Charles Castronovo

Ever since its premiere in Turin in 1896, La bohème has been a huge hit with audiences across the world. Within two years, it had been seen in...

release : 2021.12.26
popularis : 0.725

Without question, this is an incredibly bizarre production. The revised storyline makes little sense, and there is a surprising amount of violence...

release : 2006.01.02
popularis : 0.535

How can emotion come to light on the opera set? Does it come from singing, acting or music? How can someone become the incarnation of Verdi's...

release : 2012.10.24
popularis : 1.544

Met Music Director Emeritus James Levine conducts Tony Award winner Julie Taymor’s production of Mozart’s masterpiece, Die...

release : 2017.10.14
popularis : 0.302

A live recording of Don Giovanni from the Festspielhaus Baden Baden, recorded on May 23rd 2013.

release : 2013.05.23
popularis : 0.414

La Rondine (The Swallow) is possibly the least performed of Giacomo Puccinis later operas, but is still just as much a masterwork as its more...

release : 2015.03.20
popularis : 0.592

Natalie Dessay made her first European appearances as Violetta in La traviata in a new production by the French director Jean-François...

release : 2011.01.01
popularis : 0.625

Lucia’s brother Enrico is horrified to learn she has fallen in love with his sworn enemy Edgardo. He hastily arranges her marriage to his...

release : 2016.04.25
popularis : 0.843

In 2009, Frédéric Mistral’s tale of love and loss in Provence came to the Opéra de Paris with a new production of...

release : 2010.11.15
popularis : 0.109

In Benoît Jacquot’s production, Manet’s Olympia dominates the stage of the Opéra Bastille. In 1863, the painting caused a...

release : 2018.12.11
popularis : 0.512

release : 2022.04.13
popularis : 0.892

Alfredo Germont and the courtesan Violetta Valéry fall in love at a party in Violetta's Paris salon. Alfredo is determined to cure Violetta of...

release : 2019.01.30
popularis : 0.636

Richard Jones’ “La bohème” is an important weapon in the Royal Opera’s commercial arsenal. This is its second revival...

release : 2020.01.29
popularis : 0.686

Power struggles among rival families in 14th-century Genoa, a story of tragic love, a young girl gone missing… Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra...

release : 2019.08.20
popularis : 0.188

Julie Taymor’s kaleidoscopic production returns to select cinemas this holiday season in an encore presentation of the company’s...

release : 2017.10.14
popularis : 0.113

Diana Damrau’s reputation as the world’s leading coloratura soprano has been built on her extraordinary technical virtuosity, her...

release : 2016.10.18
popularis : 0.321

Presented at Baden-Baden’s Pentecost Festival, this production of Boito’s Mefistofele captured the hearts of both audiences and...

release : 2016.05.16
popularis : 0.171

Antonio Pappano conducts a stellar cast of singers in favourite arias, duets and choruses from operas by Rossini, Donizetti and Puccini, along with...

release : 2020.12.25
popularis : 0.199