Movies

  • 1984
    Amadeus

    Amadeus

    Amadeus

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    Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young...

    Amadeus
  • 1996
    Les contes d'Hoffmann - Teatro alla Scalla

    Les contes d'Hoffmann - Teatro alla Scalla

    Les contes d'Hoffmann - Teatro alla Scalla

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    Jacques Offenbach's opera Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffman) shown in the Teatro alla Scalla

    Les contes d'Hoffmann - Teatro alla Scalla
  • 1990
    Semiramide

    Semiramide

    Semiramide

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    In ancient Babylon, SEMIRAMIDE (Anderson) encourages her lover Assur (Ramey) to murder her husband, King Ninus. Her son, Ninius, disappears, believed...

    Semiramide
  • 1996
    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary

    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary

    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary

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    This tribute to James Levine, first shown on PBS, was only part of that glorious evening. Here we have the whole performance, up to three hours. I...

    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
  • 2009
    The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine

    The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine

    The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine

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    This elegant romance is the least-known work of the mature Giacomo Puccini . The story concerns a kept woman who defies convention to chase a dream...

    The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine
  • 1984
    Il viaggio a Reims

    Il viaggio a Reims

    Il viaggio a Reims

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    The historic 1984 revival performance of Il viaggio a Reims was the first time in over 150 years the opera was performed. Set in a luxurious hotel in...

    Il viaggio a Reims
  • 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
  • 1989
    Mefistofele

    Mefistofele

    Mefistofele

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    1989 recording of the San Francisco Opera production of Mefistofele: Boito's retelling of Goethe's Faust

    Mefistofele
  • 1993
    I Lombardi - The Met

    I Lombardi - The Met

    I Lombardi - The Met

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    James Levine’s love for this seldom-heard score infuses every measure of Verdi’s music. Superstar Luciano Pavarotti heads the cast as the...

    I Lombardi - The Met
  • 1993
    On the Town

    On the Town

    On the Town

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    A concert performance of Leonard Bernstein's "On the Town" performed at the Barbican Centre in London in 1993, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas and...

    On the Town
  • 1989
    Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung (The Met)

    Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung (The Met)

    Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung (The Met)

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    Bela Bartok's and Arnold Schoenberg's haunting excursions into the nightmare of the unconscious.

    Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung (The Met)
  • 1991
    Attila

    Attila

    Attila

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    Live from La Scala 1991

    Attila
  • 1992
    Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress

    Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress

    Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress

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    The Rake's Progress is an English-language opera from 1951 in three acts and an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, written by W. H. Auden and...

    Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress
  • 2007
    Natalie Dessay & Rolando Villazón - Massenet: Manon

    Natalie Dessay & Rolando Villazón - Massenet: Manon

    Natalie Dessay & Rolando Villazón - Massenet: Manon

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    Natalie Dessay and Rolando Villazón bring Jules Massenet's classic opera to the stage in this dazzling production. In 18th-century France,...

    Natalie Dessay & Rolando Villazón - Massenet: Manon
  • 1987
    Macbeth

    Macbeth

    Macbeth

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    This production of Giuseppi Verdi's opera based on Macbeth, the famed play by William Shakespeare, is a musical succès d'estime but falls...

    Macbeth
  • 2015
    Turandot - Wichita Grand Opera

    Turandot - Wichita Grand Opera

    Turandot - Wichita Grand Opera

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    Wichita Grand Opera opens a new production of Puccini’s masterpiece Turandot on Friday, August 28, 2015, at 7pm in WGO’s home theater of...

    Turandot - Wichita Grand Opera
  • 2000
    Don Quichotte

    Don Quichotte

    Don Quichotte

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    Don Quichotte (Don Quixote) is an opera in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Caïn. It was first performed on 19 February...

    Don Quichotte
  • 1995
    Faust

    Faust

    Faust

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    1995 recorded performance of Charles Gounod's Faust at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, with conductor John Nelson.

    Faust
  • 1976
    New York City Opera: The Barber of Seville

    New York City Opera: The Barber of Seville

    New York City Opera: The Barber of Seville

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    Performed at the Lincoln Center. Conducted by Sarah Caldwell. The staging and costuming explicitly telegraphed the characters. For example, Rosina...

    New York City Opera: The Barber of Seville