Movies

A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a...

Jonas Kaufmann and Anna Caterina Antonacci bring rare erotic intensity to the drama of Don José and Carmen in this darkly passionate reading...

Beethoven’s only opera is a masterpiece, an uplifting story of risk and triumph. In this new production, conducted by Antonio Pappano, David...

Il tabarro is a tale of jealousy and murder between Michele, his young wife Giorgetta and her lover Luigi, set aboard a barge on the Seine. Suor...

Luc Bondy's 1996 production of Don Carlos was staged, recorded and filmed at the Chatelet in Paris. These seven performances were blessed with an...

Beethoven’s only opera is a masterpiece, an uplifting story of risk and triumph. In this new production, conducted by Antonio Pappano, Jonas...

Benoit Jacquot's acclaimed 2002 film of Puccini's opera stars Angela Gheorghiu in the title role, with Roberto Alagna, Ruggero Raimondi and the...

Manon Lescaut's production was updated and it worked. Highly professional production with two of the best performances I've ever witnessed in any...

In the court of Princess Turandot, suitors who fail to solve her riddles are brutally killed. But when a mysterious Prince answers correctly,...

The star singers in this revival of the 2006 production were Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel; the Royal Opera Chorus and the...

The Italian Character: a film within music and about music. The Italian character is the story of one of the most renowned orchestras in the world,...

The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House presents a new production of Poulenc's short opera La Voix Humaine, featuring soprano Danielle de Niese and...

The French have occupied Sicily, and Hélène is held hostage by Montfort, the French governor, who has had her brother executed. She...

“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...

After the destruction of Troy, the Trojan warrior Énée sets out on a journey to found a new dynasty. He meets Didon, Queen of Carthage,...

Sir Antonio Pappano explores the great roles and the greatest singers of the last 100 years through the prism of the main classical voice types -...

Portrait of an exceptional musical talent and one of opera’s biggest stars, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli. With interviews from her illustrious...

The French tale of a beautiful young woman destroyed by her conflicting needs for love and luxury.

David McVicar's spellbinding production of LE NOZZE DI FIGARO is set in 1830s post-revolution France, where the inexorable unravelling of an old...

In Giuseppe Verdi's little-known early tragedy, a despairing father is torn between love for his family and his duty to a corrupt city. Jacopo...