...

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Cast: Erwin Schrott

Antonio Pappano conducts a stellar cast of singers in favourite arias, duets and choruses from operas by Rossini, Donizetti and Puccini, along with...

Genre: Music

Cast: Katie Derham

The Belgian dancer and choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui interprets Glucks late Baroque opera Alceste as an impressive symbiosis between dance and...

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Cast: Charles Castronovo