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- DirectorRobert DornhelmStarsAnna NetrebkoRolando VillazónNicole CabellThe opera "La Bohème" is about the tragic love story of Mimí and Rodolfo, set in Paris in the year 1830.
- 2006– Not Rated8.9 (32)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsMaurizio BeniniDeborah VoigtAnne-Carolyn BirdCountry bumpkin Nemorino is desperately in love with Adina, but she barely gives him the time of day. She seems to be smitten with the handsome braggart, Captain Belcore. Perhaps Dr. Dulcamara can spare a magic cure to save the day.
- 2006– Not Rated8.2 (52)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsMarco ArmiliatoNatalie DessayMichael MyersLucia's nerves are already rattled, she's seeing ghosts and all. When her brother forces her to marry and her real boyfriend shows up at the wedding, that does it - she goes right over the edge. Sorry Arturo, she's just not that into you.
- DirectorGary HalvorsonStarsYannick Nézet-SéguinRenée FlemingTrevor ScheunemannIt's a familiar story: Act 1, boy meets girl, goes to jail for her. Act 2, boy is out of jail, girl rewards him with special favors. Act 3, girl is bored already, moving on. Act 4, boy kills girl for ruining his life. We've all been there.
- DirectorClaus VillerStarsGino QuilicoCecilia BartoliDavid Kuebler
- DirectorJean-Louis MartinotyStarsAnita HartigAdam Plachetka
- 2006– Not Rated8.1 (24)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsEdo de WaartPlácido DomingoMary Jo HeathThe aristocratic Marschallin is increasingly aware of things: middle-age is approaching, her beauty is fading, and her young lover Octavian has fallen in love with someone younger and prettier than she. She knew this would happen one day.
- DirectorPeter ManiuraStarsMaria EwingKarl DaymondRebecca Evans
- DirectorFrancesca KempStarsMiah PerssonTopi LehtipuuLuca PisaroniA philosopher demonstrates his theory by entrapping 2 sisters to abandon their recently departed soldier fiances for new men, really their fiances in disguise. Their maid assists in multiple roles, and by encouraging them to stray.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsUlrik ColdJosef KöstlingerIrma UrrilaThe story of the prince Tamino and his zestful sidekick Papageno, who are sent on a mission to save a beautiful princess from the clutches of evil.
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsJames MorrisSiegfried JerusalemEkkehard Wlaschiha'Das Rheingold' tells the story about Alberich's theft of the gold from the Rhine, the forging of the Ring of power and sets off a cascade of events that further develop in the subsequent operas of the Ring Cycle.
- DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsMoira ShearerRobert RounsevilleLudmilla TchérinaA melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsHildegard BehrensSiegfried JerusalemMatti SalminenIn the final opera of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle, the lovers Siegfried and Brünnhilde are torn apart by a pair of royal siblings who use magic and deception to gain their love and the magic ring.
- DirectorSue JuddStarsWill HartmannDorothea RöschmannDiana DamrauOne of the most iconic operas of all time; "The Magic Flute" (Die Zauberflöte) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is about a Prince, Tamino, conquering all odds to be wise and to rescue the daughter, Pamina, of the Queen of the Night. This is one of the best known productions of this opera, in Covent Garden- London 2003. Conducted by Sir Colin Davis, performers include Simon Keenlyside as Papageno, Dorothea Röschmann as Pamina, Will Hartmann as Tamino and the legendary Diana Damrau as the Queen of the Night (Königin Der Nacht).
- DirectorCarroll BallardStarsHugh Duncan Bigney MitchellVanessa SharpPatricia BarkerThe colorful holiday classic is brought to the big screen, designed by famed children's story author and artist Maurice Sendak, and written to be as close to the original story. Based on the Pacific Northwest Ballet's original production.
- DirectorKirk BrowningStarsIleana CotrubasFrederica von StadeLoretta Di FrancoReturning home from the Trojan Wars during a storm, Idomeneo, the king of Crete, vows to sacrifice to Neptune (the Greek god Poseidon) the first living creature he meets ashore in return for his own safety. The first person he sees turns out to be his own son Idamante, and Idomeneo attempts to escape from fulfilling his vow. Idamante, meanwhile, is loved by orphaned prisoner Ilia and by the jealous Electra. Who will be sacrificed, and who will stay with Idamante?
- DirectorKirk BrowningStarsRenata ScottoPlácido DomingoPablo ElviraThe Chevalier des Grieux meets and seduces the young Manon when she is being escorted by her brother to a convent. Manon lives with des Grieux in Paris, but leaves him for a rich admirer. She is later arrested, charged with prostitution, and deported to Louisiana.
- DirectorHugo MacgregorStarsFrancesca HaywardPeter WrightThe magical world of The Nutcracker. For the first time in many years, the Royal Ballet has given full access behind the scenes for a landmark 90-minute documentary as they prepare for this season's yuletide production.
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsJosé CuraDmitri HvorostovskyYvonne Naef
- DirectorJean-Pierre PonnelleStarsIngvar WixellEdita GruberovaLuciano PavarottiThe Duke lives the high life. The court jester taunts too well. Revenge has unintended consequences both times it is attempted.
- DirectorBenoît JacquotStarsAngela GheorghiuRoberto AlagnaRuggero RaimondiBenoit Jacquot reinvents the way we view opera in this magnificent production of Puccini's story of Tosca's love for the painter Cavaradossi and the intervention of Scarpia.
- DirectorMarc StoneStarsColin AinsworthCyril AuvityLuciana CalvetIn his position as the king's composer, Jean Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) created the opera Persée for Louis XIV. The opera was considered the crowning achievement of 17th century French music theatre and was widely recognized as Lully's greatest work. Filled with dancing, fight scenes, monsters and special effects, this truly spectacular music drama recounts the thrilling story of Perseus, son of Zeus and heroic vanquisher of the snake-haired Gorgon Medusa. More than half a century after its premiere, Louis XV chose "Persée" to open the new Royal Opera House at the Chateau de Versailles, an event that formed part of the celebrations for the future Louis XVI's marriage to Marie Antoinette. Recorded live at the Elgin Theatre, Toronto in April 2004, this staging is a dazzling spectacle of gods and goddesses, dancing scenes, flying machines and monsters with fight scenes and special effects inspired by designs from the original 17th century performance. The excellent singer-actors and the "Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir" are leading specialists in early music.
- DirectorPetr WeiglStarsMagda VásáryováMilan KnazkoPremysl Kocí
- DirectorFrançois RoussillonStarsBernard RichterStéphanie d'OustracEmmanuelle de NégriAtys is a 'tragédie en musique' in a prelude and five acts. It was premiered at the royal court in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, January 10, 1676. Although this opera was met with indifference by the Parisian audience, it became known as "the king's opera" because of King Louis XIV's love for it.
- 1977– 2h 29m8.4 (31)TV EpisodeDirectorBrian LargeStarsKatia RicciarelliWilliam WildermannJudith BlegenRiccardo, governor of Boston at the end of the 17th century, falls in love with Amelia, wife of Renato, his secretary and intimate friend. Amelia returns Riccardo's love, but is discovered by her husband. At a masked ball Renato kills Riccardo, who, as he lies dying, declares Amelia's innocence and forgives Renato. An opera in 3 acts.
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsYelena ObraztsovaPlácido DomingoRenato BrusonTurridu is spotted by his wife, Santuzza, returning from the home of his lover, Lola. He is also seen on the road by Lola's husband, Alfio. While he suspects nothing, Santuzza knows exactly what's happened. Ever loyal, though, she decides to confront her husband instead of telling Alfio.
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsTeresa StratasPlácido DomingoJuan PonsThe story is set in southern Italy and recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clown in a commedia dell'arte troupe, his wife Nedda, and her lover, Silvio.
- DirectorClaus VillerStarsAngela DenningDaphne EvangelatosWalter BerryWhen the Prince changes places with his valet, Dandini, so he can discover the true nature of the ladies' hearts, he meets Cenerentola and they fall in love at first sight.
- DirectorKirk BrowningStarsRichard VernonLeontyne PriceGiuseppe GiacominiLeonora plans to elope with Don Alvaro, but he accidentally shoots and kills her father, who curses them as he dies. The lovers go on the run, but get separated. Bent on revenge, Leonora's brother Don Carlo, hunts them down.
- DirectorKirk BrowningStarsKiri Te KanawaHåkan HagegårdJudith BlegenGabriel Eisenstein was sentenced to a week in jail, but first he plans to attend one last blow-out party before starting jail time. Tipped off to his plans, his wife goes to the party in disguise. How far can he go before he's found out?
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsNeil ShicoffGwendolyn BradleyTatiana TroyanosHoffmann, the eternally romantic poet, looks for love in all the wrong places. His first love is a mechanical doll, his second love is a sickly singer, and his third love is a prostitute. The devil seems to thwart him every time.
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsPaul PlishkaBruno PolaFrank Lopardo
- 2006– 3h 13mNot Rated8.9 (87)TV EpisodeDirectorBrian LargeStarsValery GergievMikhail BaryshnikovBeverly SillsOnegin is young, handsome, rich. And bored. After spurning the naive Tatyana's romantic advances, he publicly flirts with his best friend's fiancée merely to amuse himself, but the prank ends in a duel. Some people just don't get it.
- DirectorGary HalvorsonStarsJames LevineMary Jo HeathZeljko LucicThe witches tell fortunes: Macbeth will be King, Banquo will beget Kings. Macbeth helps the agenda by murdering King Duncan; and, what the heck, Banquo, too. Macbeth takes the crown, Lady Macbeth hosts a dinner; Banquo crashes the event.
- 2006– 4h 9mNot Rated7.4 (16)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsJames LevineEike Wilm SchulteMatti SalminenWagner's supporters say that he took music to new heights of expression here; his detractors say it's the death-knell for melody and structure. It's four hours of aching yearning that does not rest until the last few minutes of the opera.
- 2006– 2h 50mNot Rated8.6 (44)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsMarco ArmiliatoRenée FlemingDonald MaxwellMarie, lost as a baby, was found and raised by the local regiment. Tonio loves her, she loves him, but when her aunt recognizes her, it seems they will never be allowed to be together.
- 2006– 1h 53mNot Rated6.6 (26)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsPatrick SummersDeborah VoigtJoseph KaiserOscar Wilde's scandalous play set to equally outrageous music by Richard Strauss. It caused riots when it opened but has become one of the most-often performed operas around the world.
- 2006– 3h 4mNot Rated7.3 (30)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsGerald FinleySasha CookeEric OwensComposer John Adams re-creates the tension at Los Alamos, 1945, the night before the first atom bomb is tested. Gerald Finley portrays Dr. Oppenheimer; the first act ends with a soul-searching aria, "Batter My Heart." (text by John Dryden).
- DirectorKirk BrowningStarsLuciano PavarottiLeona MitchellRuggero RaimondiFormer nobleman Ernani leads a group of bandits who also help to fight tyranny in France. Alliances shift, and Ernani makes a fatal promise.
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsPeter SlikerBetsy NordenMirella FreniDon Carlo, crown prince of Spain, falls in love with Elisabeth of Valois, originally promised to him but later married to his father King Philip, as part of the terms of a peace treaty between France and Spain. Incited to treason against his father on behalf of the Flemish, and accused of adultery with the queen, Don Carlo is cast into prison. Escaping, he flees to the monastery of St. Just, where Elisabeth comes to bid him farewell. The lovers are surprised by the King and the Grand Inquisitor, but Don Carlo is protected from them when the ghostly Charles V emerges from the tomb and draws him into the cloister.
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsRichard CassillyÉva MartonTatiana TroyanosTannhauser longs for earthly life, rejects Venus, returns to mortal Elisabeth. He's condemned by the Landgrave for his carnality, and sent to Rome. The Pope predicts forgiveness is as likely as his walking stick is of sprouting new shoots.
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsJulia MigenesEvelyn LearKenneth RiegelFormer society matron Lulu has fallen on hard times, and gradually is forced to work her way down the social ladder. At first she's a dancer, then a kept woman, and finally a prostitute. One of her first clients is Jack the Ripper.
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsBirgit NilssonLeonie RysanekMignon DunnElectra, like her brother Orestes and younger sister Chrysothemis, is a child of the Mycenaean king Agamemnon, who went off to the Trojan war for ten years. His queen Clytemnestra took a lover, Aegisthus; when the king returned they murdered him and forced Orestes into exile. The guilty pair now rule, and the daughters have become young women. Chrysothemis is frightened and self-effacing, Electra desiring revenge for her father. Chrysothemis warns her that their mother and Aegisthus plan to imprison her. Then Chrysothemis flees as Clytemnestra staggers in, nearly insane with guilt over the murder of her husband. Electra tells her that she and Aegisthus will be hounded through the palace halls by Orestes with the sacred axe. Clytemnestra is horrified until news comes that Orestes is dead. Crazed with disappointment, Electra tries to persuade Chrysothemis they must kill their mother, but Chrysothemis runs away in terror. Electra hunts for the buried axe that must be used fo!
- DirectorKirk BrowningStarsJon VickersRenata ScottoCornell MacNeilThe Metropolitan Opera's first live telecast of the 1978-79 season, and the first presentation of Verdi's "Otello" ever on the "Live from the Met" PBS TV series.
- 2006– Not Rated8.3 (25)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsJames LevineSusan GrahamThomas HampsonFrench composer Hector Berlioz puts a unique spin on the familiar tale of Faust, the scholar/scientist who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for love and knowledge. The story is told in 8 episodic scenes, in Cirque Du Soleil style.
- 2006– 2h 18mNot Rated9.0 (36)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsJesús López CobosPlácido DomingoMary Jo HeathMissionary Athaniel converts the prostitute Thais to Christianity; he even leads her to enter a nunnery. The convent door slams shut: No Men Allowed. Oh no, cries Athaniel, I've fallen in love with her. Too bad, so sad. Meditate on that.
- 2006– Not Rated7.7 (26)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsJames LevineJoyce DiDonatoStephanie BlytheGluck's first "reform" opera, meaning the music of the baroque era with its embellishments and improvisations is replaced with a simpler and more direct vocal style. This production is modernized and includes a host of celebrities in Hades.
- 2006– 3h 3mNot Rated8.9 (73)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsJames LevineDeborah VoigtLisette OropesaWhen Wotan, king of the gods, hired the Giants to build a palace, he didn't have the money to pay them. What to do? Plunder and steal: there is a Ring with limitless power, and that will be his solution. He doesn't know the Ring is cursed.
- 2006– Not Rated7.8 (32)TV EpisodeDirectorBrian LargeStarsValery GergievPatricia RacetteValerian RuminskiBoris might have been a good Czar except for that thing he did years ago: he murdered the child who was the true heir to Russia's throne. Now nightmares, his conscience, the Council of Ministers and a brewing rebellion threaten his rule.
- 2006– 3h 8mNot Rated8.1 (44)TV EpisodeDirectorPeter SellarsStarsJames MaddalenaJanis KellyRobert BrubakerUS President Richard Nixon, wife Pat, and Henry Kissinger travel to China to visit Chairman and Madame Mao in 1972, normalizing relations between the countries for the first time in 25 years. Both sides wonder if this for the better.
- 2006– Not Rated8.0 (17)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsSusan GrahamNatalie DessayPlácido DomingoIphigenie, banished daughter of Klytemnaestra, is now high priestess to Diana. Two strangers from Greece wash up on shore; when Iphigenie recognizes one as her brother, Orestes, she is powerless to stop his execution. Cue the goddess Diana.
- 2006– 3h 6mNot Rated8.5 (25)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsHarry BicketSusan GrahamBarbara FrittoliAn old-fashioned opera even in Mozart's day, but one that pleased the aristocrats. A plot to murder Roman Emperor Tito nearly succeeds, the Capitol burns, the traitors are caught, Tito forgives all. Give Mozart a break, he needed the cash.
- DirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsDaniele GattiEric OwensRené PapeMany arguments have been made about Wagner's last opera: claims of racism, anti-Semitism, misogyny. The story is simple, really: the Knights who were supposed to guard the Holy Relics managed to lose one; now God wants it back, or else.
- 2006– 4h 44mNot Rated8.4 (18)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsHarry BicketRenée FlemingDavid DanielsJulius Caesar's visit to Cleopatra in Egypt.
- 2006– 2h 7mNot Rated7.1 (26)TV Episode
- 2006– 2h 22mNot Rated7.7 (24)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsThomas AdèsDeborah VoigtSimon KeenlysideComposer Ades employs a variety of musical styles, from dissonance to tonality, even a passacaglia for voices. The story follows Shakespeare's play: the banished magician Prospero regains his humanity after outsiders visit his island.
- DirectorGary HalvorsonStarsFabio LuisiDeborah VoigtChristophe MortagneNaive Manon is seduced by Chevalier Des Grieux and she runs away with him to avoid being sent to the convent. Gradually she learns to use her beauty to her advantage in the world of men. In opera, that usually spells bad news for the woman.
- 2006– Not Rated7.6 (26)TV Episode
- 2006– 2h 46mNot Rated8.0 (27)TV Episode
- 2006– Not Rated8.7 (92)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsKaren KamensekJoyce DiDonatoZachary JamesPharaoh Akhnaten introduces monotheism before his people - and the priests - are ready.