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Four years after the Met’s first-ever staging of Cherubini’s rarely performed take on Euripides’ ancient Greek tragedy, the opera returns with the Bulgarian soprano conquering the notoriously difficult title role.

With Turandot in a Miss Havisham bridal gown, McVicar's new production sets the action in a setting of decadence and decay. 

In the title role of Canadian Opera Company's Medea, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky offers the vocal and dramatic goods required by this flawed masterpiece. 

The punishing role of Medea is forever associated with Maria Callas. To celebrate the diva’s centenary, Greek National Opera presents a new production by Sir David McVicar, starring Italian soprano Anna Pirozzi.

Sir David McVicar's new production opens the Met season with house's first ever staging of Cherubini's Medea.

Cavalli's debut at La Scala is a triumph, earning applause that not even a Bohème or a Traviata can sometimes elicit. 

At a time when the “relevance” is bandied around all too frequently in relation to opera, Martinů's really does deserve that tag. 

A daring double bill from Opera North and Phoenix Dance Theatre pairs Jeanguy Saintus' new choreography for The Rite of Spring with a revival of Christopher Alden's production of Gianni Schicchi. 

Tragedy giving way to comedy – a recipe which still works, as demonstrated in Opera North's fine double bill of Gianni Schicchi and La vida breve.