Operavision
From Acher to Zajc and Antwerp to Zagreb, Operavision serves up a brilliantly diverse selection of operas from Europe and beyond – free, live and on demand
Operavision is opera for the connected world. Watch live streams as the operas themselves unfold on stage. View your favourite performances with English subtitles. Learn about the art form and specific productions through a rich digital library of videos and features. Discover thoughtfully curated resources for young audiences and for artistic career development. And all for free.
Operavision’s 2019-20 season launches on 6 September with an innovative new production of La bohème from the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai. Carlo Rizzi conducts Puccini’s lush score, which is interspersed with narrated texts from Henri Murger’s original novel.
Celebrate the bicentenary of Stanis¯aw Moniuszko’s birth with a live performance of Halka, the Polish composer’s melodic masterpiece, on 20 September. The following week, the National Theatre in Prague pairs the universal language of music with the international language of Esperanto in Ivan Acher’s new opera Sternenhoch.
Discover the diversity of operas being produced today, from the best of Baroque to brand new works. Supported by the European Union’s Creative Europe programme, Operavision brings together 29 partners from 17 countries, including the Royal Opera House, Opera North, Garsington Opera, Opéra-comique, Komische Oper Berlin, Teatro La Fenice, Teatro dell’opera di Roma and Teatro Real.
Alongside famous operas from Europe’s great houses and festivals, Operavision also brings rare but valuable works to a global audience. This season, grapple with the conflict between emotions and rationality in Hans Werner Henze’s The Bassarids, choose between art and love in Franz Schreker’s Der ferne Klang, and marvel at Croatia’s military heroism in Ivan
Zajc’s Nikola ubic´ Zrinjski, all streamed live from Berlin, Stockholm and Zagreb respectively then available on demand for six months.