Opera Movies

  • 1968
    Weber: Der Freischütz

    Weber: Der Freischütz

    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...

    Weber: Der Freischütz
  • 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
  • 1982
    Idomeneo

    Idomeneo

    Idomeneo

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    Opera royalty Luciano Pavarotti brings dignity and power to the title role in this 1982 production. During a squall at sea, Idomeneo -- the king of...

    Idomeneo
  • 2018
    Teatro alla Scala: Joan of Arc

    Teatro alla Scala: Joan of Arc

    Teatro alla Scala: Joan of Arc

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    "Giovanna d'Arco; ossia, la pulzella d'Orléans" is an operatic dramma lirico with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian...

    Teatro alla Scala: Joan of Arc
  • 1952
    Magical Maestro

    Magical Maestro

    Magical Maestro

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    After he is rejected by the Great Poochini as an opening act, Mysto the Magician gets his revenge by conducting his next operatic performance.

    Magical Maestro
  • 2015
    Giordano: Andrea Chernier

    Giordano: Andrea Chernier

    Giordano: Andrea Chernier

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    “Kaufmann is performing the title role for the first time, and it’s hard to imagine him bettered. His striking looks make him very much...

    Giordano: Andrea Chernier
  • 1995
    Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

    Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

    Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

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    This evocative production by Giancarlo Del Monaco sumptuously captures the look and feel of 14th century Genoa and is a perfect compliment to...

    Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
  • 1982
    Verdi Ernani

    Verdi Ernani

    Verdi Ernani

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    It truly is an historic performance. Domingo looking and singing like a god pouring out golden tones; Renato Bruson sounds, like the sublime Verdian...

    Verdi Ernani
  • 1964
    Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II

    Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II

    Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II

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    At the beginning of 1964, the music world experiences something completely unexpected. Maria Callas returns to the opera stage as the prima donna....

    Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II
  • 1986
    Hannah and Her Sisters

    Hannah and Her Sisters

    Hannah and Her Sisters

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    Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her...

    Hannah and Her Sisters
  • 2012
    Les Troyens

    Les Troyens

    Les Troyens

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    After the destruction of Troy, the Trojan warrior Énée sets out on a journey to found a new dynasty. He meets Didon, Queen of Carthage,...

    Les Troyens
  • 1961
    Black Tights

    Black Tights

    Black Tights

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    Lively scenes of Paris, all narrated by Maurice Chevalier, link together four dramatic ballet choreographies by Roland Petit: La Croqueuse de...

    Black Tights
  • 2015
    Mozart: The Magic Flute

    Mozart: The Magic Flute

    Mozart: The Magic Flute

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    Since it's premiere in a tiny suburban theatre in Vienna, Die Zauberflote has delighted audiences young and old for over 200 years. Mozart's...

    Mozart: The Magic Flute
  • 1984
    Strangler vs Strangler

    Strangler vs Strangler

    Strangler vs Strangler

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    When it comes to crime, Belgrade is same as any other modern metropolis, except for having its own serial killers. That blank is filled when a flower...

    Strangler vs Strangler
  • 2019
    Lohengrin

    Lohengrin

    Lohengrin

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    After Tristan und Isolde (2016), Parsifal (2017) and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (2018) this is the fourth installment of the exclusive,...

    Lohengrin
  • 2014
    Arabella

    Arabella

    Arabella

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    2014 marks a year of celebration recognizing the 150th birthday year of the German late-Romantic orchestral, operatic and lied master composer,...

    Arabella
  • 2020
    Händel / Mozart: Der Messias

    Händel / Mozart: Der Messias

    Händel / Mozart: Der Messias

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    Known as a creator of astonishing images, stage director and visual artist Robert Wilson delivers a magnificent production of Mozart’s adaption...

    Händel / Mozart: Der Messias
  • 1978
    Amahl and the Night Visitors

    Amahl and the Night Visitors

    Amahl and the Night Visitors

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    One night in Judea, a disabled shepherd boy-turned-beggar and his mother are visited by three strangers. They are the Three Kings, and they are on...

    Amahl and the Night Visitors
  • 2018
    Berg: Wozzeck

    Berg: Wozzeck

    Berg: Wozzeck

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    Based on real events and drawing on Georg Büchner's revolutionary play, Alban Berg's Wozzeck turns a grimly tragic narrative of violence and...

    Berg: Wozzeck
  • 1986
    Otello

    Otello

    Otello

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    Based on Shakespeare's play, Verdi's opera depicts the devastating effects of jealousy, "...the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds...

    Otello