Matti Salminen
Wagner: Das Rheingold
as FasoltThis is a beautifully conducted and thoughtfully staged performance of the first opera (the...
Movie pageTristan und Isolde
as König MarkeTake a perfect cast, a great conductor and a groundbreaking staging in-out makes a 'Tristan' for...
Movie pageThe Flying Dutchman
as Dalandlkka Backman's celebrated rendition of Wagner's opera tells the story of The Flying Dutchman, a...
Movie pageVerdi: Don Carlo
as Filippo IIVerdi wrote this five act opera with a French Libretto for the Paris opera. Premiere 1867. Then...
Movie pageFanatics
as PauliA buddy comedy about a fanatic small town football supporter who falls in love with a perfect...
Movie pageWagner: Die Walküre
as HundingThe second part of Patrice Chérau's epoch-making Bayreuth Ring is a radical re-imagining of Die...
Movie pageTristan und Isolde
as König MarkeThe legendary Patrice Chéreau (Bayreuth Jahrhundertring, Queen Margot, Intimacy) directed this...
Movie pageDas Rheingold
as FafnerFrom the gorgeous scene deep in the river Rhine that opens the opera, up to the magic Rainbow...
Movie pageWagner: Die Walküre
as HundingIt has been a long time since the events of Das Rheingold. Wotan has fathered nine Valkyries,...
Movie pageWagner: Das Rheingold
as FasoltIn the words of the prestigious German weekly 'Die Zeit,' the stage production of Wagner's...
Movie pageParsifal's Progress
as Self / GurnemanzA documentary about Nikolaus Lehnhoff's 2004 production of Wagner's last opera, Parsifal, at the...
Movie pageWagner: Parsifal
as TiturelWolfgang Wagner's Bayreuth production of his grandfather's 'farewell to the world'has 'an...
Movie pageWagner: Götterdämmerung
as HagenRichard Wagner's dream of a Gesamkuntswerk becomes reality through La Fura dels Baus' visual...
Movie pageBoris Godunov
as Boris GodunovThe libretto is by Mussorgsky himself and takes the eponymous “romantic tragedy” by the...
Movie pageGötterdämmerung
as HagenThe stupendous climax to Wagner’s four-part Ring cycle is brilliantly realized by the Otto...
Movie pageParsifal: The Search for the Grail
as uncreditedRichard Wagner's operatic retelling of the story of the search for the Holy Grail receives a...
Movie pageThe Met - Tristan und Isolde
as King MarkeJames Levine’s love for this monumental opera shimmers throughout this exciting performance. It...
Movie pageAida
as Ramfis (bass)The Zurich Opera presents a stunning new production of Verdi’s most popular, most spectacular...
Movie pageAida
as RamfisAny performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida at La Scala, Milan, is guaranteed to be an experience –...
Movie pageWagner - Götterdämmerung
as HagenMusically, Götterdämmerung, like its predecessors in this Barcelona production, has strengths...
Movie pageMozart: Don Giovanni (Zurich Opera House)
as Il CommendatoreLive 2001 production from the Zurich Opera House of the classic Mozart/Da Ponte opera, with...
Movie pageSiegfried
as FafnerSiegfried is the third of the four operas that constitute Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of...
Movie pageDon Carlo
as El Gran InquisidorA live performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera.
Movie pageParsifal
as GurnemanzRecorded live at the Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, Germany, August 2004. Kent Nagano, conductor....
Movie pageL'Incoronazione di Poppea
as SenecaLive performance, part of Monteverdi cycle staged by Oper Zürich with Nikolaus Harnoncourt...
Movie pageDie Zauberflöte
as SarastroThis performance of Mozart's two-act opera Zauberflote, recorded at the Opera National de Paris...
Movie pageDie Zauberflöte
as SarastroLive production of the Mozart opera Die Zauberflöte.
Movie pageFidelio
as RoccoTwo years prior to the opening scene, the nobleman Florestan has exposed or attempted to expose...
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