New production. Recorded live at Royal Opera House, July, 05, 2015.

The great storyteller Hoffmann is losing himself to drink. His rival in love, Councillor Lindorf, claims that Hoffmann knows nothing of the heart,...

Rigoletto, court jester to the libertine Duke of Mantua, is cursed by the father of one of the Duke’s victims for his irreverent laughter. When the...

One of Mozarts most enchanting works, Die Zauberflöte is a fairy tale that uses familiar archetypes to ask provocative and difficult questions about...

Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season 2016/17: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (2016)

Recorded at Bayerische Staatsoper on March 3-9, 2016.

Meyerbeer is telling at once a small, intimate story – Fidès’s, Jean, and Berthe’s relationship – and an epic drama about tyranny,...