Ariadne auf Naxos

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

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

Experience the Last Night of the Proms 2024 featuring Angel Blue, Sir Stephen Hough, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for a joyous celebration of music.

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."

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Lise Davidsen, and Marin Alsop lead a dazzling two-part Proms finale filled with passion, tradition, and musical brilliance.

Christian Spuck brought one of Verdi’s key works to the stage with Messa da Requiem