Our operas (178)

Verdi's Falstaff

Ronald Eyre (stage director), Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) – With Renato Bruson (Falstaff), Katia Ricciarelli (Alice Ford), Leo Nucci (Ford)...

Janáček's The Makropulos Case

Andrew Davis (conductor), Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director) – With Anja Silja (Emilia Marty), Kim Begley (Albert Gregor)...

Beethoven's Fidelio

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

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)

Monteverdi's L’Orfeo

Paul Agnew (conductor and stage director) – Cyril Auvity (Orfeo), Hannah Morrison (Euridice/La Musica)...

• Théâtre de Caen (Caen, France)

Verdi's Don Carlos

Luc Bondy (stage director), Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor) – With Roberto Alagna (Don Carlos), Thomas Hampson (Rodrigo)...

• Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris, France)

Puccini's Manon Lescaut

Götz Friedrich (stage director), Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor) – With Plácido Domingo (Chevalier des Grieux), Kiri Te Kanawa (Manon Lescaut)...

Giordano's Andrea Chénier

Lamberto Puggelli (stage director), Riccardo Chailly (conductor) – With José Carreras (Andrea Chénier), Eva Marton (Maddalena di Coigny)...

• Teatro alla Scala (Milan, Italy)

Verdi's Aida

Sam Wanamaker (stage director), Garcia Navarro (conductor) – With Margaret Price (Aida), Luciano Pavarotti (Radamès), Simon Estes (Amonsaro)...

• San Francisco Opera (San Francisco, California, USA)

Handel's Alcina

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

• Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna)

Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie

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

Puccini's Madama Butterfly

Giulio Chazalettes (stage director), Maurizio Arena (conductor) – With Raina Kabaivanska, Nazzareno Antinori, Lorenzo Saccomani... and the Verona Teatro Ar...

• Arena di Verona (Verona, Italy)

Handel's Rodelinda

Claus Guth (stage director), Ivor Bolton (musical director) – Lucy Crowe (Rodelinda), Bejun Mehta (Bertarido), Jeremy Ovenden (Grimoaldo), Sonia Prina (Edu...

Verdi's Nabucco

Arnaud Bernard (stage director), Daniel Oren (direction) – George Gagnidze (Nabucco), Rubens Pelizzari (Ismaele)...

• Arena di Verona (Verona, Italy)

Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades

Michael Boder, Gilbert Deflo – With Misha Didyk (Hermann), Emily Magee (Liza) and Ludovic Tézier (Prince Yeletsky) – Gran Teatre del Liceu

• Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona, Spain)

Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos

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

Dvořák's Rusalka

Ádám Fischer, Stefan Herheim – With Myrtò Papatanasiu (Rusalka) and Pavel Černoch (Prince)

Wagner's Rienzi

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

• Théâtre du Capitole (Toulouse, France)

Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer

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

• Bayreuther Festspielhaus (Bayreuth, Germany)

Bellini's I Puritani

Giuliano Carella, Francisco Negrín – With Mariola Cantarero (Elvira) and John Osborn (Lord Arturo Talbo) – Het Muziektheater

• Het Muziektheater Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

World premiere of Wuorinen's Brokeback Mountain

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

Rossi's Orfeo

Raphaël Pichon, Jetske Mijnssen – Judith Van Wanroij (Orfeo), Francesca Aspromonte (Euridice)...

• Opéra national de Lorraine (Nancy, France)

Doctor Atomic by Adams

Patrick Davin, Lucinda Childs – Dietrich Henschel (J. Robert Oppenheimer), Robert Bork (Edward Teller)...

Mozart's Don Giovanni

Jean-François Sivadier (stage director), Jérémie Rhorer (conductor) – Philippe Sly (Don Giovanni), Nahuel di Pierro (Leporello), Eleonora Buratto (Donna Anna)

Rossini's La Cenerentola

Paolo Arrivabeni, Cécile Roussat and Julien Lubek – Marianna Pizzolato (Cenerentola), Bruno de Simone (Don Magnifico)...

Rossini's La Gazzetta

Jan Schultsz, Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera – Cinzia Forte (Lisetta), Enrico Marabelli (Don Pomponino)...

Ravel's L'Enfant et les Sortilèges

Laurent Pelly (stage director), Kazushi Ono (conductor) – With Khatouna Gadelia (Child), Élodie Méchain (Mère)...