Opera Movies

  • 2004
    Madama Butterfly

    Madama Butterfly

    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...

    Madama Butterfly
  • 1996
    Dido and Aeneas

    Dido and Aeneas

    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...

    Dido and Aeneas
  • 2011
    The Singing City

    The Singing City

    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.

    The Singing City
  • 2010
    Mozart's Don Giovanni - Glyndebourne Festival 2010

    Mozart's Don Giovanni - Glyndebourne Festival 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...

    Mozart's Don Giovanni - Glyndebourne Festival 2010
  • 2008
    La Sonnambula

    La Sonnambula

    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...

    La Sonnambula
  • 2009
    Antonín Dvorák: The Devil and Kate

    Antonín Dvorák: The Devil and Kate

    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...

    Antonín Dvorák: The Devil and Kate
  • 1935
    Do Not Forget About Me

    Do Not Forget About Me

    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...

    Do Not Forget About Me
  • 2008
    Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel

    Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel

    Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel

    02008HD

    As bright and colorful as penny candy, this visually arresting production of Engelbert Humperdinck's "Hansel und Gretel" puts a twist on the classic...

    Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel
  • 1976
    Lakmé

    Lakmé

    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...

    Lakmé
  • 2010
    Il Campanello

    Il Campanello

    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...

    Il Campanello
  • 2009
    La Sonnambula

    La Sonnambula

    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...

    La Sonnambula
  • 2000
    Mozart: Così Fan Tutte (Zurich Opera House)

    Mozart: Così Fan Tutte (Zurich Opera House)

    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,...

    Mozart: Così Fan Tutte (Zurich Opera House)
  • 2004
    Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser

    Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser

    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...

    Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
  • 2009
    Amor, vida de mi vida: Zarzuelas

    Amor, vida de mi vida: Zarzuelas

    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...

    Amor, vida de mi vida: Zarzuelas
  • 2008
    Marco Polo (An Opera Within an Opera)

    Marco Polo (An Opera Within an Opera)

    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...

    Marco Polo (An Opera Within an Opera)
  • 2008
    Massenet: Thaïs

    Massenet: Thaïs

    Massenet: Thaïs

    02008HD

    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...

    Massenet: Thaïs
  • 1999
    Lucia

    Lucia

    Lucia

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    Members of an opera company performing Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" find their lives parallel those of the characters.

    Lucia
  • 2008
    Mozart: Don Giovanni

    Mozart: Don Giovanni

    Mozart: Don Giovanni

    02008HD

    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...

    Mozart: Don Giovanni
  • 2005
    Burnt Toast

    Burnt Toast

    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...

    Burnt Toast
  • 2007
    Aria Diva

    Aria Diva

    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....

    Aria Diva