Handel’s operas are now so thoroughly a part of modern musical life that you might think every major opera house welcomes them. But until November 2010, when it introduced an absorbing new production of Alcina, the Vienna Staatsoper resisted them, not having done a Baroque opera since Monteverdi’...

Amica by P. Mascagni, from Festival della Valle d'Itria, 2007. Directed by Alessio Pizzech, conductor Manlio Benzi, starring Anna Malavasi, David Sotgiu, Pierluigi Dilengite, Francesca De Giorgi and Marcello Rosiello. Performed in French and subtitled in English and French.

Ariadne auf Naxos by R. Strauss from Glyndebourne Festival Opera, performed at Glyndebourne Festival Theatre, Glyndebourne, 2013. Directed by Katharina Thoma, conductor Vladimir Jurowski. Starring Thomas Allen (Music Master), Soile Isokoski (Ariadne), Kate Lindsey (Composer), Laura Claycomb (Zerb...

Ariane et Barbe Bleue (Ariane and Bluebeard) by Paul Dukas, from Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, 2019. Directed by Patrick Lauze. Starring Chœur du Capitole (Choir).

Ariodante by G.F. Händell, from Spoleto Festival, 2007. Directed by John Pascoe, conductor Alan Curtis, starring Ann Hallenberg, Vittorio Prato, Zachary Stains, Carlo Lepore, Mary-ellen Nesi, Laura Cherici and Marta Vandoni Iorio. Performed in Italian and subtitled in English, German, French, Spa...

Armida by G.Rossini, from Vlaamse Opera, 2015. Directed by Mariame Clément, conductor Alberto Zedda, starring Adam Smith,Leonard Bernad,Robert McPherson,Enea Scala,Carmen Romeu,Dario Schmunck. Performed in Italian and subtitled in English, German, French, Italian and Korean.

Artaserse by J.A. Hasse from Festival della Valle d'Itria, performed at Palazzo Ducale, Martina Franca, 2012. Directed by Gabriele Lavia, conductor Corrado Rovaris. Starring Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani (Artaserse), Franco Fagioli (Arbace), Maria Grazia Schiavo (Mandane), Sonia Prina (Artabano), Anto...

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny by K. Weill from Teatro Real, performed at Teatro Real, 2010. Directed by The Fura dels Baus - Alex Ollé; Carlus Padrissa, conductor Pablo Heras-Casado. Starring Measha Brueggergosman (Jenny Smith), Jane Henschel (Leocadia Begbick), Michael König (Jim Macln...

Aus einem Totenhaus (From the House of the Dead) by L. Janáček, from Bayerische Staatsoper, performed at National Theatre Munich, 2018. Directed by Aleksandar Denic, conductor Simone Young, starring Manuel Günther, Bo Skovhus, Christian Rieger, Peter Rose, Galeano Salas, Aleš Briscein, Charles Wo...

Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini, from the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 2014. Directed by János Darvas, conductor Sir Simon Rattle. Starring Philharmonia Choir Vienna, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Lester Lynch, Massimo Giordano, Liang Li, Bogdan Mihai, Reinhard Dorn, Magdalena Kožená, Kresimir Spicer, Arth...

Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, from Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 2017. Directed by Andreas Morell, conductor Sir Simon Rattle. Starring Kristine Opolais (Floria Tosca), Marcelo Álvarez (Mario Cavaradossi), Marco Vratogna (Baron Scarpia), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Cesare Angelotti), Peter Rose (Il Sagrestano...

Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito, from Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 2016. Directed by Nele Münchmeyer, conductor Stefan Soltesz. Starring Erwin Schrott (Mefistofele), Charles Castronovo (Faust), Angel Joy Blue (Elena), Alex Penda (Margherita), Jana Kurucová (Marta), Bror Magnus Tødenes (Wagner), Luciana...

"Walter Felsenstein (1901–1975), founder and general director of the Komische Oper in Berlin, was one of the twentieth century’s greatest creative theatre directors, who played a hugely important role in the revival of opera as a theatrical art form. A brilliant artist who directed over 190 produ...

Beatrice di Tenda by V. Bellini, from Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania, 2010. Directed by Henning Hermann Brockhaus, conductor Antonio Pirolli, starring Dimitra Theodossiou, Alejandro Roy, Michele Mauro, José Maria Lo Monaco, Michele Kalmandi and Rizzardo Del Maino. Performed in Italian and subt...

Béatrice et Bénédict by H. Berlioz, from Glyndebourne Festival Opera, performed at Glyndebourne Festival Theatre, Glyndebourne, 2016. Directed by Laurent Pelly, conductor Antonello Manacorda, starring Philippe Sly,Stéphanie d’Oustrac,Paul Appleby,Sophie Karthäuser,Lionel Lhote,Frédéric Caton,Kata...

Benvenuto Cellini by H. Berlioz, from Dutch National Opera, performed at Dutch National Opera and Ballet, 2015. Directed by Terry Gilliam, conductor Mark Elder, starring Michèle Losier, John Osborn, Orlin Anastassov, André Morsch, Laurent Naouri, Marcel Beekman, Mariangela Sicilia, Maurizio Murar...

Bianca e Falliero by G. Rossini, from ROF Rossini Opera Festival, performed at Teatro Rossini, Pesaro, 2005. Directed by Jean-Louis Martinoty, conductor Renato Palumbo, starring Maria Bayo, Francesco Meli, Daniela Barcelona, Carlo Lepore. Performed in Italian and Subtitled in English, German, Fre...

Billy Budd by Britten from Glyndebourne Festival Opera, performed at Glyndebourne Festival Theatre, Glyndebourne, 2010. Directed by Michael Grandage, conductor Mark Elder. Starring John Mark Ainsley (Captain Vere), Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd) and Philip Ens (Claggart).

Billy Budd by B. Britten, from Teatro Real - Madrid, 2017. Directed by Deborah Warner, conductor Ivor Bolton, starring Duncan Rock, David Soar, Thomas Oliemans, Toby Spence, Brindley Sherratt, Jacques Imbrailo, Torben Jürgens and Christopher Gillet. Performed in English and subtitled in English, ...

Boris Godunov by M. Mussorgsky from Teatro Regio di Torino, performed at Teatro Regio, Torino, 2010. Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, conductor Gianandrea Noseda. Starring Orlin Anastassov (Boris), Ian Storey (Grigory), Vladimir Vaneev (Pimen), Peter Bronder (Prince Shuisky), Chorus and Orchestra...

Boris Godunov by M. Mussorgsky, from Bayerische Staatsoper, performed at Nationaltheater/ Munich National Theatre, 2013. Director Calixto Bieito, conductor Kent Nagano, starring Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Yulia Sokolik, Eri Nakamura, Heike Grötzinger, Gerhard Siegel, Markus Eiche, Anatoli Kotscherga, ...

The libretto, by Henri Meilac and Ludovic Halévy, is based on a novella by Prosper Mérimée. The first performance of Carmen on 3 March 1875, produced such a hostile reaction that Bizet left Paris physically and psychologically ill, and died only three months later on 3 June 1875, following two se...

Georges Bizet: Carmen by Georges Bizet, from Opernfestspiele St. Margarethen, Austria, 2005. Directed by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher, conductor Ernst Märzendorfer. Starring Nadia Krasteva, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Sebastian Holecek, Asa Elmgren; Ballet Español de Valencia, Chorus of the Nation...

Carmen by G. Bizet from Macerata Opera Festival, performed at Arena Sferisterio, 2008. Directed by Dante Ferretti, conductor Carlo Montanaro. Starring Nino Surguladze (Carmen), Philippe Do (DonJosé), Irina Lungu (Micaëla), Alexandra Zabala (Frasquita), Paola Gardina (Mercédès), Simone Albergh...