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.

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

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

Benoît Jacquot’s acclaimed film of Puccini’s opera stars Angela Gheorghiu in the title role with Roberto Alagna and Ruggero Raimondi.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Benoît Jacquot’s acclaimed film of Puccini’s opera stars Angela Gheorghiu in the title role with Roberto Alagna and Ruggero Raimondi.

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.

Take a front row seat as the "King of the High Cs" Luciano Pavarotti performs “Nessun Dorma” for over 500,000 people in New York's Central Park.

Janácek's much-loved opera ''The Cunning Little Vixen'' springs to life in this charming animated film.

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.

Sex, power, and greed collide in this high-octane rock opera exploring the darker side of the American Dream, filmed live on stage in New York City.

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

Esteemed director Christof Loy presents a stunning new production of Strauss' intimate psychological opera, Arabella.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stefan Herheim's moving reimagining of Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors" at MusikTheater an der Wien is a spellbinding take on a family-friendly classic.

Intrigue, family tragedies, power struggles – these words aptly describe Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Simon Boccanegra”.

Benoît Jacquot’s acclaimed film of Puccini’s opera stars Angela Gheorghiu in the title role with Roberto Alagna and Ruggero Raimondi.

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

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

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

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

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

“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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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