8.2/10

Starring: Fiona Tonkin, David McAllister

Set in a peasant village in the French countryside, this is a delightful tale of the difficult path of young love. Widow Simone is determined to betro... Read more

5.5/10

Director: Brian Large

Starring: Dimitri Kavrakos, Dolora Zajick, Aprile Millo, Placido Domingo, Paata Burchuladz...

Giuseppe Verdi's grand opera in four acts has Ancient Egypt as the setting and Placido Domingo, Aprile Millo, Dimitri Kavrakos and Dolora Zajick as th... Read more

8.4/10

Director: Thomas Grimm

Starring: Nikolaj Hubbe, Sorella Englund, Lis Jeppesen

When Lis Jeppesen - the Sylphide of our time - in diaphanous white costume and with shining wings, dances for the Scottish farmer James, whom she has... 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

7.3/10

Director: John Copley

Starring: Richard Greager, Rosemary Gunn, Neville Wilkie, Joan Carden

Recorded at the Sydney Opera House, 14 October 1987, this acclaimed production of Verdi's opera skillfully combines a triumphant celebration of life w... Read more

7.7/10

Director: Christopher Renshaw

Starring: Anne-Maree McDonald, Heather Begg, Peter Cousens, Graeme Ewer

Sullivan's ingenious melodic brilliance, derived from his vivid sense of satire, and Gilbert's witty libretto make 'The Mikado' one of the most widely... Read more

5.8/10

Director: Bruce Beresford, Charles Sturridge, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Jean-Luc Godard, Julien Temple, Ken Russell, Nicolas Roeg, Robert Altman, Bill Bryden

Starring: John Hurt, Theresa Russell, Buck Henry, Beverly D'Angelo, Anita Morris, Bridget...

Ten different directors select a different aria and have free rein to do anything that they want. The world of opera meets the medium of film with a w... Read more

7.1/10

Director: Tony Palmer

Starring: Ben Kingsley, Terence Rigby, Ronald Pickup

The enthralling study of the life and times, the artistry and the anguish of the Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich - a Russian who fell from grace... Read more

8.1/10

Director: Peter Butler

Starring: Joan Sutherland, Malcolm Donnelly, Richard Greager

Dame Joan Sutherland and Richard Greager star in this dazzling production of Gaetano Donizetti's classic opera 'Lucia di Lammermoor' in which a bride... Read more

9.2/10

Director: James Lapine

Starring: Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Frank Kopyc, William Parry

Based on Seurat's painting "A Sunday Afternoon On The Island Of La Grande Jatte", which depicts people gathering on an island in the Seine. This music... Read more