Un Ballo in Maschera

Ariadne auf Naxos

Jessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera, opposite the passionate Bacchus of the great James Kin

1988

La Didone

Live performance by Les Arts Florissants at the Théâtre de Caen, recorded on 18 Octorber 2011. "One of the earliest operas deserving of the name, Did

2011

Les Boréades

Director Robert Carsen and his creative team flood the stage with summer blossoms, drifts of autumn leaves, winter snows and thunderous spring storms.

2003

Les Paladins

Inspired by a fable by La Fontaine, [composer Jean-Philippe] Rameau produced perhaps his most brilliant music for his penultimate great work, blending

2005

Bluebeard

When Barbe-bleue loses his fifth wife, the turbulent Boulotte is selected at random to be the next one. But Barbe-Bleue falls in love with Hermia – wh

1984

Mount Analogue

A live performance by Charlie Jimenez & Sioul Blaphate hosted as a pre-show to Rebel Reel CineClub's 'A Most Unholy Christmas' - a screening of Alejan

2025

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (Komische Oper Berlin)

Live performance from the Komische Oper Berlin, February 15 2016.

2016

Gounod: Faust

Tenor Jonas Kaufmann is riveting as the title character of Gounod’s popular opera, seen in this Live in HD presentation of Des McAnuff’s thrilling 201

2011

Francesca Da Rimini

LIve performance of Rachmaninoff's opera from the Opéra National de Lorraine, Nancy, 15 February 2015.

2015

Adriana Lecouvreur

In the present stylised production by Lorenzo Mariani the 'violet-perfumed murderess' is taken by mezzo-soprano Marianne Cornetti, one of the most in-

2009

The Mikado

ENO revival of the classic Gilbert and Sullivan operetta as reimagined in a 1930s grand hotel setting with Marx Brothers-inspired humour and Busby Ber

2019

La vie parisienne

Live performance from Opéra National de Lyon.

2007

Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Live performance from the Opéra National de Lyon.

1993

Carmen

Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 25 March 1997.

1997

Carmen

Martin Kušej's brilliant 2006 Carmen represents a landmark interpretation of a truly timeless opera. Led by Rolando Villazón as Don José and Marina Do

2006

Carmen

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

2015

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

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