Opera Live Performance Movies

Live from ROH 2009, TV relay 1/12/2009.

La Cenerentola is Gioachino Rossini's version of the popular Cinderella story, an exciting mixture of comedy, pathos, coloratura fireworks and...

Live from the Metropolitan Opera, 14 February 1980. This version takes place in Boston rather than Sweden.

In Tamerlano, Handel defied rules both written and tacit—offering a main role to a mature tenor at a time when the castrato voice dominated;...

The story revolves around a Sicilian rebellion against the French, fueled by themes of oppression, freedom, and the personal costs of conflict. The...

Captain's daughter Josephine and common sailor Ralph Rackstraw are in love. However, their relationship is complicated by her arranged marriage to...

Götterdämmerung, the fourth of Richard Wagner's four Ring operas. The cast features Manfred Jung as Siegfried and Gwyneth Jones as...

One of his most sublime compositions, Verdi’s ode to love and sacrifice is adored the world over. Cutting-edge director and designer Dmitri...

Live performance from the Teatro Comunale di Modena

Live performance from the Zurich Opera House, January 2002.

The third opera in Richard Wagner's epic Ring cycle, Siegfried follows the adventures of the son of demigods Siegmund and Sieglinde as he conquers...

The star singers in this revival of the 2006 production were Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel; the Royal Opera Chorus and the...

Otto Schenk’s brilliant production captures both the dark romanticism of the story as well as its fairy-tale magic. It is a superb setting for...

A stage performance of the Shostakovich opera, filmed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.

Live from La Scala Sunday 03 February 1991

With its enchanting setting and spellbinding score, the world’s most popular opera is as timeless as it is heartbreaking. Franco...

As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the...

Verdi's opera performed by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by James Levine.

"Despite the multitude of characters and situations, the plot is simple: the eternal flow of life. It is based on Les contes fantastiques...

Opening the 2026 Bayreuth Festival in its 150th anniversary year, this live stream presents Wagner’s Rienzi, his early grand opera and once his...