Some say that theater is dead, and that’s probably because most playhouses the world over are closed at the moment owing to a worldwide pandemic. and yet the musical lives on… on Disney plus -- as the nation has been rapt with a filmed...

Why did silent films have music? How do orchestras and conductors perform to silent films? Ben Winters, senior lecturer in music at the Open University, explains. In 1925 Richard Strauss's great comic opera and pop cultural sensation Der...

Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) is the most enduring ‘serious’ opera from a composer otherwise better known for his sparkling operettas. It’s not hard to see why: Offenbach’s witty and highly melodious music...

One of six opera animations in our 2014 Opera Shorts series. Opera Short #6 was created by Dahye Kim & Alice Cui, students on the Illustration and Animation course at Kingston University. Set to the duet 'O soave fanciulla' from La...

The second of five animated films inspired by opera in collaboration with Kingston University students, 2014. Doug Hindson has been inspired by the aria 'O soave fanciulla' from Puccini's La bohème and created the 'Opera Machine' which...

Opera Shorts: Old Mamas, inspired by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, and created by Alice Mae-Mayall, Angelia Chen and Reece Wykes, is one of a series of animated films inspired by opera and...

Opera Shorts: Bag Life, inspired by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny and created by Vivien Chan, Tabitha Goldthorpe and James Morse, is one of a series of animated films inspired by opera and...

Soprano Lisette Oropesa on the challenges of singing the lead role in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. This film was originally broadcast as part of #OperaPassion Day 2017. Find out more at href='http://www.roh.org.uk/lucia'...

Filmmaker Felipe Sanguinetti behind the scenes look into rehearsals of Falstaff at the Metropolitan Opera. Find out more at href='http://www.roh.org.uk/falstaff' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>at Footage courtesy of the Metropolitan...

France's contribution to the arts has influenced global attitudes and thinking for centuries. The French take great pride in the historical significance of their culture, which is showcased in the country's more than one thousand...

Arthur Pita creates a new work for The Royal Ballet based on Dorothy Scarborough’s classic novel and the silent film it inspired. Find out more at href='http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/the-wind-by-arthur-pita' target='_blank'...

Roller skaters and hip-hop dancers take over the Royal Opera House in a modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic love story, Romeo and Juliet. This film is part of Deloitte Ignite 15, the Royal Opera House's annual arts festival,...

Born in Germany on May 22, 1813, Richard Wagner went on to become one of the world's most influential and controversial composers. He is famous for both his epic operas, including the four-part, 18-hour Ring Cycle, as well as for his...

Composer Philip Glass on his latest collaboration with Christopher Hampton and Music Theatre Wales, an opera adaptation of Franz Kafka's black comedy, The Trial. Find out more