Opera Movies

Luciano Pavarotti live from the Piazza Grande, Modena.

Richard Jones’ “La bohème” is an important weapon in the Royal Opera’s commercial arsenal. This is its second revival...

The history of the gypsy Aleko who couldn't forgive the betrayal of his wife.

Translucence, transparency – warmth’ are the qualities identified by Bernard Haitink as necessary for an ideal sound performance of...

Members of an opera company performing Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" find their lives parallel those of the characters.

This seminal work of avant-garde opera from composer Philip Glass and director Robert Wilson arrives full-circle, coming to France, the site of its...

Pushkin folk tale as comedic opera whose sultry elements expand an Oriental influence. Korsakov portrays the story of Tsar Nicholas II, punished for...

Celeste is a renowned opera diva who retired early for the man she loved to live on a crumbling and beautiful estate in the heart of a rainforest in...

The world’s only psychedelic children’s opera about an alien invasion.

Janáček's three-act opera Katya Kabanova, staged by Barrie Kosky and staged at the Felsenreitschule by Czech conductor Jakub...

A spectacular production of Aida filmed at Bregenz Festival's lakeside stage in 2009, with Carlo Rizzi conducting the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra and...

With ancient Rome as a backdrop, composer Benjamin Britten's chamber opera chronicles the undoing of the virginal Lucretia at the hands of...

Fierrabras of 1823 is the last of Franz Schubert’s stage works. Rarely performed to this day, this heroic-romantic opera has now been staged...

Without question, this is an incredibly bizarre production. The revised storyline makes little sense, and there is a surprising amount of violence...

Aging opera singer Maria Callas tries to make a comeback by performing in a production of Bizet's "Carmen."

The most famous Scenes and Arias from French operas