opera in exile

Parsifal Parsifal

The Metropolitan Opera starts Good Friday early with a stream of their 2013 Live in HD video.

Violanta Violanta

Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s second opera, written when the composer was only 17.

Falstaff Falstaff

This Met Live in HD video starring Ambrogio Maestri was transmitted live on December 14, 2013.

Alceste Alceste

La Fenice’s production of Gluck’s lesser-known original Italian version features soprano Carmela Remigio.

La fanciulla del West La fanciulla del West

The Met’s 100th anniversary revival of the Puccini western.

Guillaume Tell Guillaume Tell

Nicola Alaimo, Juan Diego Flórez and Marina Rebeka star in a production from the Pesaro Rossini Festival in 2013.

Aida Aida

Anna Netrebko and Anita Rachvelishvili are rival princesses in the Met’s Live in HD.

The Tale of Tsar Saltan The Tale of Tsar Saltan

A rare revival of Rimsky-Korsakov’s fanciful opera from La Monnaie.

Norma Norma

Bellini’s bel canto tragedy starring Sondra Radvanovsky, Joyce DiDonato, Joseph Calleja and Matthew Rose, conducted by Carlo Rizzi.

Macbeth Macbeth

Verdi’s melodrama stars Anna Netrebko, Joseph Calleja, Zeljko Lucic and René Pape, conducted by Fabio Luisi.

Il turco in Italia Il turco in Italia

The Rossini dramma buffo performed at La Scala features Rosa Feola as Donna Fiorilla.

The Mother of Us All The Mother of Us All

That most American of all operas, as performed in February by the Metropolitan Museum in collaboration with The Juilliard School and the New York Philharmonic.

Das Wunder der Heliane Das Wunder der Heliane

Opera in Exile veers off on a temporary tangent today, programming two fringe/niche works.

Don Carlo Don Carlo

Intrigue in the Spanish court with Marina Poplavskaya, Roberto Alagna, Simon Keenlyside and Ferruccio Furlanetto, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Il pirata Il pirata

What could be more appropriate for Opera in Exile than a production that never happened?

Nixon in China Nixon in China

Making history at the Met with John Adams and Peter Sellars.

Die Frau ohne Schatten Die Frau ohne Schatten

A spectacular production of Richard Strauss‘s enigmatic masterpiece from the Vienna State Opera.

Il barbiere di Siviglia Il barbiere di Siviglia

From the first season of Live in HD, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez and Peter Mattei star.

L’elisir d’amore L’elisir d’amore

More repertoire from the Vienna State Opera.

Dialogues des Carmélites Dialogues des Carmélites

Last season’s stunning Met revival of the Poulenc classic.

The Tsar’s Bride The Tsar’s Bride

Dmitri Tcherniakov‘s eerie production of the Rimsky-Korsakov romance is performed by the Staatsoper Unter den Linden.

Tannhäuser Tannhäuser

Eva-Maria Westbroek, Michelle DeYoung, Johan Botha, Peter Mattei and Gunther Groissböck star in Wagner’s romantic opera.

Don Giovanni Don Giovanni

Ivo van Hove‘s production of the Mozart opera, as seen at the Opéra national de Paris.

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Annette Dasch, Johan Botha and Michael Volle, conducted by James Levine headline this performance from 2014.