The Bolshoi Ballet troupe in Yuri Grigorovich’s version of the romantic masterpiece Giselle, at last available in High-Definition. First performed in 1841, Giselle was an immediate hit. With music by Adolphe Adam and a libretto by Th+ªophile Gautier and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, the ballet touches on the great romantic themes: local colour, a pastoral love affair …
This Tchaikovsky Gala is a showcase of virtuosity which is not to be missed, presented by Roberto Bolle – resident star of La Scala and a handful of international guest artists including Polina Semionova, Nadja Saidakova and Ronald Savkovic. Some of the most exacting and demanding moments from Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker are presented, showing …
Last production staged by Patrice Chéreau, this Elektra will remain as the main and most striking lyrical event of these last years in Aix-en-Provence. This production is leaded by three amazing singers: the German soprano Evelyn Herlitzius gave a tremendous, never-to-be-forgotten account of the title role, Waltraud Meier portrays a human and chilling Clytemnestra and Adrianne Pieczonka is …
Georges Bizets Carmen, one of the worlds most beloved operas and a staple of the operatic since its premiere a mere three months before the composers death in June, 1875 was staged at the world-famous Arena di Verona in June, 2014 in an opulent production directed by the flamboyant Franco Zeffirelli and filmed in High Definition. The …
Although posthumous, Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) is considered as the masterpiece of Jacques Offenbach’s work. Inspired by E.T.A Hoffmann’s, this opéra fantastique mixes love, pain and whim. Its an ôde to art and poetry. The intrigue settles around three stories about a broken love. Told by Hoffmann, narrator and hero, these tales paint a …
Based on an historical case, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakovs The Tsars Bride takes place in the suburbs of Moscow during the reign of Tsar Ivan IV, the Terrible, during the latter half of the 16th c. Widowed, he is looking for a new wife, his third. He chooses the young Marfa. She loves another man but bends …