Anja Silja

The embittered widow, Kostelnicka, drowns her infant grandson to save her beloved stepdaughter Jenufa from the shame and hardship of raising an...

Genre: Music

Cast: Roberta Alexander

A young peasant wants to marry, but the despotic sovereign chooses the bride for one night on the basis of the "ius primae noctis" and declares her...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ulla Berkévicz

Richard Strauss's opera, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Genre: Music

Cast: Catherine Malfitano

Staging directors Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser infuse German composer Engelbert Humperdinck's fairy-tale opera with more than a dollop of black...

Genre: Music

Cast: Angelika Kirchschlager

Based on a true story, the "Dialogues des Carmelites" sets the life of the Carmelites nuns at the dawn of the French Revolution. “Robert...

Genre: Music

Cast: Christopher Robertson

Recorded at Britain's Glyndebourne Opera Festival, Leos Janacek's opera follows the exploits of Emilia Marty (Anja Silja), a sexually irresistible...

Genre: Music

Cast: Anja Silja

In the late 1960s Rolf Liebermann, the legendary intendant of the Hamburg State Opera, had the visionary idea of presenting a number of operas in...

Genre: Music

Cast: Anja Silja