Ludovic Tézier

Natalie Dessay made her first European appearances as Violetta in La traviata in a new production by the French director Jean-François...

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Cast: Natalie Dessay

Deutsche Grammophon proudly presents the new faces of the opera world in a glamorous new live concert DVD: Anna Netrebko, Elına Garanca,...

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Cast: Anna Netrebko

Obsessive in gambling and in love, the soldier Hermann is the protagonist of Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame, based on a story by Pushkin. He is smitten...

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Cast: Misha Didyk

John Eliot Gardiner conducts Gluck’s 1776 French version of “Alceste” at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris....

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Cast: Anne Sofie von Otter

Puccini’s evergreen paean to young love and the bohemian life has captivated generations of Met-goers through Franco Zeffirelli’s iconic...

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Cast: Ludovic Tézier

Glyndebourne's intimate opera house provides the perfect setting for Rossini's third French opera, a sparkling medieval comedy of lust and chastity.

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Cast: Marc Laho

This performance of 2014 can be considered as a reference on account of the quality of the vocal material involved and because the daring staging of...

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Cast: Jonas Kaufmann

Teatro Regio’s 2013 revival of their highly successful 2006 production of Verdi’s Don Carlo celebrates the 40th anniversary of the...

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Cast: Ramón Vargas

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Cast: Ludovic Tézier

Lyon National Opera Chorus and Orchestra production of Mozart's opera

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Cast: Giovanni Furlanetto

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Cast: Ludovic Tézier

Set in 16th-century France and Spain, Don Carlos tells of the political and amorous rivalry between King Philip II and his son, Don Carlos, over...

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Cast: Jonas Kaufmann

Werther loves Charlotte, but she promised her mother on her deathbed that she would marry Albert. After the marriage Charlotte suggests that Werther...

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Cast: Jonas Kaufmann

This epic opera follows Virgil, beginning as the Greeks appear to have ceded the field after ten years of the Trojan War. Cassandra tries to warn of...

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Cast: Anna Caterina Antonacci

The tragic tale of "the bride of Lammermoor" has always been a favorite of opera-goers and sopranos alike. Yet with the riveting singing actress...

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Cast: Natalie Dessay

Lucia’s brother Enrico is horrified to learn she has fallen in love with his sworn enemy Edgardo. He hastily arranges her marriage to his...

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Cast: Daniel Oren

The ambiguities of Verdi’s theatre are particularly clear in his baritone roles, among which is that of Boccanegra, corsair turned doge of...

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Cast: Ludovic Tézier

Gaetano Donizetti's tragic masterwork Lucie de Lammermoor (French version) is performed at the Lyon Opera House in 2002. Natalie Dessay sings the...

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Cast: Natalie Dessay

Stage director Jean-Louis Grinda and the Opéra de Monte-Carlo present Verdi’s early smash hit opera Ernani. Ramon Vargas heads up an...

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Cast: Ramón Vargas

In Benoît Jacquot’s production, Manet’s Olympia dominates the stage of the Opéra Bastille. In 1863, the painting caused a...

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Cast: Ermonela Jaho

The year 2019 marks the 350th year of existence of the Opéra de Paris, and the Opéra national is staging two exceptional shows at the...

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Cast: Sonya Yoncheva

Verdi's sweepingly ambitious opera on war, religion, love and fate is given a cinematic staging by Christof Loy. The Marquis of Calatrava forbids his...

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Cast: Anna Netrebko

Andrea De Rosa's production of Guiseppe Verdi's Liguria-set masterpiece about the eponymous 14th century Doge of Genoa. Ludovic Tezier is the Doge,...

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Cast: Ludovic Tézier

As Aragon descends into unrest, a count jealously fights for a noble lady's heart. But she has already given it to a passionate troubadour whose...

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Cast: Ludovic Tézier

Diana Damrau’s reputation as the world’s leading coloratura soprano has been built on her extraordinary technical virtuosity, her...

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Cast: Diana Damrau

A spectacular concert at the site of Beijing’s Forbidden City. The concert features the renowned Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Long...

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Cast: Long Yu

Following her performances in recent seasons in Verdi’s La travita on the world’s major opera stages – the Metropolitan, New York,...

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Cast: Diana Damrau

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Cast: Jonas Kaufmann

Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico (tragic opera) in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti.

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Cast: Patrizia Ciofi

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Cast: Anja Harteros

Anja Harteros excels in the title role of Michael Sturminger’s cinematic staging of Puccini’s “Tosca”, the centrepiece of...

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Cast: Anja Harteros

Alex Ollé, one of the famous La Fura dels Baus, recreates the conflict and places principal protagonists in clear, transforming set with...

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Cast: Hui He

“Manon is like any person who, strolling down the street one day, glances up at a second-story window and catches a glimpse of a different...

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Cast: Pretty Yende

A bel canto jewel and one of the most technically-challenging operas of the repertoire found its dream team in 2016 at the Teatro Real de Madrid with...

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Cast: Diana Damrau

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Cast: Jonas Kaufmann

Le Nozze di Figaro New Production Teatro Real in co-production with Bilbao’s ABAO and Las Palmas Teatro Pérez Galdós. From the...

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Cast: Isabel Rey

In a mythical yet real Rome, from the shadows of the church of Sant’ Andrea della Valle to the terrace of Castello Sant’ Angelo, passions...

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Cast: Martina Serafin

Ernani is a love story about a young woman, Elvira, caught between three men: her lover, the nobleman-turned-outlaw Ernani; her guardian, the rich,...

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Cast: Francesco Meli

Love and duty collide and nations clash in Verdi's political drama, starring Elena Stikhina and Angel Blue and conducted by Antonio Pappano and Mark...

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Cast: Elena Stikhina

Passions run high as Manrico and the Count di Luna compete for the affections of Leonora. Little do they know, Manrico’s mother Azucena has...

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Cast: Yusif Eyvazov

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Cast: Ludovic Tézier

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Cast: Ludovic Tézier

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Cast: Benjamin Bernheim

For the centenary of the Verona Opera Festival, Jonas Kaufmann gave a gala concert in the Arena on 20 August 2023. With colleagues Sonya Yoncheva and...

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Cast: Jonas Kaufmann

One of the composer's most beguiling scores, La Favorite is Gaetano Donizetti's La favorita in it's original French form; a tale of love and war that...

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Cast: Kate Aldrich