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overview : This first film of Cyprus' first director, Giorgios Filis, depicts music and dance customs in the form and style of …

overview : "Giovanna d'Arco; ossia, la pulzella d'Orléans" is an operatic dramma lirico with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi …

overview : Axel Kohler, the internationally renowned countertenor has brought Admeto into the modern era in timeless style by the skillful application …

overview : The many passionate, fiery or lyrical vocal pieces of Spanish zarzuela have continued to thrive in concert and recitals all …

overview : Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King …

overview : Set during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar (Nabucco), King of Babylon, the opera tells the tale of Nabucco's fictitious daughters, Abigaille …

overview : In Verdi’s retelling of Shakespeare’s towering tragedy, Renée Fleming gives a captivating performance as the innocent Desdemona, a role long …

overview : Early Rossini has a youthful, buoyant vibrancy about it, even in the dark swirls of drammi per musica like Sigismondo. …

overview : In January 2007, superstar soprano Natalie Dessay, joined on stage by acclaimed tenor Juan Diego Florez dazzled British audiences in …

overview : This is an excellent version of one of the greatest of all comic operas, featuring superb singing and orchestral playing. …

overview : An all-star cast assembled for the Met’s first-ever performances of Rossini’s romantic retelling of Sir Walter Scott’s epic poem The …

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

overview : Envy and conspiracy, but also passionate loves, jealousy, revenge and final forgiveness come together in the masterpiece of Verdi, which …

overview : The most famous Scenes and Arias from French operas

overview : This occasionally off-the-wall but finely sung and colourfully staged La Cenerentola was Rome Opera’s first foray into the media market, …

overview : Alex Ollé, one of the famous La Fura dels Baus, recreates the conflict and places principal protagonists in clear, transforming …

overview : Kraus - Nucci - Serra - Pertusi - Vespasiani ... Chour du Théâtre Regio de Parme Orchestre Symphonique dell'Emilia Romagna …

overview : Few singers have plumbed the depths of the role of Violetta as did she incomparable soprano Renata Scotto. Her interpretation …