Tag: opera

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of...

Largo al factotum

A silent black-and-white comedy inspired by the fizzing rollercoaster of...

Toscanini in His Own Words

This film is a docufiction on the great Toscanini directed...

The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine

This elegant romance is the least-known work of the mature...

L'Enfant et les Sortilèges

The 1987 Glyndebourne production of Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges,...

Valkyrie Limited

The documentary draws a portrait of an opera director who...

Pfitzner: Palestrina

Requiring 38 soloists, chorus, and large orchestra, Hans Pfitzner's "Palestrina"...

Saint François d'Assise

Messiaen's breathtakingly intense opera on the life of St Francis...

Déjà vu

Famous opera singer Dmitry Hvorostovsky performs live songs from his...

La Sonnambula

Just as a young woman is about to marry her...

The Tsarina's Slippers

Live from ROH 2009, TV relay 1/12/2009.

Wagner: Lohengrin

Wagner's Lohengrin is the mythical tale of the mysterious Knight...

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

At first glance, the title of Shostakovich’s opera seems to...

Tannhäuser

Die Tote Stadt

"Die tote Stadt" is a psychologically layered drama with Hitchcock-like...

Don Giovanni

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni is performed live at the...

Faszinierende Frauen - Faszinierende Stimmen

Documentary about female opera stars.

Amor, vida de mi vida: Zarzuelas

The many passionate, fiery or lyrical vocal pieces of Spanish...

Janacek: Jenufa

"Yenufa" is an outstanding phenomenon in the music of the...

Die Entführung aus dem Paradies

The man looks back on a turbulent love life, which...

Tristan Und Isolde

The Bayreuth Festival mounted this 2009 production of Richard Wagner's...

'La Bohème' im Hochhaus

The Parthenope

The Parténope is a baroque opera directed by the prestigious...

Farinelli

The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered...