Opera Movies

  • 2020
    Hippolyte et Aricie

    Hippolyte et Aricie

    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...

    Hippolyte et Aricie
  • 2020
    War and Peace - Prokofiev

    War and Peace - Prokofiev

    War and Peace - Prokofiev

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    As the fates of a spirited young woman, her fiancé and their idealistic friend intertwine during the Napoleonian invasion, their lives - like...

    War and Peace - Prokofiev
  • 2017
    Lucio Silla

    Lucio Silla

    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...

    Lucio Silla
  • 2023
    Der Schatzgräber

    Der Schatzgräber

    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...

    Der Schatzgräber
  • 2012
    San Francisco Opera: Verdi's Rigoletto

    San Francisco Opera: Verdi's Rigoletto

    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...

    San Francisco Opera: Verdi's Rigoletto
  • 1987
    Verdi Macbeth Chailly

    Verdi Macbeth Chailly

    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...

    Verdi Macbeth Chailly
  • 1973
    Pulcinella

    Pulcinella

    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.

    Pulcinella
  • 2008
    The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel

    The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel

    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...

    The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel
  • 1954
    Rusalka

    Rusalka

    Rusalka

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    Rusalka
  • 2006
    The Abduction from the Seraglio

    The Abduction from the Seraglio

    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...

    The Abduction from the Seraglio
  • 1988
    Adolphe Appia Visionary of Invisible

    Adolphe Appia Visionary of Invisible

    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...

    Adolphe Appia Visionary of Invisible
  • 1992
    Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia

    Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia

    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...

    Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia
  • 1988
    The Tales of Hoffmann - Teatro Regio di Parma, 1988

    The Tales of Hoffmann - Teatro Regio di Parma, 1988

    The Tales of Hoffmann - Teatro Regio di Parma, 1988

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    "Despite the multitude of characters and situations, the plot is simple: the eternal flow of life. It is based on Les contes fantastiques...

    The Tales of Hoffmann - Teatro Regio di Parma, 1988
  • 2022
    Leos Janácek - Kát'a Kabanová

    Leos Janácek - Kát'a Kabanová

    Leos Janácek - Kát'a Kabanová

    02022HD

    Janáček's three-act opera Katya Kabanova, staged by Barrie Kosky and staged at the Felsenreitschule by Czech conductor Jakub...

    Leos Janácek - Kát'a Kabanová
  • 2014
    Rigoletto - Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

    Rigoletto - Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

    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...

    Rigoletto - Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
  • 2017
    Rodelinda

    Rodelinda

    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...

    Rodelinda
  • 1966
    Abesalom and Eteri

    Abesalom and Eteri

    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...

    Abesalom and Eteri
  • 2016
    The Golden Cockerel

    The Golden Cockerel

    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...

    The Golden Cockerel
  • 2004
    Le nozze di Figaro

    Le nozze di Figaro

    Le nozze di Figaro

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    Mozart opera.

    Le nozze di Figaro
  • 1998
    Parsifal: The Search for the Grail

    Parsifal: The Search for the Grail

    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...

    Parsifal: The Search for the Grail