Sadko by N. Rimsky-Korsakov from Bolshoi Theatre, performed at Bolshoi Theatre, 2020. Directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov, conductor Timur Zangiev. Starring Nazhmiddin Mavlyanov (Sadko), Andrey Zhilikhovsky (A Venetian Merchant), Sergei Murzaev (The Apparition), Aida Garifullina (Volkhova), Roman Mura...

Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saëns, from Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp/Ghent, 2009. Directed by Willy Vanduren, conductor Tomás Netopil. Starring Samson: Torsten Kerl, Dalila: Marianna Tarasova, Le Grand-Prêtre de Dagon: Nikola Mijailovic, Abimélech: Milcho Borovinov, Un vieillard hébreu: Tijl Fave...

Semele by Georg Friedrich Händel, from Alexandra Palace Theatre, London, United Kingdom, 2020. Directed by Robert Kealey, conductor John Eliot Gardiner. Starring Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, with Louise Alder, Hugo Hymas and more. Performed in English and Subtitled in English, Fren...

Semiramide by G.Rossini, from Vlamsee Opera, 2011. Directed by Nigel Lower, conductor Alberto Zedda, starring Eduardo Santamaria, Ann Hallenberg, Josef Wagner, Robert Mcpherson, Myrtò Papatanasiu, Charles Dekeyser, Igor Bakan and Julianne Gearhart. Performed in Italian and subtitled in English, G...

Giordano's Siberia is a tale of sacrificing everything for love, but will fate be kind to our dear Stephana? Listen out for some thrilling high Cs, vibrant orchestral colours & a sumptuous climax to Act II with the lovers' duet, from Teatro del Maggio.

Signor Goldoni by L. Mosca from Gran Teatro La Fenice, performed at La Fenice, 2007. Directed by Davide Livermore, conductor Andrea Molino. Starring Barbara Hannigan (Despina), Alda Caiello (L’anzolo Rafael), Cristina Zavalloni (Mirandolina), Sara Mingardo (Desdemona), Michael Bennett (Arlecchino...

Simon Boccanegra by G.Verdi, from Palermo Teatro Massimo, 2008. Directed by Giorgio Gallione, conductor Philippe Auguin, starring Ferruccio Furlanetto, Amarilli Nizza, Roberto Frontali, Paolo Battaglia, Walter Fraccaro, Silvio Zanon and Donatella Gugliuzza. Performed in Italian and subtitled in ...

Skupoy rytsar - L'Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale) by Stravinsky, from Festival de Paques Deauville, 2018. Directed by Colin Laurent, conductor Pierre Dumoussaud.

Stiffelio by G.Verdi, from Teatro Regio di Parma, performed at Teatro Farnese, 2017. Directed by Graham Vick, conductor Guillermo Garcia Calvo, starring Giovanni Sala, Luciano Ganci, Maria Katzarava, Francesco Landolfi, Emanuele Cordaro, Blagoj Nacoski, Cecilia Bernini. Performed in Italian and s...

Stradella by C.Franck, from Opéra Royale de Wallonie, 2012. Directed by Jaco van Dormael, conductor Paolo Arrivabeni, starring Patrick Mignon, Marc Laho, Werner van Mechelen, Isabelle Kabatu, Philippe Rouillon, Xavier Rouillon, Giovanni Iovino, Roger Joakim, . Performed in French and subtitled in...

Street Scene by K. Weill from Teatro Real, performed at Teatro Real, 2018. Directed by John Fulljames, conductor Tim Murray. Starring Paulo Szot (Frank Maurrant), Mary Bevan (Rose Maurrant), Joel Prieto (Sam Kaplan), Lucy Schaufer (Emma Jones), Jeni Bern (Greta Fiorentino), Michael J. Scott (Lipp...

Tamerlano by Handel from Teatro Real, performed at Teatro Real, Madrid, 2008. Directed by Graham Vick, conductor Paul McCreesh. Starring Plácido Domingo (Bajazet), Monica Bacelli (Tamerlano), Ingela Bohlin (Asteria), Sara Mingardo (Andronico) and Jennifer Holloway (Irene). Subtitled in German, En...

After Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s great success with Parsifal, Lohengrin and Tristan und Isolde this is his highly acclaimed Tannhäuser coproduced with De Nederlandse Opera and Festspielhaus Baden-Baden.
Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s production is based on the Paris version by Richard Wagner with an extended Venu...

Tannhäuser by Wagner from Staatsoper Berlin, performed at Staatsoper Unter den Linden, 2014. Directed by Sasha Waltz, conductor Daniel Barenboim. Starring Peter Seiffert (Tannhäuser), René Pape (Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen), Peter Mattei (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Marina Prudenskaya (Venus), A...

Alceste by Christoph Willibald Gluck, from Teatro Real Madrid, 2014. Directed by Stéphane Metge, conductor Ivor Bolton. Starring Paul Groves (Admète), Angela Denoke (Alceste), Willard White (High Priest of Apollon / Thanatos), Magnus Staveland (Évandre), Thomas Oliemans (Hercule), Isaac Galàn (A...

Thais by Massenet, from Venezia Teatro La Fenice, performed at La Fenice, 2002. Directed by Pier Luigi Pizzi, conductor Marcello Viotti, starring William Joyner, Michele Pertusi, Eva Mei, Letizia Giuliani, Christophe Fel, Tiziana Carraro, Anna Smiech, Enrico Masiero, Christine Buffle, Elodie Méch...

The Adventures of Pinocchio by J. Dove from Opera North, performed at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, 2008. Directed by Martin Duncan, conductor David Parry. Starring Victoria Simmonds (Pinocchio), Jonathan Summers (Geppetto), Mary Plazas (The Blue Fairy), Rebecca Bottone (Cricket / Parrot), Grae...

John Gay (1685-1732), a genial poet and playwright with a talent for satire, got the idea for The Beggar’s Opera from his friend, the satirist Jonathan Swift, who had mentioned to him that “A Newgate pastoral might make a pretty sort of thing”. It was staged by the actor-manager John Rich (who in...

The Coronation of Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi, from Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, 2010. Directed by Stein-Roger Bull and Anja Stabell, conductor Alessandro de Marchi. Starring Brigitte Christensen (Poppea), Jacek Laszczkowski (Nero), Tim Mead (Ottone), Marita Sølberg (Virtú/Drusilla), Pat...

The Cunning Little Vixen by Leoš Janáček, from Opéra national de Paris (Opéra Bastille), 2008. Directed by Don Kent, conductor Dennis Russel Davies. Starring Elena Tsallagova; Jukka Rasilainen; Michèle Lagrange; David Kuebler; Roland Bracht; Paul Gay; Hannah Esther Minutillo; Hauts-de-Seine Child...

The Cunning Little Vixen by L. Janáček from Glyndebourne Festival Opera, performed at Glyndebourne Festival Theatre, Glyndebourne, 2012. Directed by Melly Still, conductor Vladimir Jurowski. Starring Lucy Crowe (Vixen Sharp Ears), Emma Bell (Fox), Sergei Leiferkus (Forester), Jean Rigby (Forester...

The Fiery Angel by Prokofiev from Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, performed at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, 2019. Directed by Emma Dante, conductor Alejo Pérez. Starring Leigh Melrose (Ruprecht), Ewa Vesin (Renata), Anna Victorova (The Landlady), Mairam Sokolova (Fortune Teller / Mother Superior), Serge...

Mariinsky: Sergei Prokofiev: The Gambler by Sergei Prokofiev, from Mariinsky Theatre, 2012. Directed by Laurent Gentot, conductor Valery Gergiev. Starring Sergei Aleksashkin, Tatiana Pavlovskaya, Vladimir Galuzin, Larisa Dyadkova, Nikolai Gassiev, Alexander Gergalov, Nadezhda Serdyuk, Andrei Pop...