Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein's bewildered creature (Cumberbatch) is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker (Lee Miller). Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Two versions of the production are shown - principal performers exhange parts.

In the heat of summer, Sonya (Aimee Lou Wood) and her Uncle Vanya (Toby Jones) while away their days on a crumbling estate deep in the countryside, visited occasionally only by the local doctor Astrov (Richard Armitage). However, when Sonya’s father Professor Serebryakov (Ciarán Hinds) suddenly returns with his restless, alluring, new wife Yelena (Rosalind Eleazar) declaring his intention to sell the house, the polite facades crumble and long repressed feelings start to emerge with devastating c...

Rivaling the splendor of Franco Zeffirelli’s set and costumes of the Napoleonic era, Sir David McVicar’s ravishing new production offers a splendid backdrop for two extraordinary sopranos sharing the title role of the jealous prima donna: Sonya Yoncheva and Anna Netrebko. Vittorio Grigolo and Marcelo Álvarez alternate in the role of Tosca’s revolutionary artist lover Cavaradossi, with Željko Lučić, Michael Volle, and George Gagnidze as the depraved police chief Scarpia. Premiere: Teatro Costan...

Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein's bewildered creature (Lee Miller) is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker (Cumberbatch). Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.

Doctor Faustus, restless for knowledge, forsakes scholarship for magic and makes a pact with the Devil: if the tortured spirit Mephistopheles will serve him for 24 years, Faustus will yield his soul to the Devil after death. Transformed into an arena of wild spectacle and dark illusion, the Globe becomes the scene for an epic battle between Lucifer and the angels for one man’s soul.

In the heat of summer, Sonya (Aimee Lou Wood) and her Uncle Vanya (Toby Jones) while away their days on a crumbling estate deep in the countryside, visited occasionally only by the local doctor Astrov (Richard Armitage). However, when Sonya’s father Professor Serebryakov (Ciarán Hinds) suddenly returns with his restless, alluring, new wife Yelena (Rosalind Eleazar) declaring his intention to sell the house, the polite facades crumble and long repressed feelings start to emerge with devastating c...

From its mesmerising first moments to the final fulfilment of the witches' prophecy, Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's darkest and most powerful tragedies - a gripping account of one man's determination to secure his ambition and pronounced destiny, the crown of Scotland, by whatever means necessary. This production employs Renaissance costumes and staging. Synopsis When three witches tell Macbeth that he is destined to occupy the throne of Scotland, he and his wife choose to become the instrumen...

In addition to excellent dances, this classical ballet has two other undoubted merits. First, Coppelia is a comedy of which there are not so many among the masterpieces of the classical legacy. Second, it is a comedy with fine music. Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky’s assessment of Delibes’ skill in “the sphere of ballet” is well-known: “The first ballet in which music constitutes not only the main, but the sole interest. What beauty, what elegance, what richness of melody, rhythm and harmony”. True, the...

Dmitry Krymov: "Once my father, Anatoly Efros, having put the famous production of Month in the Country, wanted to preface it with the verses of Boris Pasternak:If I was able, I would write,I'd try to fashionThe eight of lines, the eight of rhymesOn laws of passion,(Translation by Natasha Gotskaya) Inna Solovyova, having learned that Masha Smolnikova plays Anna Karenina, after creating a role in Mu-Mu, thought for a second and said: «I got it: both perish because of love…» In Mu-Mu Masha is ...

Dmitry Krymov: "Once my father, Anatoly Efros, having put the famous production of Month in the Country, wanted to preface it with the verses of Boris Pasternak:If I was able, I would write,I'd try to fashionThe eight of lines, the eight of rhymesOn laws of passion,(Translation by Natasha Gotskaya) Inna Solovyova, having learned that Masha Smolnikova plays Anna Karenina, after creating a role in Mu-Mu, thought for a second and said: «I got it: both perish because of love…» In Mu-Mu Masha is ...