Emily Magee

Der Zwerg (2019)

Based on Oscar Wildes story The Birthday of the Infanta, Zemlinskys single-act opera Der Zwerg is the tragic tale of a dwarf who is presented at court, falls in love with the beautiful Donna Clara, but is ultimately forced to see himself as others see him ...

Royal Opera House: Die Walküre (2018)

Antonio Pappano conducts a full performance of the second opera in Richard Wagner's epic Der Ring des Nibelungen. During a storm, Sieglinde gives shelter to a wounded stranger. They find themselves drawn to each other. He is Siegmund, the twin from whom Si ...

The Metropolitan Opera: Rusalka (2014)

Renée Fleming sings one of her signature roles, the title character in Dvořák's sumptuously melodic Rusalka. The story of the opera, which is about a water spirit's tragic romance with a human prince, is drawn from several folktale sources including Han ...

Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades - Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona (2010)

Obsessive in gambling and in love, the soldier Hermann is the protagonist of Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame, based on a story by Pushkin. He is smitten with the aristocratic Lisa and fixated on learning the winning secret of ‘the three cards’ from her grandmo ...

Tosca (2009)

Live from the Zurich Opera House, 2009. ...

Ariadne auf Naxos - Zurich (2008)

Ariadne auf Naxos is one of many beautifully crafted operas created by Richard Strauss and his librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal. In the compelling production from the Zurich Opera, recorded on this DVD, Christoph von Dohnányi leads a particularly strong c ...

Lohengrin (2006)

This production of Wagner's mythic opera LOHENGRIN was recorded at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu in 2006 with Sebastian Weigle conducting Liceu Grand Theatre Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. ...

Otello (2001)

One of the chief pleasures of this live production of Otello from the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden is Daniel Barenboim's conducting. From the opening gale-force blast of storm music, through the crunching and stabbing accompaniment of Iago's "Credo" ...

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1999)

A classic production from the Bayreuth Festival is made available here for the first time on DVD! Staged and directed by Richard Wagner's grandson Wolfgang Wagner at the Bayreuther Festspiele in 1999, this production of Wagner's only comic opera features a ...

Le nozze di Figaro (1999)