Tchaikovsky’s most ambitious opera contains some of his greatest music and is a powerful study of destructive obsession, showing the intensity of obsession and the supernatural.
From the thrill of unexpected romance to a heartbreaking reconciliations that comes too late, Verdi’s La traviata is one of the most popular of all operas.
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Broadcast from the National Theatre, Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare’s famous fated couple in his great tragedy of politics, passion and power.
Christof Loy directs a starstudded cast of singers, including Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann and Ludovic Tezier, in Verdi’s epic opera, conducted by Antonio Pappano.
Experience the decadence and elegance of 1870s Paris in Davis McVicar’s spectacular production of Gounod’s best loved opera. There are many versions of the story of Faust, but Gounod’s opera remains one of the most constantly enthralling.
