Opera on 3 Episodes Episode guide
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Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann
Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann in a recent performance from the Royal Opera House.
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Jeanine Tesori鈥檚 Grounded
Yannick N茅zet-S茅guin conducts this powerful new opera at the Met in New York.
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Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten
Yannick N茅zet-S茅guin conducts Richard Strauss's epic fairytale live at the New York Met.
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Beethoven's Fidelio
Beethoven's Fidelio from The Royal Ballet and Opera, with Jennifer Davis as Leonore.
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Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti and A Quiet Place
Nicholas Chalmers conducts a new production at Covent Garden's Linbury Theatre.
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Huang Ruo鈥檚 M. Butterfly
David Henry Hwang鈥檚 play M. Butterfly metamorphoses into Huang Ruo鈥檚 operatic reworking.
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Wagner's Das Rheingold
Donald Macleod presents Wagner's Das Rheingold in a production from Paris.
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Eugene Onegin from the Royal Opera House
Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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Handel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto
A tale of vengeance and passion from Rome Opera, starring Mary Bevan as Queen Cleopatra.
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Wagner's Tristan and Isolde
The opening production from the 2024 Bayreuth Festival in Germany.
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Richard Strauss's Capriccio
Andrew McGregor presents Richard Strauss's Capriccio from the 2024 Salzburg Festival
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Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro
From London's Royal Opera House, Tom Service presents one of the best-loved of all operas.
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Mozart's Cos矛 fan tutte
Tom Service introduces a performance of Mozart's Cos矛 fan tutte from Covent Garden.
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Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea
Hannah French presents Monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea from the Liceu Theatre, Barcelona
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Idomeneo from Munich
Simon Rattle conducts a concert performance of Mozart's Idomeneo from Munich.
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Giordano's Andrea Ch茅nier
Antonio Pappano conducts his last-ever production as Music Director of the Royal Opera.
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Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor in a recent recording from the Royal Opera House in London
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Live from the Met: Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice
J. David Jackson conducts Gluck's beautiful setting of the ancient tale of Orpheus.
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Vivaldi's L'Olimpiade
Irish National Opera's acclaimed new production of an opera featuring the Olympic Games.
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Bizet's Carmen
Aigul Akhmetshina sings Carmen at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in London.
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Live from the Met: Kevin Puts's The Hours
Starring Ren茅e Fleming, Kelli O'Hara and Joyce DiDonato as Virginia Woolf.
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Live from the Met: Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Asmik Grigorian and Jonathan Tetelman star in Puccini's tragedy of Americans in Japan.
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Live from the Met: John Adams's El Ni帽o
Marin Alsop conducts John Adams's acclaimed opera-oratorio, live at the Met in New York.
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Terence Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Ryan Speedo Green and Latonia Moore star in Blanchard's drama of a young man's journey.
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Live from the Met: Puccini's La Rondine
Angel Blue and Jonathan Tetelman star in Puccini's La Rondine, 'The Swallow'.
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Rachmaninov's Aleko and Francesca da Rimini
A double bill of rarely heard Rachmaninov operas from the Prinzregententheater in Munich.
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Handel's Semele
Georgia Mann presents a performance of Handel's Semele from Munich Opera.
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Wagner's The Flying Dutchman
Bryn Terfel takes the title role of the Dutchman cursed to roam the seas for all eternity.
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Gounod's Rom茅o et Juliette
From the Metropolitan Opera in New York: Nadine Sierra and Benjamin Bernheim star.
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Puccini's Turandot
From the Metropolitan Opera in New York: Elena Pankratova in her Met debut as Turandot.