maybe not opera performance

by bderoes-12985 | created - 13 Oct 2020 | updated - 08 Jul 2022 | Public

These titles have "libretto" or "librettist" on their Cast/Crew page, but are not operas. Or they are exceptions on the filmog of an opera cast member. Or they are a concert version of an opera. Or I just couldn't say they _were_ opera.[wip]

from Wikipedia: "The Spanish words libretista (playwright, script writer or screenwriter) and libreto (script or screen play), which are used in the Hispanic TV and cinema industry, derived their meanings from the original operatic sense." The English spelling is used on IMDb crew credits. Ballet also uses the term libretto for the written story of the work.

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3. A Night in Venice (1953)

76 min | Musical, Comedy, Romance

Crossover love during the Carnival of Venice. Annina, a fisher girl, is in love with Coramello, the personal barber and handyman of the Duke of Urbino, but she suspects that he cheats on ... See full summary »

Director: Georg Wildhagen | Stars: Hans Olden, Jeanette Schultze, Peter Pasetti, Marianne Schönauer

Votes: 19

4. Jump the Broom: A Musical (2009)

31 min | Short, Musical

JUMP THE BROOM is a narrative musical film short about a beautiful, fun loving, free spirited young women named AYANA, who is finally settling down and getting married today. She has chosen... See full summary »

Director: Kena Tangi Dorsey | Stars: Renée Elise Goldsberry, Brandon DeShazer, Lamman Rucker, Vanessa Paul

Votes: 16

5. Cherry Town (1963)

92 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

The title of the film (literally "Cherry Town") refers to new towns or neighborhoods based on middle-class urban development, where every block of houses looks exactly the same as the next.... See full summary »

Director: Gerbert Rappaport | Stars: Olga Zabotkina, Vladimir Vasilyev, Marina Khotuntseva, Gennadiy Bortnikov

Votes: 122

7. Der Hauptbahnhof (2018)

72 min | Documentary

An online documentary available on Vimeo portraying the process of creating "Der Hauptbahnhof", a temporary art installation built by the Wanderzirkus collective for the AfrikaBurn Festival in the Tankwa Karoo, South Africa.

Director: Jordi Garcia Rodriguez | Stars: Soheyla Banahan, Sascha Baridhara, Patrick Baumhöfer, Tom Baumhöfer

Votes: 11

11. The Mikado (1939)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Musical

The son of the Mikado of Japan, a wandering minstrel, falls for a girl who is engaged to her guardian.

Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Kenny Baker, John Barclay, Martyn Green, Sydney Granville

Votes: 826

12. Die Fledermaus (1937)

103 min | Comedy

Film adaptation of Johann Strauß's operetta "Die Fledermaus" transposed to the year 1937.

Directors: Paul Verhoeven, Hans H. Zerlett | Stars: Lída Baarová, Hans Söhnker, Friedl Czepa, Jola Jobst

Votes: 29

13. Joseph Balsamo (1973– )

255 min | Crime

Balsamo, a scoundrel with the gift of mesmerism, seeks to gain power in the French court in the days before the Revolution.

Stars: Jean Marais, Udo Kier, Guy Tréjan, Louise Marleau

Votes: 91

14. Die Fledermaus (1946)

100 min | Comedy, Romance

The plot from the famous Johann Strauss operetta adapted as a comedy film with most of the songs left out.

Director: Géza von Bolváry | Stars: Marte Harell, Johannes Heesters, Will Dohm, Willy Fritsch

Votes: 122

18. Cavalleria rusticana (1939)

72 min | Drama, Musical

Young Tiruddu returns home to his Sicilian village after completing his military service to find his fiancée, Lola, married to a rich and possessive businessman. But Lola soon provokes her former beau and Tiruddu succumbs to her charms. Santuzza, who is in love with Tiruddu is quick to inform the husband of Lola's infidelity.

Director: Amleto Palermi | Stars: Isa Pola, Carlo Ninchi, Doris Duranti, Leonardo Cortese

Votes: 30

20. Tosca (1941)

105 min | Drama, Musical

Non-musical account of Puccini's opera: Tosca and Cavaradossi are in love, but the tyrant Scarpia desires Tosca and oppresses Cavaradossi who is fighting for freedom.

Directors: Carl Koch, Jean Renoir | Stars: Imperio Argentina, Michel Simon, Rossano Brazzi, Carla Candiani

Votes: 118

23. Bluebeard's Castle (1963 TV Movie)

63 min | Drama, Musical

Based on the Bela Bartok opera. Bluebeard woos his women and then swiftly disposes of them.

Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Norman Foster, Ana Raquel Satre

Votes: 187

24. Sylvia (2007 TV Special)

117 min | Music, Musical

Darcey Bussell and Roberto Bolle star in Frederick Ashton's Sylvia, restored to the splendour of its elegant and opulent three-act form for the 75th anniversary celebrations of The Royal ... See full summary »

Director: Ross MacGibbon | Stars: Darcey Bussell, Roberto Bolle, Thiago Soares, Martin Harvey

Votes: 8

25. En herrgårdssägen (1989 TV Movie)

75 min

About a young woman's struggle to save student Gunnar Hede from his mental illness, where he is trapped behind depression and angst.

Director: Bengt Wennehorst-Norrman | Stars: Johanna Björnson, Martin Leander, Gerd Andersson, Gunnel Broström

26. Pod kryshami Monmartra (1975)

137 min | Comedy, Musical

Based on an operetta by Kálmán, Emmerich "Das Veilchen vom Montmartre" which in turn was inspired by Puccini's "La bohème". This is a story of three struggling artists: a painter, a poet, ... See full summary »

Director: Vladimir Gorikker | Stars: Evgeniya Simonova, Valentina Smelkova, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Igor Starygin

Votes: 50

31. The Nutcracker (I) (1994 Video)

101 min | Music

This is a revival of a production first staged in Russia in 1934, before the complete "Nutcracker" was ever performed in the United States. It was choreographed by Vassili Vainonen, and was... See full synopsis »

Director: Yvon Gérault | Stars: Larisa Lezhnina, Viktor Baranov, Piotr Russanov, Gennadi Babanin

Votes: 31

32. Madison Avenue, the Subliminal Movie (2018)

Not Rated | 90 min | Animation

Alice enters the wacky world of advertising and meets the secretary extraordinaire, Honeydew Plushbottom and her boss, J. Quinby IV, as they pursue the new business account Leonard's Lemonade.

Director: Paul Streitz | Stars: Nicole Sislian, Bill Goodman, Chrysten Peddie, Michael Ford

33. Not on the Lips (2003)

115 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A romantic musical story having the vibes both France and USA.

Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Sabine Azéma, Isabelle Nanty, Audrey Tautou, Pierre Arditi

Votes: 1,686

38. Sadko (1953)

79 min | Adventure, Fantasy

Arriving home to find his native land under the yoke of corrupt merchants, an adventurer named Sadko sets sail in search of a mythical bird of happiness.

Director: Aleksandr Ptushko | Stars: Sergey Stolyarov, Alla Larionova, Ninel Myshkova, B. Surovtsev

Votes: 1,228

41. La intrusa (1987– )

60 min | Drama

The spoiled and insensitive Estrella de Rossi comes across a humble girl, Virginia, who is her spitting image; almost immediately she comes up with a game and, as a bit of mischief, she ... See full summary »

Stars: Mariela Alcalá, Víctor Cámara, Franklin Vírgüez, Rosita Quintana

Votes: 23

44. La marca del deseo (2007– )

45 min | Romance

Colombian soap opera in which five women share the same fate and curse, inflicted by the wife of their unfaithful father.

Stars: Stephanie Cayo, Mimi Morales, Juan Alfonso Baptista, Marcelo Buquet

Votes: 67

48. Milagros de amor (2002– )

Miguel Abril is a womanizer who just married gets into trouble and fleeing to a town takes the identity of a murdered priest. In town he falls in love with a beautiful widowed mother named Milagros and she from him.

Stars: Sarah Mintz, Gregorio Pernía, Edmundo Troya, Carlos Humberto Camacho

Votes: 14

49. Guerra de Idolos (2017)

TV-14 | Drama, Musical

Take a look at Telemundo's highly-anticipated new drama, 'Guerra de Ídolos' (Price of Fame), the brand-new Telemundo musical drama series that tells the story of superstar Julian César ... See full summary »

Stars: Alberto Guerra, Maria León, Alejandro de la Madrid, Juan Pablo Medina

Votes: 111

51. Die lustige Witwe (1962)

Not Rated | 110 min | Musical

Franz Lehár's Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) has, since its premier in Vienna in 1905, remained one of the most popular, entertaining repertoire operetta mainstays to have ... See full summary »

Director: Werner Jacobs | Stars: Peter Alexander, Karin Hübner, Gunther Philipp, Maurice Teynac

Votes: 61

52. Wonders Are Many (2007)

Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary

A documentary on the making of Dr. Atomic, a modern opera about the making of the atomic bomb.

Director: Jon Else | Stars: John Adams, Peter Sellars, Gerald Finley, Thomas Glenn

Votes: 54

53. Die Csardasfürstin (1951)

93 min | Musical, Romance

Famous star Sylva Varescu turns her adorers heads in great numbers, leaving them behind with broken hearts. But when she falls for Edwin von Weylersheim and he for her, his family objects ... See full summary »

Director: Georg Jacoby | Stars: Marika Rökk, Johannes Heesters, Hubert Marischka, Walter Müller

Votes: 53

56. My Favourite Opera (1991)

58 min | Documentary

Top opera stars pick their favourite opera.

Stars: Ruggero Raimondi, Barbara Hendricks, Katia Ricciarelli, Gabriel Bacquier

57. Flagermusen (1968 TV Movie)

85 min | Musical

Grand TV-adaptation of Johan Strauss' famous operetta with a plentiful of passionate dances, ballet and waltz.

Director: John Price | Stars: Poul Reichhardt, Birgitte Price, Ellen Winther Lembourn, Susse Wold

Votes: 7

58. Nico: Sphinx aus Eis (2005)

74 min | Musical

An art and music performance presenting fragments from the pop art icon Nico's life. Muse and goddess. Blending fact with fiction.

Director: Nina Gühlstorff | Stars: Sabine Brohm, Barabara Hoehne, Stefanie Jonas, Martin Wölfel

59. Gayane (1979 TV Movie)

150 min | Drama, Musical

Aram Khachaturyan's ballet about a love story on a kolkhoz (collective farm) in Soviet Armenia.

Stars: Larisa Tuisova, Gennady Gorbanev, Alexander Rumyantsev, Maris Korystin

60. Doña Bella (2010–2011)

Drama

Bella Cepeda is a beautiful young woman who is in love with her childhood friend, Antonio Segovia, a member of a prominent conservative family. As a consequence of her unequal social ... See full summary »

Stars: Zharick León, Fabián Ríos, Marcelo Buquet, Daniel Arenas

Votes: 42

61. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)

R | 110 min | Drama, Thriller

64 Metascore

After her sex offender husband gets caught in the act and kills himself, an embittered pregnant widow loses her child, and embarks on a mission of vengeance against one of her husband's victims and the woman's family.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Annabella Sciorra, Rebecca De Mornay, Matt McCoy, Ernie Hudson

Votes: 48,910 | Gross: $88.04M

62. Ciboulette (1933)

85 min | Comedy, Musical

Duparquet is the controller of Les Halles, and plays matchmaker between the young farm-girl Ciboulette and Antonin, a young spoiled aristocrat.

Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Simone Berriau, Robert Burnier, Dranem, André Urban

Votes: 18

no opera singers

63. Im weißen Rößl (1935)

89 min | Musical

Several guests arrive during high season at the Weissen Rössl (White Horse) Inn, a picturesque Austrian inn by a lake. Josefa, the landlady, is particularly pleased to see one of them again... See full summary »

Director: Karel Lamac | Stars: Christl Mardayn, Hermann Thimig, Willi Schaeffers, Annie Markart

Votes: 31

no opera singers

64. Musical: The Online Musical (2010– )

122 min | Comedy, Musical

Henry Decker discovers that his entire life is a musical and he's the only one who knows it. When he accidentally causes the death of the lead, he must stop the evil Lord Volcano from turning the town into his foot fetish palace.

Stars: Erin Avery, Ryan Campbell, Jason Carpenter, Happy Chijioke

65. La Bohème (II) (2009)

4 min | Documentary, Short, Music

Part of a series of opera shorts by different directors. Herzog combines O Soave Fanciulla ("Oh you vision of beauty" from Puccini's La Boheme) with images of harsh life in Africa.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Peter Auty, Mary Plazas

Votes: 253

no: single song

66. The Rogue Song (1930)

104 min | Musical, Romance

In tsarist Russia, a princess falls for a dashing bandit leader, but their romance proves a stormy one.

Directors: Lionel Barrymore, Hal Roach | Stars: Lawrence Tibbett, Catherine Dale Owen, Nance O'Neil, Judith Vosselli

Votes: 212

no: musical

67. Pasión prohibida (2013)

TV-14 | Drama, Romance

A young woman married to a wealthy old man falls in love with his young son.

Stars: Jencarlos Canela, Mónica Spear, Roberto Vander, Rebecca Jones

Votes: 315

68. The Csardas Princess (1934)

95 min | Musical, Romance

Sylva Varescu is an operetta singer performing Kálmán's Die Czardasfürstin through Europe with great success. Before going to Vienna she meets handsome Prinz Weylerstein and they fall in ... See full summary »

Director: Georg Jacoby | Stars: Mártha Eggerth, Hans Söhnker, Paul Kemp, Inge List

Votes: 31

69. The White Horse Inn (1960)

103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

In the white Rössl.

Director: Werner Jacobs | Stars: Peter Alexander, Waltraut Haas, Karin Dor, Adrian Hoven

Votes: 470

71. Great Performances (1971– )
Episode: Crazy for You (1999)

TV-G | Music, Musical

Bobby Child, scion of a New York banking family (and also a talented song-and-dance man), is sent by his mother to foreclose the Gaiety Theatre in Deadrock, Nevada. Once there, however, he ... See full summary »

Director: Matthew Diamond | Stars: Bruce Adler, Lori Alexander, Jeb Brown, Jane Connell

Votes: 159

no. Gershwin musical

72. Countess Mariza (1932)

115 min

When Gräfin Mariza visits her country estate it is certainly an event. She gives a party to celebrate her engagement to a certain Koloman Zsupan, who unexpectedly shows up. Her ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Dorothea Wieck, Hubert Marischka, Charlotte Ander, Ferdinand von Alten

Votes: 22

73. The Merry Widow (1934)

Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

When a small kingdom's main taxpayer leaves for Paris, its king dispatches a dashing count to win back her allegiance.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton, Marcel Vallée

Votes: 3,257

75. Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre (2013)

132 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

A spectacular special event edition of Swan Lake in 3-D starring Ekaterina Kondaurova and Natalia Vodianova, model, actress, and storyteller, was recorded and broadcast live from the ... See full summary »

Director: Ross MacGibbon | Stars: Mariinsky Ballet, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Ekaterina Kondaurova

Votes: 25

76. Peter and The Wolf (2006)

G | 32 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

An animated retelling set to Prokofiev's suite.

Director: Suzie Templeton

Votes: 4,322

77. Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure (2006)

G | 78 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

When his Granny comes down with a mysterious ailment, Franklin and his friends must search for the treasure of Turtle Lake. This is said to be a talisman that can cure the illness.

Director: Dominique Monfery | Stars: Louise Cheka, Kevin Sommier, Ariane Aggiage, Isabelle Volpe

Votes: 242

78. Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs (1991 TV Movie)

30 min | Drama

A loose and fantastical story dealing with the relationship between Mozart and his father, and at one point, also pokes fun at the charges of plagiarism leveled against him by some of his critics.

Directors: Pat Gavin, Jeremy Newson | Stars: Ute Lemper, David Thomas, Julian Glover, Tony Rohr

Votes: 74

80. Where the Wild Things Are (1984 TV Movie)

40 min | Musical

An operatic adaptation of the 1963 Caldecott-winning classic book.

Director: Christopher Swann | Stars: Karen Beardsley, Bernard Bennet, Perry Davey, Brian Dewhurst

Votes: 18

81. Nacho Libre (2006)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Family, Sport

52 Metascore

Berated all his life by those around him, a monk follows his dream and dons a mask to moonlight as a Luchador (Mexican wrestler).

Director: Jared Hess | Stars: Jack Black, Ana de la Reguera, Héctor Jiménez, Darius Rose

Votes: 94,037 | Gross: $80.20M

82. The Bohemian Girl (1936)

Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Musical

A band of Gypsies is camped outside the walls of Count Arnheim's palace. Oliver's wife kidnaps the Count's daughter Arline, then leaves the child and runs off with her lover, Devilshoof. ... See full summary »

Directors: James W. Horne, Charley Rogers, Hal Roach | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Thelma Todd, Antonio Moreno

Votes: 2,239

84. The Pirates of Penzance (1980 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 122 min | Comedy, Musical

A young man named Frederick leaves the zany band of pirates he was raised by to find true love and respectability, but when the Pirate King turns up to call on an old debt, Frederick must ... See full summary »

Directors: Wilford Leach, Joshua White | Stars: Kevin Kline, G. Eugene Moose, Rex Smith, Patricia Routledge

Votes: 450

85. Love Never Dies (II) (2012)

Not Rated | 121 min | Drama, Music, Musical

10 years has passed since a fire broke out in Paris, leaving only a mask behind - As the love story continues in Coney Island, NY, The Phantom's undying love has grown for the soprano ... See full summary »

Directors: Brett Sullivan, Simon Phillips | Stars: Ben Lewis, Anna O'Byrne, María Mercedes, Simon Gleeson

Votes: 3,144

86. The Gondoliers (1982 TV Movie)

Comedy, Musical

Marco and Giuseppe marry their sweethearts Gianetta and Tessa, but neither couple is allowed to leave for their honeymoon, because there is a problem. They are informed that one of the ... See full summary »

Director: Dave Heather | Stars: Eric Shilling, Anne Collins, Francis Egerton, Tom McDonnell

Votes: 41

87. Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)

Passed | 110 min | Musical, Romance

Steve Raleigh wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee, however his wife Caroline Whipple forces Steve to use a known star, not a... See full summary »

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Binnie Barnes

Votes: 1,357

88. Chicago (2002)

PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical

81 Metascore

Two death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer's attention.

Director: Rob Marshall | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Taye Diggs

Votes: 243,366 | Gross: $170.69M

Hispanic TV

90. Three Penny Opera (1963)

124 min | Drama, Musical

The Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds out, he instructs the police chief Brown to arrest and hang Macheath. If not, all the beggars of Soho will disturb the upcoming coronation.

Director: Wolfgang Staudte | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Hildegard Knef, Gert Fröbe, Hilde Hildebrand

Votes: 210

92. El padrecito (1964)

130 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A new priest comes to a little town causing discomfort to parishioners.

Director: Miguel M. Delgado | Stars: Cantinflas, Ángel Garasa, Rosa María Vázquez, José Elías Moreno

Votes: 948

94. Broadway Gondolier (1935)

Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Dick Purcell is an American taxi driver who wants to become a singer promoting cheese products. Oddly he thinks the way to do it is to become a gondolier from Venice. Along the way he sings and woos a sassy secretary Alice.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Adolphe Menjou, Louise Fazenda

Votes: 351

96. Squareheads of the Round Table (1948)

Approved | 18 min | Short, Comedy

Set in Arthurian times, the Stooges decide to help their friend Cedric the Blacksmith win the hand of the fair princess Elaine. At night the group sneaks into the castle to serenade Elaine,... See full summary »

Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Christine McIntyre

Votes: 448

98. The Devil's Brother (1933)

Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Musical

Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman who secretly masquerades as notorious outlaw Fra Diavolo.

Directors: Hal Roach, Charley Rogers | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dennis King, Thelma Todd

Votes: 2,092

99. Vienna Blood (1942)

106 min | Comedy, Music

Count Wolkersheim attends the 1815 Vienna Congress to negotiate,to the Countess joy. Political concerns and music mix in a waltzing city, their apparently opposite attitudes testing their love. Will she behave or will he learn to waltz?

Director: Willi Forst | Stars: Willy Fritsch, Maria Holst, Hans Moser, Theo Lingen

Votes: 167

100. Swan Lake (1982 TV Movie)

137 min | Fantasy, Music, Romance

The Royal Ballet's 1980 production of Tchaikovsky's classic ballet.

Stars: Natalia Makarova, Anthony Dowell, Michael Coleman, Sandra Conley

Votes: 41



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