Opera

In their astounding new opera The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, composer Mason Bates and librettist Mark Campbell explore the spiritual evolution of one of the most influential men of modern times as he creates a revolutionary new world of technological empowerment, then discovers a larger world within himself.

Franco Corelli's only recording as Enzo with Eileen Farrell as Gioconda. A dream cast! "La Gioconda" lives up to its nickname of "night of the six stars" in this tremendously powerful live performance.

The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House was founded in 1946 as the Covent Garden Orchestra when the theatre reopened as the nation’s first permanent home for opera and ballet.

This obscure recording preserves the work of some of the most magnificent singers from the Soviet era. Boris Khaikin conducts a taut, dramatic reading of Moussorgsky's unfinished masterpiece.

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis will release a new live album, Australian Carnage - Live at the Sydney Opera House, this Friday, August 25. The album collects recordings from their performances at the venue from December 16 to 18 last year during the Australian Carnage Tour. An abridged version will come out on vinyl on December 1. Hear “Balcony Man (Live at the Sydney Opera House)” below.

The Canadian pop rock singer captured live in performance at Sydney Opera House in 2011.

Wiener Staatsoper is one of the leading opera houses in the world. Its past is steeped in tradition. Its present is alive with richly varied performances and events.

In 1918, when Austria changed from the Austrian-Hungarian empire to the Austrian Republic, the “Court Opera” became the Vienna State Opera, with the musicians in the orchestra and the singers in the chorus members of Austrian public services. Beside their official duties, the members of the orchestra constitute a private society, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, founded in 1842 by members of the orchestra of the “Court Opera”, to provide an outstanding concert orchestra for Vienna.

Le rouge et le noir, the pioneering psychological novel by Stendhal published in 1830, has had a number of adaptations on film but surprisingly few treatments in music.