Jenufa Jenufa

Corinne Winters and Karita Mattila lead a performance recorded last month in London

Fidelio Fidelio

A performance from London recorded last month

Le Nozze di Figaro Le Nozze di Figaro

Julia Jones conducts a broadcast from this season in London featuring Luca Micheletti, Ying Fang, Huw Montague Rendall, Maria Bengtsson, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Peter Kálmán, and Rebecca Evans

Das Rheingold Das Rheingold

Antonio Pappano conducts Christopher Maltman, Christopher Purves, Sean Panikkar, Marina Prudenskaya, Kiandra Howarth, and Wiebke Lehmkuhl in a performance recorded in London last fall

Andrea Chenier Andrea Chenier

Antonio Pappano conducts Jonas Kaufmann, Sondra Radvanovsky, Aleksei Isaev, Katia Ledoux, and Elena Zilio in one of his valedictory performances from this spring

Lucia di Lammermoor Lucia di Lammermoor

Giacomo Sagripanti conducts Nadine Sierra, Xabier Anduaga, Artur Rucinski, and Insung Sin in a performance from London recorded this spring

Elektra Elektra

A broadcast from last month of the much-discussed London production featuring Ausrine Stundyte, Sara Jakubiak, Karita Mattina, Charles Workman, and Lukasz Golinski conducted by Antonio Pappano

La forza del destino La forza del destino

Sondra Radvanovsky, Brian Jagde, Etienne Dupuis, and Vasilisa Berzhanskaya in a (surely very loud) broadcast from London conducted by Mark Elder.

Picture a day like this Picture a day like this

George Benjamin and Martin Crimp‘s latest opera from London conducted by Corinna Neymeyer and starring Ema Nikolovska, Jacquelyn Stucker, Beate Mordal, and Cameron Shahbazii

Al passato, ben vedete, ora è inutile pensar Al passato, ben vedete, ora è inutile pensar

Jonas Kaufmann demonstrates his current work ethic.

Burning woman Burning woman

I count myself as privileged to have witnessed Götterdämmerungat the Royal Opera House during this season’s revival of Keith Warner’s Ring.

Libertine and justice for all Libertine and justice for all

The well-reviewed revival of Don Giovanni from the Royal Opera House will be livecast at 2:00 PM EDT.

Summer night Summer night

The dream cast put together for this second revival of Kasper Holten’s Don Giovanni production shines at the Royal Opera House.

The Royal Opera House’s production of La bohéme (featuring Matthew Polenzani as Rodolfo) goes live on YouTube at 2:15 this afternoon.

Perfect is the enemy of the good Perfect is the enemy of the good

So I just got out of the Lohengrin prima at the ROH and I’m itching to share my thoughts.

Lessons in love and abundance Lessons in love and abundance

Not one but two fascinating live video streams this afternoon, cher public!

Lady first Lady first

This revival of Phyllida Lloyd’s 2002 Macbeth production was probably the most anticipated event of the Royal Opera House 2017/2018 season, due mostly to Anna Netrebko’s return to Covent Garden after a three-year absence.

Girl, next door Girl, next door

Writing an opera for kids based on Neil Gaiman‘s successful children’s novel Coraline must have been a double challenge for Rory Mullarkey and Mark-Anthony Turnage

Queen of the damned Queen of the damned

Semiramide—a better opera than this dude expected!”

Puzza la tela dipinta Puzza la tela dipinta

This afternoon the Royal Opera House offers a first glimpse of Richard Jones‘ new production of La bohème, the first at that theater since about 1735 or so.

“The first thing a Cry-Baby girl learns: our bazooms are our weapons!” “The first thing a Cry-Baby girl learns: our bazooms are our weapons!”

“It started out as something of a dinner party crowd-pleaser.”

Have you seen the proconsul? Have you seen the proconsul?

La Cieca hears that Joseph Calleja will sing Pollione opposite the Norma of Anna Netrebko at the Met for opening night 2017.

Vanishing act Vanishing act

Kasper Holten, Director of Opera at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, has announced he will quit this post in March 2017.

Protestant movement Protestant movement

La Cieca is sure that Meyerbeer fanatics will be delighted to hear that the Royal Opera House Covent Garden is preparing a new staging of Les Huguenots.