See the most recent production of Lucia di Lammermoor, with French soprano Natalie Dessay in one of her greatest roles as Donizetti’s fragile heroine.

Patrick Summers conducts the revival of Gluck’s rarely performed masterpiece, Iphigénie en Tauride, starring Susan Graham, Plácido Domingo and Paul Groves.

Nixon in China stars James Maddalena as Richard Nixon, a role he created at the opera’s world premiere in 1987. With a libretto by American poet Alice Goodman, the opera is based on significant moments during President Nixon’s visit to China in February of 1972.

Deborah Voigt sings the title role of Minnie in Giancarlo Del Monaco’s 1991 production, with Marcello Giordani as Dick Johnson (the disguised bandit Ramerrez) and Lucio Gallo as the villainous sheriff Jack Rance. San Francisco Opera Music Director Nicola Luisotti conducts the work.

Love, politics, and religion intertwine against the backdrop of the Spanish Inquisition with Roberto Alagna as the conflicted title character.

Pape takes on one of opera’s most demanding bass roles for the first time in America, with Valery Gergiev conducting.

Anna Netrebko stars in and James Levine conducts Otto Schenk's acclaimed production of Donizetti's sparkling comic opera.

Watch the full program of performances by Renée Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky and tour St. Petersburg's stunning landmarks and palaces.

America’s favorite soprano, Renée Fleming, and Russia’s greatest living baritone, Dmitri Hvorostovsky perform great opera scenes in the magnificent palaces of the Czars.