7.2/10

Starring: Vladimir Dolezal, Alice Randova, Zdenek Harvanek, Dalibor Jedlicka, Conducted by...

Mozart wrote his opera 'Don Giovanni' as a gift to the city of Prague, and he himself conducted the first night, at the stunning Prague National Theat... Read more

Director: David Horn

Starring: Adam Pascal, Idina Menzel, Josh Groban

Josh Groban and Idina Menzel star in this engaging live performance of 'Chess', a 1984 concept album from ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, an... Read more

8.6/10

Director: Brian Large

Starring: Eva Marton, Dolora Zajick, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes

Giuseppe Verdi's 'Il Trovatore' comes to magnificent life in this production by The Metropolitan Opera conducted by the renowned James Levine. An oper... Read more

6.5/10

Director: Katie Mitchell

Starring: Catrin Wyne Davis, Lisa Milne, Mark Padmore

Benjamin Britten's haunting and sinister opera, composed in 1954, is based on the famous novella written by Henry James in 1898. Katie Mitchell's atmo... Read more

Director: Tony Palmer

Starring: Malcolm Arnold

Tony Palmer's two part documentary celebrates one of Britain's largely underestimated, yet most popular composers and the triumph of a man against all... Read more

7/10

Director: Katharina Otto

Starring: Robert Wilson, Philip Glass, Tom Waits, David Byrne, Susan Sontag, Jessye Norman...

Innovative theatre icon Robert Wilson was a major player in the avant garde scene in the US and Europe from the 1960s to the 1980s. This stirring por... Read more

7.5/10

Starring: Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Robyn Nevin

Within the world of theatre the rehearsal room is a sacred space - the private domain where boundaries are pushed, risks taken, mistakes made, vulnera... Read more

7.2/10

Director: Franco Zeffirelli

Starring: Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz

Placido Domingo stars in one of his most famous roles - as the Moor in Giuseppe Verdi's great opera, 'Otello'. This production, shot on location, was... Read more

Director: Martin Duhowitz

Starring: Pauletta de Vaughn, Bruno Sebastian, Adriana Nicolai, Walter Donati

This monumental 1997 production was recorded on the biggest open-air stage in Europe - the Roman Quarry in St Margarethen. Verdi's famous opera, comm... Read more

7/10

Director: Guy Maddin

Starring: Zhang Wei-Qiang, Tara Birtwhistle, David Moroni, Cindymarie Small, Johnny Wright

Cult auteur Guy Maddin ('The Saddest Music in the World') has taken on the world's most adapted horror tale and concocted his most original and ravish... Read more