Hubert Francis

Live from the Royal Opera 2008. David McVicar’s powerful 2008 production of Strauss's opera – based on a play by Oscar Wilde – takes the controversial and disturbing film 120 Days of Sodom as its visual reference. The action is set in a debauched palace, which has suggestions of Nazi Germany. Strauss’s ravishing and voluptuous score adds to the sexual alchemy that is conjured by an international cast led by Nadja Michael in the title role. Salome is filmed for the big screen with High Definition cameras and recorded in true surround sound.

À Rome en 1800, le peintre Mario Cavaradossi vient en aide à un prisonnier politique en fuite, Angelotti, ancien consul de la République, activement recherché par Scarpia, le redoutable chef de la police qui traque tous les partisans de la liberté.

The Iron Relic, a priceless treasure, is lost. Dr. Raymond has been searching for the relic for the last 20 years.

Opera lies at the heart of Rimsky-Korsakov's colourful idiom, but performances are few and far between; this realisation of his penultimate and grandest stage work is a very rare and special experience. Kitezh is known as "the Russian Parsifal", which encapsulates its mystical flavour and steady unfolding of a legend of redemption