2021 OPERAS

Don José is serving with the army far from home. His fellow soldiers are captivated by the strange allure of a woman, Carmen. However, he thinks only of home, his mother, and the pretty Micaëla.

This has become a popular classic for regular inclusion by Czech Television in their New Year broadcasting program. This recording was available in the West until 2006 only as a sound recording by Zdenek Kosler, released by Supraphon in 1981.

Elektra mourns for her father who was recently murdered because of her mother. Even though her sister tries to console her, she plans her revenge when her brother Orestes returns.

Medea, the powerful sorceress of Greek myth, betrays her country and her family in order to assist her lover Jason in his quest for the Golden Fleece. When he abandons her she exacts vengeance.

It all comes down to a glass of water.

The Rosenkavalier delivers the rose to the Baron's intended, but she and the cavalier fall in love. When she meets the Baron, she enlists the cavalier's help to break the betrothal. The Princess helps the young lovers.

An old-fashioned opera even in Mozart's day, but one that pleased the aristocrats. A plot to murder Roman Emperor Tito nearly succeeds, the Capitol burns, the traitors are caught, Tito forgives all. Give Mozart a break, he needed the cash.

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.