Sign up for our newsletter. Potions, spells and transformations Deeply influenced by the music of Richard Wagner, Strauss found his own distinctive style in Salome and Elektra, two bold and poignant operas that demand huge orchestration and voices to match.
Czech music is enjoyed on many opera stages. Thanks to collaborations with National Theatres in Brno and Prague, OperaVision has been extending the reach of both well- and little-known Czech music abroad. Composer Richard Wagner, despite the controversies surrounding his life and political views, bestrides German opera like a colossus.
Heroines who prove to us that opera, as a mirror of our societies, is capable of questioning certain models and gender representations. Tenors in opera frequently take the leading male role. They are said to have irresistible charm - on and off stage! Britten's operas explore profound human experiences that continue to captivate audiences around the world with their touching portrayal of the human condition.
Giacomo Puccini is regarded as the greatest Italian composer of the generation after Giuseppe Verdi. Diverse and dramatic, opera costumes are the first thing to appear in the spotlight, even before the performer has sung a note. Of the three pre-eminent Italian composers of that era before the advent of Verdi in the early s, it might be said that Rossini displayed more musical verve, Donizetti the greater dramatic aptitude, but Bellini's operas are the most beautiful.
In the beginning of the 20th century, Austrian composer Franz Schreker was one of the only opera composers in the German-speaking world whose success could compete with Richard Strauss. Giuseppe Verdi is regarded as one of the greatest opera composers who played a pivotal role in shaping the evolution of Italian opera during the 19th century.
