Opera Matinee

Les fêtes d'Hébé, Rameau's Baroque opera is a set of vignettes about love, poetry, music and dance surrounding Hébé, goddess of youth, who descends to sample earthly pleasures. A production of Les Arts Florissants and Opera Comique in Paris.

In 18th century Paris, an ill-fated love affair between Manon, who yearns for the finer things in life, and the besotted Chevalier des Grieux. This recorded performance from Teatro Regio in Turin features soprano Rocío Pérez in the title role.

Massenet’s most popular and enduring operas, Manon, depicts the ill-fated love affair between actress Manon and the knight Le Chevalier des Grieux that ends in disrepute and failed love. A recorded performance from Teatro Regio in Turin with Ekaterina Bakanova in the title role.

Puccini's take on the story of Manon Lescaut sensitively portrays a doomed love affair between actress Manon and the knight Le Chevalier des Grieux. This recorded performance from Teatro Regio in Turin features Erika Grimaldi in the title role, led by Renato Palumbo.

A double bill of Leonard Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti (1952) and its sequel, A Quiet Place (1983), dramas of a troubled marriage and family. A recorded performance from the Royal Ballet and Opera in London.

Puccini's final work, Turandot has riveted audiences for generations with the tale of a cold princess who consents to marry a stranger only if he can solve three riddles, and his certain death if he fails – and the determined prince who wins her love. A recorded performance from Royal Ballet and Opera.

The second in the four-part Ring cycle of Richard Wagner, Die Walküre, is a myth-based drama of family relationships, betrayal, morality and sacrifice between gods and mortals. A recorded performance from the Royal Ballet and Opera.