With a new screen version of Bizet's Carmen now in cinemas, here's our pick of the top 10 opera films you might be inspired to catch up with.

It’s one of those classic real estate conundrums: four heirs to a valuable estate; all want to sell, none can afford to buy the others out.

Robert Carsen’s chilling update ditches pyramids for resonances of modern warfare. Catch his ROH production when it screens in Australian cinemas in November.

Arrigo Boito is best known as the librettist for Verdi's Otello and Falstaff, but he was also a composer. As Opera Australia prepares to stage his only opera, Mahima Macchione traces his career.

As she prepares to revisit the role of Violetta, the star soprano has fallen in love again with Verdi’s music.

Should Victorian-era melodrama give way to deeper explorations of the author's intent in staging legacy operas?

Netrebko rings in next stage of career with new album.

Daisy-fresh singing from a Sutherland on the precipice of glory.

Opera di Roma’s riveting, genre-defying production is made for this age and is one for the ages

Lise Davidsen's sophomore album is first class.

The little company that could makes an impressive contribution to Melbourne’s merry month of Verdi.

The company has announced its Melbourne autumn season, featuring two Verdi productions.