When a nobleman tries to seduce his wife’s maid on her wedding night, it leads to a hilarious plot of revenge in Mozart’s classic comic opera.

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.

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

Dvořák’s dark opera sees a water nymph sacrifice all for a chance at human love—only to face tragic consequences.

Luciano Pavarotti commands a rain-soaked Hyde Park in this historic 1991 concert, featuring definitive renditions of "Nessun Dorma."

Danger lurks in every note of this breathtaking revival of Bizet's scandalous 1875 opera, “Carmen.”

Verdi’s epic tale of corruption and toxic jealousy unfolds with chilling consequences at London's Royal Opera House.

Power is set against innocence in this strikingly staged production, starring Lisette Oropesa and Carlos Álvarez.

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

Danger lurks in every note of this breathtaking revival of Bizet's scandalous 1875 opera, “Carmen.”

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".

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

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

The Royal Opera House's superb production of Saint-Saëns' opera, Samson and Delilah, directed by the multi-Olivier Award Winner, Richard Jones.

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

Power is set against innocence in this strikingly staged production, starring Lisette Oropesa and Carlos Álvarez.

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

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.

Glyndebourne's brilliant production of Handel's Giulio Cesare starring Sarah Connolly and Danielle de Niese.

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.

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

Verdi’s epic tale of corruption and toxic jealousy unfolds with chilling consequences at London's Royal Opera House.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Joyce DiDonato and Julia Bullock star in a bold reimagining of Handel's Theodora at The Royal Opera House.

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

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.

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

Legendary composer Philip Glass's opera "The Perfect American", imagines the final months of the life of Walt Disney.

Learn how the team at Opera Versailles used original notebooks and sketches to stage their historic production of "Carmen."

For Richard Wagner there only seems to be either lovers or haters! No other composer is - rightly - as highly controversial as Wagner.

Deutsche Oper Berlin turns up the drama on Wagnerian classics and more.

Get a glimpse of Glyndebourne, the UK’s most prestigious summer opera festival.

Curated by opera singer, social media star, and hip-hop enthusiast, Babatunde Akinboboye.

Luciano Pavarotti commands a rain-soaked Hyde Park in this historic 1991 concert, featuring definitive renditions of "Nessun Dorma."

Danger lurks in every note of this breathtaking revival of Bizet's scandalous 1875 opera, “Carmen.”

Verdi’s epic tale of corruption and toxic jealousy unfolds with chilling consequences at London's Royal Opera House.

Dvořák’s dark opera sees a water nymph sacrifice all for a chance at human love—only to face tragic consequences.

When a nobleman tries to seduce his wife’s maid on her wedding night, it leads to a hilarious plot of revenge in Mozart’s classic comic opera.

Power is set against innocence in this strikingly staged production, starring Lisette Oropesa and Carlos Álvarez.

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

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.