Opera

Julia Jones conducts The Royal Opera’s spell-binding production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute with a cast including Roderick Williams as Papageno.

Witty yet shot through with pain and sadness, a deeply ambivalent life in the day of masters and servants as they scheme and outwit one another

Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is one of the best-known operas worldwide. The ROH stages this alluring Japanese tragedy, reminding us why it’s a favorite.

Kasper Holten’s 2014 production for The Royal Opera House casts Don Giovanni as an artist who thrives on an audience enticed by his creative gifts.

Don Giovanni (Juan) retells Mozart's classical masterpiece as a story of the modern man's escape from himself and his demons.

Richard Wagner’s Das Rheingold - an epic of gods and monsters - brought to the 21st century at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Rinat Shaham is the provocative and free-spirited Carmen, while Dymtro Popov portrays Don José with a perfect mix of naivety and desire.

For the Bicentenary of the Teatro Real of Madrid, Deborah Warner created a colossal production of Benjamin Britten’s Billy Budd.

El Publico is Federico Garcia Lorca's most difficult and mysterious play, one of the great classics of modern Spanish theatre.

The world premiere recording of Brett Dean's new opera based on Shakespeare's best-known tragedy.

A modern opera adaptation by Charles Wuorinen based on Annie Proulx’s short story.

The all-male opera is based on the battle between pure good and blind evil, and is set on a British man-o'-war ship.

Opera North’s enchanting staging of The Adventures of Pinocchio, Jonathan Dove’s 21st opera, is a wittily inventive feast for the eyes and ears.

Deborah Warner’s beautiful and evocative production of Britten’s final operatic masterpiece.

L'Incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi is the last Opera of the Monteverdi trilogy filmed by the Dynamic at the Teatro Real, Madrid.

Under the direction of Andreas Homoki, this new production of Nabucco features a first-class cast.

This production from La Scala stars opera greats Jonas Kaufmann and Erwin Schrott, with newcomer Anita Rachvelishvili making her successful debut.

The ‘sheer visual sophistication’ of Annabel Arden’s Barbiere serves ‘a triumphant celebration of Rossini’s musical genius

Ketevan Kemoklidze leads as Rosina while the orchestra plays under the magical baton of the young principal guest conductor Andrea Battistoni.

Pinkerton returns to the US and finds a “real” wife, while Butterfly waits with unshakeable faith for him to return to the house on the harbour.

Blending authentic Japanese music with luscious European harmonies and orchestration, the opera is an irresistible fusion of East and West.

Staatsoper Hamburg and Vincent Boussard’s new staging of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly brings to life the moving tragedy of Japanese geisha Cio-Cio San

Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is one of the best-known operas worldwide. The ROH stages this alluring Japanese tragedy, reminding us why it’s a favorite.

The opera-dilemma of maternal love and filial love is presented in the classical staging production directed by Hugo De Ana

Riccardo Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini is a four-act opera set during the Renaissance period.

Don Carlo is the fascinating tale of father-son power struggles, adultery and love that borders on incest.

Victory makes Radamès a hero, but tangles his Ethiopian lover Aida in a dangerous royal love triangle and a very personal war.

The legendary Zubin Mehta conducts Aida, Verdi’s most spectacular and over-the-top opera.

Daniele Abbado explores themes of identity, exile and religion in this powerful staging of Verdi's epic opera with Plácido Domingo as Nabucco.

Plácido Domingo's triumphant return to his baritone roots is captured in this stunning Teatro alla Scala's 2010 production of Simon Boccanegra.

“Falstaff” is the only comic opera, as well as the last opera, of Verdi’s production.

This Donizetti opera is loosely based on the life of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, an influential member of the court of Queen Elizabeth I.

Experience Verdi’s La Traviata, the inspiration behind Moulin Rouge, lovingly staged at London’s Royal Opera House.

Peter Konwitschny achieved a resounding success and Marlis Petersen a sensational debut in the title role with this new production of La Traviata

Witty yet shot through with pain and sadness, a deeply ambivalent life in the day of masters and servants as they scheme and outwit one another

Mozart's final opera returns to Glyndebourne after a 20 year absence in a 'stark, compelling and very well acted' production directed by Claus Guth

David McVicar’s vision for this Mozartian gem speaks for itself, a ‘mesmerising' portrayal of Enlightenment-era fascination with the East

Daniel Barenboim conducts Fidelio, a moral title associated with the ideals of liberty of the French Enlightenment.

The sensual story explores a love triangle between Jupiter, King of the Gods, his wife, the goddess Juno, and his lover, the mortal princess Semele.

Julia Jones conducts The Royal Opera’s spell-binding production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute with a cast including Roderick Williams as Papageno.

Don Giovanni (Juan) retells Mozart's classical masterpiece as a story of the modern man's escape from himself and his demons.

Kasper Holten’s 2014 production for The Royal Opera House casts Don Giovanni as an artist who thrives on an audience enticed by his creative gifts.

Lucio Silla suggests to us that virtuous decisions are always the right ones.

Das Rheingold is the first part of Robert Carsen’s bleak vision of the story of the colossal Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner.

Die Walküre - The Valkyrie - is the second opera in Wagner’s four-part epic, the Ring Cycle.

In Die Walküre the powerful ring continues to be the source of conflict, dictating the fate of those who desire it and those who fear it.

In the third part of Wagner's Ring Cycle, Siegfried follows the rise of a young hero, the illegitimate son of the twins from Die Walküre

Two young people’s search for self-identity and their meeting at the end of this opera are the hopeful elements in the story moves towards disaster.

Don Giovanni (Juan) retells Mozart's classical masterpiece as a story of the modern man's escape from himself and his demons.

Apple Computer founder Steve Jobs is transformed into a dramatic character in this opera by DJ and composer Mason Bates and librettist Mark Campbell.

“Upload” tells the story of a father, who suffers a severe trauma, and a daughter who has to decide whether or not she will delete his digital self.

The final part of the tetralogy sees yet another broadening of the horizon.

Die Walküre - The Valkyrie - is the second opera in Wagner’s four-part epic, the Ring Cycle.

Richard Wagner’s Das Rheingold - an epic of gods and monsters - brought to the 21st century at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Siegfried presents an encounter not only between man and woman but between two principles

Lucia has fallen in love with Edgardo, the mortal enemy of her brother. She is ultimately broken by her unrequited love and becomes a murderess.

The sensual story explores a love triangle between Jupiter, King of the Gods, his wife, the goddess Juno, and his lover, the mortal princess Semele.

“Falstaff” is the only comic opera, as well as the last opera, of Verdi’s production.

Don Carlo is the fascinating tale of father-son power struggles, adultery and love that borders on incest.

Stefan Herheim delivers a spectacular reinterpretation of Pushkin’s story, with Bo Stovhus and Krassimira Stoyanova leading the cast.

Based on the folktale which inspired the Little Mermaid, Dvořak’s best known opera, Rusalka, tells the story of a nymph who wants to be human.

Riccardo Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini is a four-act opera set during the Renaissance period.

The Beggar’s Opera is considered to be the first musical comedy and one that pre-empted by about 300 years the current vogue for jukebox productions.

Two young people’s search for self-identity and their meeting at the end of this opera are the hopeful elements in the story moves towards disaster.

Götterdämmerung presents the final and apocalyptic duel between the queens Brünnhilde and Kriemhild as narrated in the epic “Song of the Nibelung."

Opera, rock, and film collide in David T. Little’s exploration of the life of the Soldier.

Julia Jones conducts The Royal Opera’s spell-binding production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute with a cast including Roderick Williams as Papageno.

A deeply moving production of the traditional double-bill Pagliacci and Cavalleria Rusticana is shown here at Milan's Teatro alla Scala.

Daniele Abbado explores themes of identity, exile and religion in this powerful staging of Verdi's epic opera with Plácido Domingo as Nabucco.

The opera-dilemma of maternal love and filial love is presented in the classical staging production directed by Hugo De Ana

Daniel Barenboim conducts Fidelio, a moral title associated with the ideals of liberty of the French Enlightenment.

This production from La Scala stars opera greats Jonas Kaufmann and Erwin Schrott, with newcomer Anita Rachvelishvili making her successful debut.

Plácido Domingo's triumphant return to his baritone roots is captured in this stunning Teatro alla Scala's 2010 production of Simon Boccanegra.

A deeply moving production of the traditional double-bill Pagliacci and Cavalleria Rusticana is shown here at Milan's Teatro alla Scala.

Mozart’s masterpiece conducted by Giovanni Antonini on stage at La Scala with Michael Hampe’s staging.

Kasper Holten’s 2014 production for The Royal Opera House casts Don Giovanni as an artist who thrives on an audience enticed by his creative gifts.

Richard Jones captures the blend of tragedy and comedy in La Bohème, and provides an analysis of Puccini’s young would-be artists and their lovers.

A hard-hitting new production of Kurt Weill’s Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny by the La Fura dels Baus at the Teatro Real de Madrid.

Lucio Silla suggests to us that virtuous decisions are always the right ones.

L'Incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi is the last Opera of the Monteverdi trilogy filmed by the Dynamic at the Teatro Real, Madrid.

A loose adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s epistolary novel “The Sorrows of Young Werther”, composed by Jules Massenet.

This production of “The Rake’s Progress” marks Barbara Hannigan’s debut as an opera conductor and is a “labor of love” for her.

Under the direction of Andreas Homoki, this new production of Nabucco features a first-class cast.

Adam’s Passion is the moving first collaboration between Arvo Pärt and Philip Glass.

Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck” depicts the everyday life of soldiers and the townspeople of a rural German-speaking town.

Christian Spuck delivers a profound interpretation of Verdi’s funeral mass in his massive scenic-choreographic production.

Vincenzo Bellini’s frequently overlooked gem “I Capuleti e i Montecchi,” tells the account of the last 24 hours in Romeo and Juliet’s lives.

Turandot returns to the Teatro Real in a new production by one of the greatest stage directors of the 20th and 21st centuries: Robert Wilson.

OperaGlass Works films their production of Britten’s The Turn of the Screw, conducted by John Wilson.

Dimitri Shostakovich’s brooding, passionate settings of Robert Burns, Shakespeare and Raleigh conceal the composer’s deep feelings about life.

Thomas Elwin (tenor) is the soloist in the ecstatic Boyhood’s End (1943), to which Paul Chantry and Rae Piper make response in dance.

Bernadette Iglich sets esponse to what he saw at the concentration camp at Belsen in The Holy Sonnets of John Donne.

Thomas Elwin is the tenor soloist in Tippett's The Heart’s Assurance and Katie Stevenson is the soloist in Britten’s bizarre A Charm of Lullabies.

In Die Walküre the powerful ring continues to be the source of conflict, dictating the fate of those who desire it and those who fear it.

Das Rheingold is the first part of Robert Carsen’s bleak vision of the story of the colossal Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner.

Lee Reynolds conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in an innovative new production of Ravel’s opera, L’enfant et les sortilèges.

For the Bicentenary of the Teatro Real of Madrid, Deborah Warner created a colossal production of Benjamin Britten’s Billy Budd.

Blending authentic Japanese music with luscious European harmonies and orchestration, the opera is an irresistible fusion of East and West.

With its combination of enchanting love story and broad, burlesque comedy, Cendrillon is one of the great operatic fairy tales.

Damiano Michieletto’s production sets both operas within the same village, offering theatrical realism within visuals that are modern and timeless.

Experience Verdi’s La Traviata, the inspiration behind Moulin Rouge, lovingly staged at London’s Royal Opera House.

El Publico is Federico Garcia Lorca's most difficult and mysterious play, one of the great classics of modern Spanish theatre.

This Donizetti opera is loosely based on the life of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, an influential member of the court of Queen Elizabeth I.

Verdi takes us to 15th century Spain to witness the tragedy of those under the control of the gypsy Azucena, who seeks to avenge his mother's death.

Mozart's final opera returns to Glyndebourne after a 20 year absence in a 'stark, compelling and very well acted' production directed by Claus Guth

When the European youth chooses War above Love, Cupid decides to seek out new followers on other continents.

Laurent Pelly's expression of Berlioz's adaptation of Much Ado about Nothing as an opera comique becomes ''an elegant treatise on love and music".

Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is one of the best-known operas worldwide. The ROH stages this alluring Japanese tragedy, reminding us why it’s a favorite.

The world premiere recording of Brett Dean's new opera based on Shakespeare's best-known tragedy.

The Royal Opera’s production of Les Contes d’Hoffmann was created by film director John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy, Sunday Bloody Sunday)

The ‘sheer visual sophistication’ of Annabel Arden’s Barbiere serves ‘a triumphant celebration of Rossini’s musical genius

Lacrosse sticks and flying bicycles bring contemporary chic to this fantasy of warriors and witches in this fun-filled version of Handel’s opera.

David McVicar’s vision for this Mozartian gem speaks for itself, a ‘mesmerising' portrayal of Enlightenment-era fascination with the East

A modern opera adaptation by Charles Wuorinen based on Annie Proulx’s short story.

The all-male opera is based on the battle between pure good and blind evil, and is set on a British man-o'-war ship.

Jonathan Kent’s spectacular production of Purcell’s huge semi-opera adapted from A Midsummer Night's Dream is joyous, imaginative and witty.

Rameau’s inventive take on Racine’s great tragedy Phèdre is brought to life by Paul Brown’s colourful designs and Ashley Page’s playful choreography.

Acclaimed Italian conductor Maurizio Benini makes his Glyndebourne debut in Donizetti’s intoxicating and deeply touching opera.

Janacek's tale of a quick-witted fox and her escape from confinement for a life in the forest.

Glyndebourne’s wartime history as a home for evacuee children is the ingenious context for a new production of this unclassifiable tale.

Opera North’s enchanting staging of The Adventures of Pinocchio, Jonathan Dove’s 21st opera, is a wittily inventive feast for the eyes and ears.

The bachelor Don Pasquale plans to marry to punish his rebellious nephew, Ernesto, who is in love with the young widow Norina.

Deborah Warner’s beautiful and evocative production of Britten’s final operatic masterpiece.

Witty yet shot through with pain and sadness, a deeply ambivalent life in the day of masters and servants as they scheme and outwit one another

In the third part of Wagner's Ring Cycle, Siegfried follows the rise of a young hero, the illegitimate son of the twins from Die Walküre

Ketevan Kemoklidze leads as Rosina while the orchestra plays under the magical baton of the young principal guest conductor Andrea Battistoni.

The second part of Wagner's Ring Cycle, Die Walküre, takes us on a theatrical voyage into a world that is in a never- ending state of war.

Staatsoper Hamburg and Vincent Boussard’s new staging of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly brings to life the moving tragedy of Japanese geisha Cio-Cio San

Peter Konwitschny achieved a resounding success and Marlis Petersen a sensational debut in the title role with this new production of La Traviata

Das Rhinegold is a theatrical journey that takes us back to our childhood, where fantasy becomes palpable reality.

Twilight of the Gods, the Ring Cycle's conclusion, takes us to the children who have been left in the shadow of a power struggle between gods.

The stout Sir John Falstaff has financial problems, which he attempts to solve by having affairs with two very wealthy, very married women.

This production from the historic Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova stars power couple Daniela Dessì and Fabio Armiliato, as lovers Tosca and Cavaradossi.

The legendary Zubin Mehta conducts Aida, Verdi’s most spectacular and over-the-top opera.