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The Metropolitan Opera: Aida

The Met’s spectacular production of Verdi’s Egyptian epic captures both the grandeur and the intimacy of this powerful tale of love and politics. Liud

2012

Aida - San Francisco Opera

An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for the enslaved Ethiopian princess Aida, and his loyalty to the Pharaoh

1981

William Tell

“Let us assume that Switzerland is truly a paradise. The music hereto was written long ago. We have merely forgotten it.” (Daniel Schmid) This is the

1987

Un Ballo in Maschera

Live from the Metropolitan Opera, 14 February 1980. This version takes place in Boston rather than Sweden.

1980

The Metropolitan Opera: Un Ballo in Maschera

David Alden’s elegant 2012 production moves Verdi’s thrilling drama to a timeless setting inspired by film noir. Marcelo Álvarez is Gustavo III, the S

2012

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Audiences went wild for Bartlett Sher’s dynamic production, which found fresh and surprising ways to bring Rossini’s effervescent comedy closer to the

2007

Rossini: Armida

It is a rare opera indeed that calls for one soprano diva and no fewer than six tenors. Mary Zimmerman’s fanciful production of Rossini’s drama, desig

2010

L'Africaine

Live performance from Teatro La Fenice, 29 Nov. 2013.

2013

Alcina

Live performance from the Grand Théâtre de Genève, February 25 2016.

2016

Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Live performance from the Opéra National de Lyon.

1993

Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Live from the Metropolitan Opera 19 December 2009.

2009

Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Otto Schenk’s brilliant production captures both the dark romanticism of the story as well as its fairy-tale magic. It is a superb setting for Neil Sh

1988

Benvenuto Cellini

Live performance from Salzburg Festival Opera, August 2007. The story tells of Cellini's love for Teresa, daughter of the Papal Treasurer Balducci. H

2007

Carmen

Live performance from Teatro alla Scala, 7 December 2009 .

2009

Carmen

Live performance from the Vienna State Opera, 6 May 2010.

2010

Bizet: Carmen

This 2003 performance of Georges Bizet's 19th century opera Carmen was produced and directed by filmmaker and stage director Franco Zeffirelli, best k

2003

Beatrice di Tenda

Live performance from the Zurich Opera House, January 2002.

2002

The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov

Stephen Wadsworth’s production of Mussorgsky’s epic masterpiece brilliantly captures the suffering and ambition of the Russian people at a critical ti

2010

Die Walküre

The gorgeous and evocative Otto Schenk/Günther Schneider-Siemssen production continues with this second opera in Wagner’s Ring cycle. Hildegard Behren

1990

Siegfried

Siegfried is the third of the four operas that constitute Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner.

1990