This hard-edged postmodern production of Giuseppe Verdi's haunting masterpiece brings the story of Shakespeare's bloody tragedy to vivid life, characterized by spine-tingling atmospherics and a triumphant debut by American baritone Thomas Hampson in the title role. This Zurich Opera House...
A 1985 performance of Luchino Visconti's 1958 staging for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Bernard Haitink memorably directs a superb cast that includes Ileana Cotrubas at the height of her powers and Luis Lima, unequalled in his tortured introspection, in the title role. (5-act version, sung...
It tells the story of Luis Enrique Cerrada Molina, better known as Machera, an emblematic character of the Andean region, who many call the "Robin Hood of Mérida" or "The eyes of the people." A life marked by love for his mother and his partner and, in contrast, the action that unleashed the dark...
