NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Opera is getting back into the DVD business. Five of the Met’s eight live high-definition movie-theater broadcasts next season will be released on DVD by EMI Classics, the ...

KEENE, N.H. In May 2008, The New York Times printed a long review of a set of ArtHaus Musik DVDs titled "Walter Felsenstein Edition." Felsenstein has been a name familiar only to students of filmed ...

KEENE, N.H. Simon Boccanegra -- Verdi's dark-toned opera "Simon Boccanegra" should be staged only when there is a baritone worthy of the title role. It is represented on three or four DVDs, two of ...

New audio-only recordings of opera are perhaps going the way of the dinosaur, outnumbered by audiovisual productions captured on DVD. In the case of Giacomo Puccini's "La Boheme," there are now more ...

The 1951 film version of the Offenbach opera The Tales of Hoffmann, now on DVD, is recognized as a masterpiece of darkly fantastical storytelling... The 1951 film version of the Offenbach opera The ...

If you’re curious about opera but not quite ready to pop for a ticket, you can always get a taste of it at home. Some first-rate performances have been captured on celluloid and video, and they might ...

The 1951 film version of the Offenbach opera The Tales of Hoffmann, now on DVD, is recognized as a masterpiece of dark storytelling from the British team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. In ...