Rossini: Moïse et Pharaon

Giordano: Andrea Chernier

“Kaufmann is performing the title role for the first time, and it’s hard to imagine him bettered. His striking looks make him very much the Romantic a

2015

Carmen

This all-star cast is framed by Peter Hall’s gritty, realistic production and conducted by James Levine, who brings out all the surging emotion and gr

1988

Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress

The Rake's Progress is an English-language opera from 1951 in three acts and an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, written by W. H. Auden and

1992

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Glyndebourne Opera's 1981 production of the Benjamin Britten opera, based on Shakespeare's play.

1981

Eugene Onegin

Live performance by the Bolshoi Theatre at the Palais Garnier, Opéra National de Paris, 2008.

2008

Eugene Onegin

A filmed version of Tchaikovsky's opera. Onegin visits a friend, his fiancee and her sister Tatiana, who believes Onegin is her fated love. She write

1988

Carmen

Live performance from Taormina Opera Festival, July 15, 2015.

2015

Carmen (Opéra de Lyon)

Live performance from the Opéra de Lyon, July 1 2012. Controversial production by Olivier Py.

2012

The Nutcracker

This version of "The Nutcracker" gives the classic ballet a tragic spin, with Masha (instead of Clara) now the unloved, unappreciated daughter of the

2008

Verdi: Otello

Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher’s bold new production probes the psychological underpinnings of Verdi’s dynamic setting of Shakespeare’s great tragedy

2015

Norma: Live from the Royal Opera House

The priestess Norma loves Pollione, leader of the occupying force suppressing her people, and has borne two children by him. But Pollione’s love has w

2016

The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde

Met audiences were fascinated by Mariusz Treliński’s gripping, visionary production of Wagner’s epic opera. In the daunting title roles of the doomed

2016

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

Carmen

Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 25 March 1997.

1997

La Traviata

Few singers have plumbed the depths of the role of Violetta as did she incomparable soprano Renata Scotto. Her interpretation surprises with fresh ins

1973

Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Live performance from the Opéra National de Lyon.

1993

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