Opera Movies
- 2018
Trouble in Tahiti
Trouble in Tahiti02018HD
Matthew Eberhardt brings 1950s suburbia to life in Leonard Bernstein’s colourful criticism of American consumerism. This performance stars...
- 2017
When the Fern Blooms
When the Fern Blooms02017HD
Part folklore, part opera-ballet, this féerie presents local pagan traditions on the day of the summer solstice and historical events from...
- 2013
Behind the Curtain
Behind the Curtain02013HD
A documentary following two operatic productions at the Madrid Royal Opera House.
- 2013
StraussR: Ariadne auf Naxos
StraussR: Ariadne auf Naxos02013HD
Glyndebourne's wartime history as a home for evacuee children is the ingenious context for a new production of this unclassifiable entertainment in...
- 1979
Falstaff
Falstaff01979HD
Falstaff Gabriel Bacquier · Karan Armstrong Richard Stilwell · Max-René Cosotti · John Lanigan Wiener Philharmoniker ...
- 2005
Maometto secondo
Maometto secondo02005HD
Maometto II (or Maometto secondo) is an 1820 opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Cesare della Valle. Set in the 1470s...
- 2009
Janacek: Jenufa
Janacek: Jenufa72009HD
"Yenufa" is an outstanding phenomenon in the music of the 20th century. Drawing on Moravian folklore, Janáček faithfully and deeply...
- 2002
Dinorah, or The Pardon of Ploërmel
Dinorah, or The Pardon of Ploërmel02002HD
Giacomo Meyerbeer's pastoral opera,based on a Breton tale, is the tale of DINORAH who has gone mad because her bridegroom Hoël has disappeared...
- 2021
Rudi Stephan: Die ersten Menschen
Rudi Stephan: Die ersten Menschen02021HD
The 2021 production by the Dutch National Opera of the work by German composer Rudi Stephan (1887–1915) "Die ersten Menschen" ("The First...
- 1988
Lehár: The Merry Widow
Lehár: The Merry Widow01988HD
Turn of the century Paris provides the glittering setting for this light hearted tale of political and amorous intrigue amidst the gaiety of Parisian...
- 2020
Beethoven: Fidelio (Garsington Opera)
Beethoven: Fidelio (Garsington Opera)02020HD
Suspecting her missing husband to be held as a political prisoner, a noblewoman disguises herself as a male prison guard. She discovers him weakened...
- 1982
The Metropolitan Opera - Wagner: Tannhäuser
The Metropolitan Opera - Wagner: Tannhäuser01982HD
As renowned for its harmonious overture as for its romantic storybook characters, this three-act masterwork features some of the composer’s...
- 1984
Monteverdi - L'Incoronazione Di Poppea
Monteverdi - L'Incoronazione Di Poppea01984HD
This is a finely tuned opera with music by the Italian composer, Claudio Monteverdi, libretto by G. E. Busenello, and the fine voices of contralto...
- 2011
Mozart Don Giovanni
Mozart Don Giovanni02011HD
Don Juan sins with his servant and is doomed in this tragicomic opera.
- 2011
The Magic Flute: Metropolitan Opera
The Magic Flute: Metropolitan Opera82011HD
The Magic Flute has delighted audiences of all ages for centuries. Julie Taymor's dazzling English-language production brings one of Mozart s...
- 2010
Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]
Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]02010HD
When this sumptuous production by Giancarlo del Monaco opened in 1995, legendary tenor Plácido Domingo gave a riveting performance as the...
- 2007
Silhouette/Shadow
Silhouette/Shadow02007HD
First film by Nobel Prize laureate Gao Xingjian.
- 2019
The Tale Of Tsar Saltan
The Tale Of Tsar Saltan02019HD
Tsar Saltan marries the youngest of three sisters, having heard that it is her dearest wish to present him with a heroic son and heir. Her jealous...
- 2011
Strauss R: Salome
Strauss R: Salome02011HD
This highly acclaimed production of Strauss Salome from the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden is staged by German director Nikolaus Lenhoff. Starring Angela...
- 2016
The Golden Cockerel
The Golden Cockerel02016HD
‘A beautiful song – a shame that it shows such disrespect to the Mayor!’ This remark from the score of The Golden Cockerel...