Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by J. Talbot, from The Royal Ballet, performed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 2017. Conductor Koen Kessels, starring Steven McRae, Lauren Cuthbertson, Federico Bonelli, Christopher Saunders, James Hay, Laura Morera, Paul Kay, Romany Pajdak, Fernando Montano,...

Richard Strauss completed his second-to-last opera “Die Liebe der Danae” in 1940. Written under war clouds, the “merry mythology” based on an idea by Hugo von Hofmannsthal was given a provisional, by-invitation-only dress rehearsal premiere at the 1944 Salzburg Festival the day before all theater...

La Clemenza di Tito by Mozart from Opéra national de Paris, performed at Palais Garnier, 2005. Directed by Ursel Herrmann, Karl-Ernst Herrmann, conductor Sylvain Cambreling. Starring Susan Graham (Sesto), Hannah Esther Minutillo (Annio), Catherine Naglestad (Vitellia), Ekaterina Siurina (Servilia...