The Italian composer's musical genius wrote operas with complex female characters and remarkable vocal writing.

This year’s programme, conducted by French maestro Alain Altinoglu, celebrates music from the American continent. 

 In Asgard, Baldr, the son of Odin and God of beauty and justice, is haunted by nightmares predicting his death.

Mozart’s most famous opera from the Aix-en-Provence festival with a star-studded cast.

Dance plus City: the perfect union of contemporary dance and architecture in five European countries.

Allowed to return to earth just two years after his death, the knight Guercœur hopes to regain his freedom and be reunited with his love. But his hopes will be short-lived.

Lucile Hadzilalilovic on mystery, beauty and winning silver at the 2025 Berlinale 2025 for “The Tower of Ice”.

We follow British make-up artist Isamaya Ffrench and her monstrous creations at a Vivienne Westwood show in Paris.

With its never-ending corridors, beautiful auditoria and recording studios with arguably the best acoustics in the world, the Berlin Funkhaus was the biggest and most advanced centre for radio broadcasting in the German Democratic Republic. Music publisher Elisabeth Heller, who worked there during its heyday, is our guide.