“Falstaff” is the only comic opera, as well as the last opera, of Verdi’s production.

Stefan Herheim's moving reimagining of Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors" at MusikTheater an der Wien is a spellbinding take on a family-friendly classic.

Janácek's much-loved opera ''The Cunning Little Vixen'' springs to life in this charming animated film.

Ketevan Kemoklidze leads as Rosina while the orchestra plays under the magical baton of the young principal guest conductor Andrea Battistoni.

Glyndebourne's brilliant production of Handel's Giulio Cesare starring Sarah Connolly and Danielle de Niese.

Joyce DiDonato and Julia Bullock star in a bold reimagining of Handel's Theodora at The Royal Opera House.

Laurent Pelly's expression of Berlioz's adaptation of Much Ado about Nothing as an opera comique becomes ''an elegant treatise on love and music".

The stout Sir John Falstaff has financial problems, which he attempts to solve by having affairs with two very wealthy, very married women.

In the third part of Wagner's Ring Cycle, Siegfried follows the rise of a young hero, the illegitimate son of the twins from Die Walküre

Mozart’s masterpiece conducted by Giovanni Antonini on stage at La Scala with Michael Hampe’s staging.

A deeply moving production of the traditional double-bill Pagliacci and Cavalleria Rusticana is shown here at Milan's Teatro alla Scala.