Opera on 3 Episodes Episode guide
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Verdi's Aida
Verdi's Aida from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with Elena Stikhina in lead role.
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Mozart's Don Giovanni
Mozart's Don Giovanni from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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The Excursions of Mr Broucek
David Pountney directs Janacek's surreal opera from Grange Park Opera.
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Salome at the Edinburgh International Festival
The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra perform Richard Strauss's Salome.
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Cav & Pag from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Antonio Pappano conducts Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci.
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Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Tom Service presents Puccini's operatic tragedy from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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Wagner's Parsifal
Toby Spence and Katerina Karn茅us star in Opera North's new production of Parsifal.
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Saint-Sa毛ns's Samson et Dalila
Antonio Pappano conducts tenor SeokJong Baek and mezzo El墨na Garan膷a in the title roles.
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Leo拧 Jan谩膷ek: The Cunning Little Vixen
Jan谩膷ek's pantheist hymn to nature, The Cunning Little Vixen, from English National Opera.
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Stravinsky - The Rake's Progress
Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress from the Met
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Brett Dean's Hamlet from The Met
Brett Dean's operatic version of Hamlet, from The Met.
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Harrison Birtwistle - Gawain
The 成人快手 SO and Singers, John Tomlinson and Leigh Melrose perform Birtwistle's Gawain.
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Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor from the Met
Nadine Sierra takes the title role in Donizetti's tale of unhappy love.
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Sir John in Love - Vaughan Williams 150
Vaughan Williams's rarely heard, Shakespeare-inspired opera, Sir John in Love.
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Puccini's Turandot from the Met
From the Met: Puccini鈥檚 Turandot, conducted by Marco Armiliato.
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George and Ira Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, recorded at the New York Metropolitan Opera.
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Britten's Peter Grimes
Britten's masterpiece, Peter Grimes, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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Richard Strauss's Elektra
From the New York Met: Nina Stemme stars in Strauss's gripping take on Greek tragedy.
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Handel's Alcina
From Opera North, Handel鈥檚 spellbinding opera featuring the enchantress Alcina.
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Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin
From the New York Metropolitan Opera: James Gaffigan conducts Tchaikovsky's masterpiece
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Verdi's Don Carlos
From the New York Metropolitan Opera: Verdi's Don Carlos conducted by Patrick Furrer.
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Handel's Rodelinda
From the Metropolitan Opera in New York: Handel's Rodelinda, conducted by Harry Bicket.
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Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos
Soprano Lisa Davidsen stars in Richard Strauss's most unusual opera at the New York Met.
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Handel's Theodora
A Royal Opera House production of Handel's Theodora, conducted by Harry Bicket.
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Vivaldi's Bajazet
Sean Rafferty presents the first opera by Vivaldi ever performed at the Royal Opera House.
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Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov
Ren茅 Pape stars as the tortured tsar in this New York Metropolitan Opera production.
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Mozart's Don Giovanni
Teodor Currentzis conducts Mozart's great opera at the 2021 Salzburg Festival
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Puccini's La boh猫me
Puccini's classic opera of joys and sorrows, love and loss, from the New York Met.
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Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro
Daniele Rustioni conducts Mozart's timeless comedy from the New York Metropolitan Opera.
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Wagner's Die Meistersinger von N眉rnberg
Celebrating Bernard Haitink, who conducts this classic Royal Opera performance.