Opera Movies
- 2004
Madama Butterfly
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Japan, early twentieth century. U.S. Navy Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton inspects the house he has leased from a marriage broker. The broker, Goro, has...
- 1996
Dido and Aeneas
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Maria Ewing, as Dido, heads an outstanding cast of young British singers in a film adaptation of Henry Purcell’s much-loved tragic opera. With...
- 2011
The Singing City
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Portrait about the planning and rehearsal of Richard Wagner's Parsifal directed by Calixto Bieito at the opera house in Stuttgart.
- 2010
Mozart's Don Giovanni - Glyndebourne Festival 2010
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Mozart's second collaboration with the mercurial librettist Lorenzo da Ponte is among the very blackest of black comedies. Glyndebourne welcomes back...
- 2008
La Sonnambula
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La Sonnambula is an idillic, classical and intense melodramma with an extremely fine, lyrical musicality and tense with pure "canto", suspended...
- 2009
Antonín Dvorák: The Devil and Kate
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Albert Rosen conducts the Wexford Festival Opera's production of the classic Antonín Dvorák tale about a young woman who defies her...
- 1935
Do Not Forget About Me
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This rare 1935 film (the title translated means "do not forget me") features Beniamino Gigli as, of course, an Italian singer who warbles his way...
- 2008
Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel
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As bright and colorful as penny candy, this visually arresting production of Engelbert Humperdinck's "Hansel und Gretel" puts a twist on the classic...
- 1976
Lakmé
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Opera Australia's 1976 production of Lakmé, an opera in three acts by Léo Delibes, with a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and...
- 2010
Il Campanello
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IL CAMPANELLO DI NOTTE, Farce in one act by Gaetano Donizetti, is set in Naples. Don Annibale Pistacchio, an old apothecary, have just married the...
- 2009
La Sonnambula
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Just as a young woman is about to marry her sweetheart, she is discovered—by the entire village, to say nothing of her...
- 2000
Mozart: Così Fan Tutte (Zurich Opera House)
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A production of Mozart's opera recorded live at Zurich Opera House in 2000. Cecilia Bartoli leads an all-star cast including Roberto Saccà,...
- 2004
Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
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Witness the Zurich Opera's stunning production of Richard Wagner's masterpiece "Tannhauser," conducted by Franz Welser-Most and featuring Peter...
- 2009
Amor, vida de mi vida: Zarzuelas
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The many passionate, fiery or lyrical vocal pieces of Spanish zarzuela have continued to thrive in concert and recitals all over the world. One of...
- 2008
Marco Polo (An Opera Within an Opera)
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Tan Dun portrays the Venetian explorer's travels to the Far East as a journey of both inner and physical discovery, a voyage depicting spiritual...
- 2008
Massenet: Thaïs
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When the most voluptuous, sought-after courtesan in the world meets an ascetic monk whose life is devoted to God, you know erotic sparks are going to...
- 1999
Lucia
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Members of an opera company performing Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" find their lives parallel those of the characters.
- 2008
Mozart: Don Giovanni
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A striking interpretation of Mozart's opera that became a sensation at the 2008 Salzburg Festival. This is not only a rethinking of the place and...
- 2005
Burnt Toast
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An irreverent and hilarious spin on opera, domestic drama and the hallowed institutions of love and marriage, Burnt Toast is an hour-long television...
- 2007
Aria Diva
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Basia has already settled down in her life. She is a housewife and has a loving family. It seems as though she does not miss anything to be happy....