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The crown is a costume. A staging set in the rehearsal life of a theatre, tracing inner conflict as closely as the hunger for power.
📅 Verdi's Macbeth from Opernfestspiele Heidenheim streams on Fri 28 Aug at 19:00 CET
Sneak peek at Macbeth
Verdi's Scottish tragedy moves backstage, into a theatre where the performance never quite ends.
🔔 Fri 28 Aug at 19:00 CET from Opernfestspiele Heidenheim.
'Mir ist so wunderbar' from Beethoven's Fidelio: Three people sing about a future that will never happen. Full stream from @WrStaatsoper available until 3 October: https://t.co/7EFGjXZtkP
At the heart of the characters: Orfeo, Euridice, and Amore come to life in Orfeo ed Euridice.
Jungmi Kim, Heejin Oh, and Junghyun Lee reflect on the key scenes that best reveal their characters' inner emotions.
🔔 Aug 21 at 19:00 CET from Daegu
➕ https://t.co/cRQP0sa60h
Sneak Peek 💫 Gluck’s moving journey to the underworld takes us to South Korea for Orfeo ed Euridice.
🔔 Aug 21 at 19:00 CET from Daegu
➕ https://t.co/cRQP0sa60h
Three key scenes to remember in Orfeo ed Euridice 🎭
Stage director Sookjeong Eom, Jungmi Kim (Orfeo), and Heejin Oh (Euridice) share the moments that resonate most—from the Underworld to 'Che farò senza Euridice?'.
🔔 Aug 21 at 19:00 CET from Daegu
➕ https://t.co/cRQP0s9yaJ
Il viaggio a Reims from @Rof_Pesaro! Watch the next generation of bel canto talent bring Rossini's delightful comedy to life, featuring lost luggage, missing horses and a dash of romantic mischief.
🔔 Aug 16 LIVE at 11am CET & August 20 at 19:00
Soprano Tamara Bounazou sings ‘Tutte nel cor vi sento’ from Mozart's opera Idomeneo with pianist Annalisa Orlando.
Recorded at Paris's Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle for @GenerationOpera . 🌟 New aria every three weeks!
The @Rof_Pesaro Accademia has an international reputation for training young bel canto voices. Get a glimpse of their work in Pesaro ahead of their annual performances of Il viaggio a Reims.
🔔 LIVE on Aug 16 at 11am CET & August 20 at 19:00 CET.
🔗 https://t.co/ogjsJO7sGJ
Voices set ablaze ❤️🔥 Oper on fire — the annual gala of the Opernstudio NRW, shared by four opera houses in North Rhine-Westphalia. Italian bel canto, then German repertoire.
Friday 7 August, 19:00 CET
🎥 'Pronta io son' with Elia Cohen Weissert & Sono Yu
A condition Orfeo is unable to fulfill... Carlo Vistoli sings 'Che farò senza Euridice?' from Gluck's opera at @RegioParma, staged by Shirin Neshat and conducted by Fabio Biondi.
🎥 Still time to watch the full production until 6 August: https://t.co/CuwwG2PXTm
Madama Butterfly... here she comes 🦋
From London's Royal Opera House (2017) with @ErmonelaJaho in the title role, led by Antonio Pappano
Watch here: https://t.co/nnCznoUbVg
The return of Madama Butterfly 🦋
August stream surprise: Puccini's Japanese tragedy from London’s Covent Garden with @ErmonelaJaho led by Antonio Pappano.
Tune in on Friday 31 July at 19:00 CET.
The stream will also be available on demand for 6 months.
Rossini’s L’occasione fa il ladro 💙 Amidst misunderstandings, doubts, and suspicious glances, everyone tries as best they can to unmask one another.
Last days to watch @TheaterWien's production at the Kammeroper with a superb young cast: https://t.co/WNdTOY4FhX
Countertenor Théo Imart sings Antonio Caldara's ‘Selve Amiche’ with pianist Annalisa Orlando.
Recorded at Paris's Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle for @GenerationOpera . 🌟 New aria every three weeks!
Who wears the trousers? Soprano Serena Sáenz on Nannetta's gentle rebellion, Montserrat Caballé's advice and the joy of singing at home in @Liceu_cat
🔔 Verdi's Falstaff streams on Friday 24 July at 19:00 CET
Ageing, penniless and still convinced of his charm, Sir John courts two wealthy married women at once... and pays for it, twice.
In Laurent Pelly's twentieth-century England, the mischief moves as fast as the music.
🔔 Verdi's Falstaff from @Liceu_cat Fri 24 Jul at 19:00 CET