A visit to the Museo Vela at Ligornetto in the Swiss-Italian canton of Ticino, accompanied by the music of Chopin.

Tchhaikovsky's opera performed at Barcelona's Gran Teatre Del Liceu, with Michael Boder conducting. Includes performances by Misha Didyk, Emily Magee, Lado Ataneli and Elena Zaremba.

A tour of Tibet to the accompaniment of traditional Chinese music.

Emmanuelle Haïm leads Le Concert d'Astrée in this performance of Handel's oratorio at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence in 2016. The cast includes Sabine Devieilhe as Bellezza, Franco Fagioli as Piacere, Sara Mingardo as Disinganno and Michael Spyres as Tempo.

Federico Maria Sardelli conducts this live performance from the 2016 Donizetti Festival of Bergamo of the romantic comedy opera by Gaetano Donizetti. In the title roles of Olivo and Pasquale are Bruno Taddia and Filippo Morace with the Orchestra dell' Accademia Teatro alla Scala and Coro Donizetti Opera providing accompaniment.

Federico Maria Sardelli conducts this live performance from the 2016 Donizetti Festival of Bergamo of the romantic comedy opera by Gaetano Donizetti. In the title roles of Olivo and Pasquale are Bruno Taddia and Filippo Morace with the Orchestra dell' Accademia Teatro alla Scala and Coro Donizetti Opera providing accompaniment.

Alberto Zedda conducts this performance of Rossini's opera by the Chorus and Orchestra of Opera Vlaanderen. Soloists include Carmen Romeu, Enea Scala and Robert McPherson.

Sting and his wife Trudie Styler, along with an ensemble of actors, singers and musicians, bring to life the tragic love between the composer Robert Schumann and his pianist wife Clara Wieck. Reflecting the separation that came to be such a central theme of their lives, the performers are divided into male and female groups. Sting reads the letters of Robert Schumann, with his songs sung by Iain Burnside, while Trudie Styler reads Clara's letters, with her songs being sung by Rebecca Evans.

Gianandrea Noseda conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio Torino in this performance of Verdi's tragic opera.

Pablo Heras-Casado conducts Klangforum Wien and the Coro Titular del Teatro Real in this performance of Mauricio Sotelo's opera. Soloists include José Antonio López, Thomas Tatzl and Jesús Méndez.

Robin Ticciati conducts the Age of Enlightenment Orchestra in this production of Mozart's work, recorded at Glyndebourne in October 2015. Among the cast are Sally Matthews, Edgaras Montvidas, Tobias Kehrer and Mari Eriksmoen.

Donato Renzetti conducts the Orchestra, Chorus and Children's Choir of the Teatro Carlo Felice in this 2012 production of Puccini's opera which was unfinished at the time of his death and was later completed by Franco Alfano. Daniela Dessì stars as Princess Turandot with Mario Malagnini as Prince Calaf, the man who falls in love with her and attemps to solve three riddles in order to win her hand in marriage. The cast also features Massimo La Guardia, Ramaz Chikviladze and Roberta Canzian.

Francesco Cilluffo conducts the Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana and Coro Lirico Marchigiano in this production of Cilea's opera. The cast includes Annunziata Vestri, Dmitry Golovnin, Mariangela Sicilia and Stefano Antonucci.

Zubin Mehta conducts the Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus in this production of Verdi's opera, recorded in Italy in 2015. The cast includes Carlo Colombara, Anita Rachvelishvili, Kristin Lewis and Fabio Sartori.

Francesco Cilluffo conducts the Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana and Coro Lirico Marchigiano in this production of Cilea's opera. The cast includes Annunziata Vestri, Dmitry Golovnin, Mariangela Sicilia and Stefano Antonucci.

Thomas Hampson, Christina Gallardo-Domas and Ferruccio Furlanetto head the cast in this live recording of Verdi's opera from the Vienna State Opera in 2002, with Daniele Gatti conducting the opera and chorus.

Zubin Mehta conducts the Bayerisches Staatsorchester and the Chor der Bayerische Staatsoper in this production of Wagner's opera, recorded in 1995. The cast includes René Kollo, Waltraud Meier, Bernd Weikl and Nadine Secunde.

Claudio Abbado conducts the Wiener Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus in this production of Mussorgsky's opera, recorded in 1989. The cast includes Nicolai Ghiaurov, Vladimir Atlantov and Yuri Marusin.

Daniele Rustioni conducts the Orchestra Sinfonica G. Rossini in this production of Rossini's opera, recorded in August 2012. The cast includes Roberto de Candia, Carlo Lepore, Maria Aleida and David Alegret.

Wolfgang Katschner conducts the Lautten Compagney in this production of Handel's opera performed with puppets by the Compagnia Marionettistica Carlo Colla e Figli. Antonio Giovannini sings the title role with the rest of the cast including Gesche Geier, Marie Friederike Schöder, Florian Götz, Yosemeh Adjei, Owen Willetts and Cornelius Uhle.

Donald Runnicles conducts the Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus in this production of Leos Janácek's opera, recorded in 2014. Michaela Kaune stars in the title role with Jennifer Larmore as Kostelnicka Buryjovka, Will Hartmann as Laca Klemen, Ladislav Elgr as Steva Buryja and Hanna Schwarz as Grandmother Buryjovka.

Federico Maria Sardelli conducts the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra in this live production of the 1738 version of Vivaldi's opera in two acts. Mary-Ellen Nesi performs the title role with the rest of the cast including Delphine Galou, Sonia Prina, Loriana Castellano and Emanuele D'Aguanno.

Gerrit Priessnitz conducts the Hamburg Philharmonic in this production of Offenbach's opera, recorded in 2014. The cast includes Jennifer Larmore, Jun-Sang Han, Peter Galliard, Viktor Rud and Rebecca Jo Loeb.