Christopher Purves

7.0 MovieNot The Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) is a comic oratorio based on Monty Python's Life of Brian, which retells the tragic tale of Mandy, impregnated by a Roman...

Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)

2010

5.3 MovieAlone in a secluded mansion, Giacomo Casanova cries out then collapses. When the mysterious and beautiful writer, Elisa von der Recke, comes to visit, it breathes new...

Casanova Variations

2014

1.0 MovieWhen Written on Skin had its premiere at the 2012 Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, conducted by George Benjamin himself, it received a standing ovation. The opera's...

Written On Skin

2013

4.0 MovieWhen a precious hoard of gold is stolen from the river Rhine, it unleashes a chain of destructive events, pitting gods and mortals against one another for...

Wagner: Das Rheingold - Royal Opera House

2023

6.0 MovieLive from Glyndebourne 2009

Falstaff

2009

6.0 MovieThe last days of the American icon Walt Disney form a powerful and poignant subject for Philip Glass's latest opera, which was filmed at its first performances in...

Glass: The Perfect American

2013

10.0 MovieMoses und Aron is a three-act opera by Arnold Schoenberg with the third act unfinished. The 2015 Production was led by Romeo Castellucci in Paris. Moses und Aron was...

Moses und Aron - Opéra National de Paris

2015

6.0 MovieRaised by a scheming dwarf and unaware of his true family origins, a young man embarks on an epic journey.

Wagner: Siegfried - Royal Ballet House

2026

MovieBased on a poem published in 1810 with more ethnographic than dramatic focus, Britten constructed a sombre parable about the conflict between the masses and the...

Peter Grimes

2021

MovieThe Italian and international press were unanimous in their praise for "Peter Grimes" at La Scala, which revived the tradition of Britten's operas on the lyric stages...

Britten: Peter Grimes

2012

MovieGlyndebourne's Saul stole the summer and had critics raving. The Guardian (****) applauded virtuoso stagecraft from director Barrie Kosky in his debut production...

Saul

2016

MovieDer Ring des Nibelungen in a production of the Zürich opera house, recorded 2024. "Dramatic music-making at its finest". In the hands of General Music Director...

Das Rheingold

2024

MovieDer Ring des Nibelungen in a production of the Zürich opera house, recorded 2024. "Dramatic music-making at its finest". In the hands of General Music Director...

Siegfried

2024

MovieDer Ring des Nibelungen in a production of the Zürich opera house, recorded 2024. "Dramatic music-making at its finest". In the hands of General Music Director...

Götterdämmerung

2024

MovieLes Boréades, this great life lesson delivered by a nearly 80-year-old Rameau, a carpe diem forged to the very essence of the dances, orders us to choose love over...

Rameau: Les Boréades

TV

Der Ring des Nibelungen

2024