Our operas (195)

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, Austria)

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

Bellini's I Puritani

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

• The Amsterdam Music Theatre (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

World premiere of Wuorinen's Brokeback Mountain

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

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)...

Verdi's Rigoletto

Robert Carsen, Gianandrea Noseda – George Gagnidze (Rigoletto), Irina Lungu (Gilda), Arturo Chacon Cruz (Il Duca di Mantova)...

Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea

Robert Carsen (stage director), Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor) – With Danielle de Niese (Poppea), Alice Coote (Nerone), Iestyn Davies (Ottone)...

Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress

John Cox (stage director), Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) – With Miah Persson (Anne Trulove), Topi Lehtipuu (Tom Rakewell), Clive Bayley (Father Trulove)...

Britten's The Rape of Lucretia

Fiona Shaw (stage director), Leo Hussain (conductor) – With Christine Rice (Lucretia), Allan Clayton (Male Chorus), Kate Royal (Female Chorus)...

Tchaikovsky's Iolanta

Peter Sellars, Teodor Currentzis – With Ekaterina Scherbachenko (Iolanta) and Pavel Cernoch (Vaudémont)...

• Teatro Real de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)

Britten's The Turn of the Screw

Jonathan Kent (stage director), Jakub Hruša (conductor) – With Miah Persson (The Governess), Toby Spence (Prologue/Peter Quint)...

Handel's Rinaldo

Robert Carsen (stage director), Ottavio Dantone (conductor) – With Sonia Prina (Rinaldo), Anett Fritsch (Almirena), Brenda Rae (Armida)...

Puccini's Tosca

Claire Servais (stage director), Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor) – With Barbara Haveman (Tosca), Marc Laho (Cavaradossi)...

Lully's Cadmus et Hermione

Benjamin Lazar (stage director), Vincent Dumestre (conductor) – With André Morsch (Cadmus), Claire Lefilliâtre (Hermione)...

• Opéra-comique (Paris, France)

Verdi's Ernani

Jean-Louis Grinda (stage director), Daniele Callegari (conductor) – With Ramon Vargas (Ernani), Ludovic Tézier (Don Carlo), Alexander Vinogradov (Don Ruy G...