Expect the unexpected from Bellini's mysterious 'Stranger'
A steamy drama skips town to escape finicky censors
One of literature's all-time greats is a rarity at the opera
A fiery moment from history becomes an epic opera
Bizet's 'other' opera: overshadowed, yet often overwhelming
Strauss and Hofmannsthal create a masterful, musical mashup
In 'Fidelio,' a rescue for the ages
Massenet's final opera takes on one of history's great romances
'Aureliano' topped off a prodigious year for the young Rossini
Here, then Nowhere: 'The Maid of Orleans'
Verdi makes the best of an operatic second chance
A phony formula gets powerful results in Donizetti's "Elixir."
John Adams combines opera and oratorio to tell the Christmas story
Rossini brings out his best to meet a royal challenge