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...
- 2020
War and Peace - Prokofiev
War and Peace - Prokofiev02020HD
As the fates of a spirited young woman, her fiancé and their idealistic friend intertwine during the Napoleonian invasion, their lives - like...
- 2017
Lucio Silla
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Having disposed of his enemies, Lucio Silla is now all-powerful. He wants to marry Giunia, but underestimates how much she hates him. After all, he...
- 2023
Der Schatzgräber
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Franz Schreker’s career was cut short by the events of 1933 in Germany but he achieved real fame with his operas, and the huge success of Der...
- 2012
San Francisco Opera: Verdi's Rigoletto
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One of opera's most vivid and compelling characters, a vengeful court jester, desperately tries to protect his daughter from disaster in this...
- 1987
Verdi Macbeth Chailly
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Claude D'Anna's film of Verdi's Macbeth is a gloomy affair, stressing the descent into madness of the principal villains. It's acted by the singers...
- 1973
Pulcinella
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Oscar nominated animated short from 1973. Pulcinella dreams himself into a wild nightmare of a dream that leads us through an abstract world.
- 2008
The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel
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This deliciously dark take on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tale, appealing to audiences of all ages, was part of the Met’s popular...
- 1954
Rusalka
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- 2006
The Abduction from the Seraglio
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Without question, this is an incredibly bizarre production. The revised storyline makes little sense, and there is a surprising amount of violence...
- 1988
Adolphe Appia Visionary of Invisible
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The life and work of stage designer ADOLPHE APPIA, originator of the most profound agitations in contemporary theatre. Through the dynamic...
- 1992
Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia
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For his first opera production, Dario Fo, the theatre director known for his brilliant wit, chose to stage Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia sung in...
- 1988
The Tales of Hoffmann - Teatro Regio di Parma, 1988
The Tales of Hoffmann - Teatro Regio di Parma, 198801988HD
"Despite the multitude of characters and situations, the plot is simple: the eternal flow of life. It is based on Les contes fantastiques...
- 2022
Leos Janácek - Kát'a Kabanová
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Janáček's three-act opera Katya Kabanova, staged by Barrie Kosky and staged at the Felsenreitschule by Czech conductor Jakub...
- 2014
Rigoletto - Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
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In celebration of Verdi's 200th birthday in 2013, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence produced the composer's colorful masterpiece Rigoletto for the...
- 2017
Rodelinda
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Claus Guth's exciting 2017 staging of Handel’s "Rodelinda" at Madrid’s Teatro Real, featuring Lucy Crowe and Bejun Mehta as Rodelinda and...
- 1966
Abesalom and Eteri
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Prince Abesalom runs into an orphaned Eteri while hunting, falls for her and brings the woman to his palace as his fiancé. The Prince’s...
- 2016
The Golden Cockerel
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‘A beautiful song – a shame that it shows such disrespect to the Mayor!’ This remark from the score of The Golden Cockerel...
- 2004
Le nozze di Figaro
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Mozart opera.
- 1998
Parsifal: The Search for the Grail
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Richard Wagner's operatic retelling of the story of the search for the Holy Grail receives a lavish production in this video, which records...