Kwangchul Youn

Giuseppe Verdi's powerful opera Macbeth sees a barnstorming staging by legendary stage director Harry Kupfer at the newly reopened Staatsoper Unter...

Genre: Music

Cast: Plácido Domingo

Parsifal in Bayreuth, directed by Stefan Herheim and conducted by Daniele Gatti.

Genre: Music

Cast: Simon O’Neill

To stage Verdi's Il Trovatore, according to Arturo Toscanini, you need to bring together the four best singers in the world. This stunning production...

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Cast: Franco Vassallo

Calixto Bieito's famously controversial 2002 production of Mozart's great opera sets the action in the late twentieth century and brings to life an...

Genre: Music

Cast: Wojtek Drabowicz

Don Juan sins with his servant and is doomed in this tragicomic opera.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Peter Mattei

Genre: Music

Cast: Johan Botha

The prologue to Wagner's giant masterpiece Der Ring des Nibelungen unfolds the beginning of an epic journey when Alberich seizes the ring of gold,...

Genre: Music

Cast: Falk Struckmann

Wagner's tale of the struggle between spiritual and profane love, and of redemption through love, is given a radical visual update in Sebastian...

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Cast: Torsten Kerl

Simon Keenlyside smolders dangerously in the title role of Mozart’s version of the legend of Don Juan, creating a vivid portrait of a man who...

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Cast: Adam Plachetka

A tribute to marriage coming from a bachelor is a tad suspicious. But for Beethoven the idealization of the woman-bride was heartfelt and sincere. It...

Genre: Music

Cast: Peter Mattei

The tragic tale of "the bride of Lammermoor" has always been a favorite of opera-goers and sopranos alike. Yet with the riveting singing actress...

Genre: Music

Cast: Natalie Dessay

One of the chief pleasures of this live production of Otello from the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden is Daniel Barenboim's conducting. From the...

Genre: Music

Cast: Christian Franz

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

After winning in battle, Commander Macbeth receives a prophesy that he will one day become King of Scotland. Influenced by the whisperings of his...

Genre: Music

Cast: Plácido Domingo

A classic production from the Bayreuth Festival is made available here for the first time on DVD! Staged and directed by Richard Wagner’s...

Genre: Music

Cast: Robert Holl

Genre: Music

Cast: Roman Trekel

The La Scala Rheingold in May 2010 inaugurated Guy Cassiers Ring-Cycle and introduces a completely new paradigm to this work. While before him...

Genre: Music

Cast: René Pape

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

Spectacular! Opera in three acts. Filmed at a series of outstanding performances at the Teatro Real de Madrid in December 2016, this recording will...

Genre: Music

Cast: Samuel Youn

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Cast: Angela Meade

Massenet’s tale of passion, excess, and their consequences stars rising soprano Lisette Oropesa in the effervescent title role. Tenor Michael...

Genre: Music

Cast: Lisette Oropesa

Berlioz’s epic masterpiece retells the magnificent saga of the aftermath of the Trojan War and the exploits of Aeneas. Rising tenor Bryan...

Genre: Music

Cast: Deborah Voigt