Opera Movies

  • 1984
    Der Rosenkavalier

    Der Rosenkavalier

    Der Rosenkavalier

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    A production of Strauss' opera 'Der Rosenkavalier' performed at the Saltzburg Festival in 1984. Includes the Vienna State Opera Choir, the Philharmoni...

    Der Rosenkavalier
  • 1985
    Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera

    Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera

    Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera

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    The creative processes of avant-garde composer Philip Glass and progressive director/designer Robert Wilson are examined in this film. It documents th...

    Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera
  • 1944
    Carmen

    Carmen

    Carmen

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    Carmen is a French-Italian musical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Viviane Romance, Jean Marais, and Lucien Coëdel. It is a versio...

    Carmen
  • 2018
    Benvenuto Cellini

    Benvenuto Cellini

    Benvenuto Cellini

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    The Florentine sculptor and silversmith Benvenuto Cellini rapidly attained a degree of renown that went beyond the confines of Italy. Invariably embro...

    Benvenuto Cellini
  • 1992
    The Ride to the Abyss

    The Ride to the Abyss

    The Ride to the Abyss

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    ‘La course à l’abîme’ is a depiction of the final ride into hell from ‘La Damnation de Faust’ (1846) by Hector Berlioz.

    The Ride to the Abyss
  • 2013
    Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide / Iphigenie en Tauride

    Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide / Iphigenie en Tauride

    Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide / Iphigenie en Tauride

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    Before the Trojan War, Agamemnon gathered the Greek armies at the port of Aulis. The goddess Diane sent unfavorable winds to prevent the Greeks from s...

    Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide / Iphigenie en Tauride
  • 2014
    Einstein on the Beach

    Einstein on the Beach

    Einstein on the Beach

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    This seminal work of avant-garde opera from composer Philip Glass and director Robert Wilson arrives full-circle, coming to France, the site of its 19...

    Einstein on the Beach
  • 2007
    Verdi: La Traviata

    Verdi: La Traviata

    Verdi: La Traviata

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    Live from La Scala Saturday 07 July 2007. In this live performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, Violetta, a courtesan much wooed by Parisian society, or...

    Verdi: La Traviata
  • 2001
    Macbeth

    Macbeth

    Macbeth

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    This hard-edged postmodern production of Giuseppe Verdi's haunting masterpiece brings the story of Shakespeare's bloody tragedy to vivid life, charact...

    Macbeth
  • 1935
    I Dream Too Much

    I Dream Too Much

    I Dream Too Much

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    Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled evening, the couple marries. Sincerely falling in love,...

    I Dream Too Much
  • 2014
    Brokeback Mountain

    Brokeback Mountain

    Brokeback Mountain

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    A tragic and secretive romance ensues over many years after two men meet while herding sheep on Brokeback Mountain in this opera based on Annie Proulx...

    Brokeback Mountain
  • 2023
    Lili Elbe

    Lili Elbe

    Lili Elbe

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    The painter Lili Elbe was the first person to have gender confirmation surgery in the 1930s. The homonymous opera is a glimpse into the life of Lili E...

    Lili Elbe
  • 1973
    Otello

    Otello

    Otello

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    Herbert von Karajan directed this film of Verdi’s Shakespearan masterpiece as well as conducting the Berlin Philharmonic. As the tragic Moor of Venice...

    Otello
  • 2017
    Sarah Plays a Werewolf

    Sarah Plays a Werewolf

    Sarah Plays a Werewolf

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    17-year old Sarah, filled with adolescent angst, is an extreme person who in her rehearsals with a theatre group is transformed until she is almost in...

    Sarah Plays a Werewolf
  • 2017
    Verdi: Nabucco

    Verdi: Nabucco

    Verdi: Nabucco

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    The legendary Plácido Domingo brings another new baritone role to the Met under the baton of his longtime collaborator James Levine. Liudmyla Monastyr...

    Verdi: Nabucco
  • 1982
    Yes, Giorgio

    Yes, Giorgio

    Yes, Giorgio

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    A famous opera singer, Giorgio Fini, loses his voice during an American tour. He goes to a female throat specialist, Pamela Taylor, whom he falls in l...

    Yes, Giorgio
  • 2010
    Bizet: Carmen

    Bizet: Carmen

    Bizet: Carmen

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    Richard Eyre’s stunning new production of Bizet’s opera was the talk of the town when it was unveiled on New Year’s Eve 2009. Elīna Garanča leads the...

    Bizet: Carmen
  • 1953
    The Beggar's Opera

    The Beggar's Opera

    The Beggar's Opera

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    Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.

    The Beggar's Opera
  • 1976
    Lakmé

    Lakmé

    Lakmé

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    Opera Australia's 1976 production of Lakmé, an opera in three acts by Léo Delibes, with a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille. Set i...

    Lakmé
  • 2002
    Turandot

    Turandot

    Turandot

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    Valery Gergiev leads the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in this production of Puccini's opera, recorded live at the Salzburger Festspiele in 2002. Davi...

    Turandot