Opera Movies
- 2020
Hippolyte et Aricie
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In October 1733, the audience at the Académie Royale de Musique witnessed the birth of a revolutionary work: Hippolyte et Aricie. With its...
- 1968
O komínku zedníky laškovně nakřivo postaveném aneb Souboj pantátův se zedníky
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- 2016
Mefistofele
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The director, Roland Schwab, has created his version of Hell. The set is like a high iron walled hanger and the stage is continually occupied with...
- 2008
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
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Glyndebourne's celebrated production of Nikolaus Lehnhoff's Tristan und Isolde is a supremely intelligent achievement; gravely beautiful, haunting...
- 2008
Massenet Thais
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There's an uncompromising clarity to Blu-ray audio and video that really does bring the splendour of grand opera right into the living room. So it's...
- 2022
Playing with Gods
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The documentary dives intimately behind the scenes of the Finnish National Opera and sucks the viewer in like the best of thrillers. The three hours...
- 1968
Weber: Der Freischütz
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Director Rolf Liebermann’s 1968 filmed-for-TV production of Carl Maria von Weber’s opera, with the Hamburg State Opera performing an...
- 2014
Orango
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"Orango" - prologue to an unfinished opera by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, performed by the Finnish Radio...
- 1970
Alcina
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Like Handel’s Orlando (1732) and Ariodante (1734), Alcina derives from the narrative material in Ariosto’s Orlando furioso. The story of...
- 2005
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
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Lovely but lethal, the evil Princess Turandot comes to life through the performance of Luana De Vol in this visually stunning production of Giacomo...
- 1979
Der Rosenkavalier
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This performance of Richard Strauss' opera Der Rosenkavalier (1979) features the vocal talents of Gwyneth Jones in the lead role; recorded at the...
- 1973
Andrea Chenier
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France, 1792. Chenier is an idealistic poet, in love with the aristocratic Maddalena. While Chenier supports such notions as "liberte, fraternite...
- 2019
Turandot
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The Pucchini opera "Turandot" will be shown completely new at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. The new production by the Spanish video artist Franc Aleu...
- 1986
Mozart: Mitridate Re Di Ponto
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Soprano Yvonne Kenny turns in a spirited performance as Aspasia in this brilliant staging of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's first notable opera...
- 2009
Janacek: Jenufa
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"Yenufa" is an outstanding phenomenon in the music of the 20th century. Drawing on Moravian folklore, Janáček faithfully and deeply...
- 2020
Salome
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Based on Oscar Wilde's lurid play, it is an intense exploration of the Salome story. Its sumptuous vocal and orchestral writing seethes and pulsates...
- 1990
Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots
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Joan Sutherland's farewell performance to the operatic stage offsets this story of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre and the magnificence of 16th...
- 1991
Antonio Paoli: Rey de Tenores y Tenor de Reyes
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The life and career of Puerto Rican tenor Antonio Paoli, also known as The King of Tenors and The Tenor of Kings.
- 2022
Magic Mozart... Concert spectaculaire !
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- 2023
Il turco in Italia - Teatro Real de Madrid
Il turco in Italia - Teatro Real de Madrid02023HD
At the Teatro Real in Madrid, director Laurent Pelly and conductor Giacomo Sagripanti get to grips with Gioachino Rossini’s Il Turco in Italia...