The most beautiful operas in HD (19)

Donizetti's Don Pasquale

Mariame Clément (stage director), Enrique Mazzola (conductor) – With Alessandro Corbelli (Don Pasquale), Danielle de Niese (Norina)...

Handel's Alcina

Adrian Noble, Marc Minkowski – Anja Harteros (Alcina), Veronica Cangemi (Morgana), Vesselina Kasarova (Ruggiero)... – Wiener Staatsoper

• Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna, Austria)

Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie

Jonathan Kent (stage director), William Christie (conductor) – With Ed Lyon (Hippolytus), Christiane Karg (Aricia), Sarah Connolly (Phaedre)...

Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades

Gilbert Deflo (stage director), Michael Boder (conductor) – With Misha Didyk (Hermann), Emily Magee (Liza) and Ludovic Tézier (Prince Yeletsky) – Gran Teat...

• Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona, Spain)

Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos

Katharina Thoma (stage director), Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) – With Soile Isokoski (Ariadne)...

Wagner's Rienzi

Jorge Lavelli (stage director), Pinchas Steinberg (conductor) – With Torsten Kerl (Rienzi) and Marika Schönberg (Irène)... – Théâtre du Capitole

• Théâtre du Capitole (Toulouse, France)

Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer

Jan Philipp Gloger (stage director), Christian Thielemann (conductor) – With Ricarda Merbeth (Senta) and Franz-Josef Selig (Daland) – Bayreuth Festival

Puccini's Tosca

Nicolas Joel (stage director), Daniel Oren (conductor) – With Svetla Vassileva (Tosca), Gustavo Porta (Cavaradossi), Sergey Murzaev (Scarpia)...

• The Opera Festival (Masada, Israel)

Puccini's Turandot

Franco Zeffirelli (stage director), Giuliano Carella (music director) – WIth Maria Guleghina (Princess Turandot), Salvatore Licitra (Calaf), Tamar Iveri (L...

• Arena di Verona (Verona, Italy)

Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia

Annabel Arden (stage director), Enrique Mazzola (conductor) – With Danielle de Niese (Rosina), Alessandro Corbelli (Dr Bartolo), Taylor Stayton (Count Alma...

Handel's Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno

Krzysztof Warlikowski, Emmanuelle Haïm – With Sabine Devieilhe (Bellezza), Franco Fagioli (Piacere), Sara Mingardo (Disinganno)...

Wuorinen's Brokeback Mountain

Tribute: work commissioned by Gérard Mortier (1943-2014)

Beethoven's Fidelio

Mario Martone, Paolo Arrivabeni – Jennifer Wilson (Leonore), Zoran Todorovich (Florestan)...

Alma Deutscher's Cinderella

Brad Dalton (stage director), Jane Glover (conductor) – With Vanessa Becerra (Cinderella), Jonas Hacker (Prince)...

• California Theatre, Opera San José (San Jose, California, USA)

Purcell's Dido and Æneas

Deborah Warner (stage director), William Christie (conductor) – With Malena Ernman (Dido), Christopher Maltman (Aeneas)...

• Opéra-comique (Paris, France)

Lully's Atys

Jean-Marie Villégier (stage director), William Christie (conductor) – With Bernard Richter (Atys), Emmanuelle de Negri (Sangaride), Paul Agnew (Dieu du Som...

• Opéra-comique (Paris, France)

Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande

Robert Wilson (stage director), Philippe Jordan (music director) – With Stéphane Degout (Pelléas), Elena Tsallagova (Mélisande), Anne Sofie von Otter (Gene...

Mozart's Don Giovanni

Jean-Louis Grinda (stage director), Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor) – With Erwin Schrott (Don Giovanni), Patrizia Ciofi (Donna Anna), Sonya Yoncheva (Donna El...

Otto Nicolai's The Merry Wives of Windsor

David Hermann (stage director), Christian Zacharias (conductor) – Avec Anneke Luyten (Frau Fluth), Sabina Willeit (Frau Reich), Franz Hawlata (Sir John Fal...