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- 2006– Not Rated8.2 (27)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsKarel Mark ChichonDeborah VoigtRoberto AlagnaUS Navy Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton buys a house in Japan along with a bride, Cio-Cio San, a.k.a. Butterfly, to tide him over until he marries a "real" American wife. When he leaves for America, Cio-Cio San waits patiently and jumps for joy when his ship enters the harbor after three years. Unfortunately, his return ends in tragedy.
- 2006– Not Rated7.1 (22)TV Episode
- 2006– 3hNot Rated8.6 (31)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsPatrick SummersRenée FlemingMary Jo HeathA reprise of 2009's production with cast changes, including Natalie Dessay and Joseph Calleja. The famous Mad Scene is orchestrated with a glass harmonica per Donizetti's original score, and not a flute, which is more commonly used today.
- 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.
- 1977– 2h 14m9.3 (11)TV Episode
- 2006– 1h 55mNot Rated8.4 (68)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsJames LevineKatie CouricMatthew PolenzaniPrince Tamino and Papageno are sent by the Queen of Night to save her daughter Pamina from the clutches of the evil lord Sarastro.
- 2006– 3h 13mNot Rated8.2 (17)TV Episode
- 2006– 3h 36mNot Rated8.3 (33)TV Episode
- 2006– Not Rated7.7 (29)TV Episode
- 2006– Not Rated8.8 (42)TV Episode
- 2006– 4h 3mNot Rated8.8 (71)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsJonas KaufmannEva-Maria WestbroekHans-Peter KönigRing Cycle part 2, where we learn that two of Wotan's kids are having an incestuous affair, his wife is furious, so Valkyrie Brunnhilde is sent to fix things (ie, kill them). But she lets them escape instead, and oh boy, is Wotan angry now.
- 2006– 3h 25mNot Rated8.2 (41)TV Episode
- 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.
- 1977–8.4 (46)TV EpisodeDirectorKirk BrowningStarsTatiana TroyanosPlácido DomingoIsola JonesA "Live from the Met" broadcast of the opera, on a double bill with its frequent "partner", Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana".
- DirectorKirk BrowningStarsRichard StilwellJosé CarrerasJames MorrisStarving artist and consumptive seamstress fall in love, have trouble maintaining the relationship. His painter friend also has romantic troubles with his ambitious grisette.
- 2006– Not Rated7.8 (23)TV Episode
- DirectorGary HalvorsonStarsMaurizio BeniniNadine SierraCarlo Bosi
- 2006– Not Rated8.1 (29)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsRachelle DurkinPatricia RisleyElina GarancaA loose adaptation of the Cinderella tale without the magic.
- 2006– Not Rated8.4 (17)TV Episode
- 2006– Not Rated8.0 (21)TV Episode
- 2006– 1h 52mNot Rated6.7 (22)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsVladimir JurowskiRenée FlemingMary Jo HeathSet in the industrialized 1950s, Hansel and Gretel are latch-key kids to a depressed mother and overworked father. The witch runs a stainless-steel kitchen with modern gadgets and a glass-door oven. One hopes it's the self-cleaning kind.
- 2006– 3h 8mNot Rated6.8 (27)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsJoseph ColaneriSusan GrahamDavid PittsingerLust, political corruption, police brutality, torture, rape, murder, execution, suicide: opera. Tosca's lover Mario is arrested for treason when she spills the beans about the escape of a political prisoner. Evil Baron Scarpia wins again.
- DirectorGary HalvorsonStarsJames LevineRenée FlemingCarlo BosiThe story of Sir John Falstaff, a portent womanizer down on his luck, and the "Merry Wives of Windsor" whom he is trying to woo.
- 2006– Not Rated7.3 (21)TV Episode
- DirectorGary HalvorsonStarsCarlo RizziSusanna PhillipsMatthew RoseTwo Druid priestesses fall for a fickle Roman proconsul, with tragic results.
- 2006– 2h 27mNot Rated7.9 (16)TV Episode
- 2006– Not Rated8.0 (30)TV Episode
- 2006– Not Rated8.6 (45)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsValery GergievDeborah VoigtAnna NetrebkoOnegin's friend Lensky introduces him to Tanya, his fiancee's sister but Onegin flirts with his fiancee. Lensky challenges him to a duel; nobody stops them. Later, Onegin tries to seduce Tanya, but she's married. Onegin just doesn't get it.
- 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.
- 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– 3h 53mNot Rated7.4 (45)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsYannick Nézet-SéguinJoyce DiDonatoJonas KaufmannThe oft-told tale of the scientist Faust, who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for an extra 24 years to live, is updated, apparently happening entirely in the confines of Faust's lab, which makes the Act 2 carnival hard to fathom.
- 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– Not Rated8.3 (28)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsFabio LuisiRenée FlemingLuca PisaroniThe nobleman Don Giovanni has apparently lost all his manners: not only does he rape the Commander's daughter and murder the old man; later on he invites his statue to dinner. It's completely inappropriate, and there will be Hell to pay.
- DirectorGary HalvorsonStarsFabio LuisiAnita RachvelishviliZeljko LucicMacbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
- 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.
- 2006– 4h 34mNot Rated7.7 (34)TV Episode
- 1983– 2h 30mTV EpisodeDirectorBrian Large
- 2006– 4h 2mNot Rated8.6 (58)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsFabio LuisiRenée FlemingMary Jo HeathRing Cycle, pt 3. Years later, the twins' baby is a man; he goes forth to do manly things, like kill his guardian, slay dragons, steal the Ring and talk to animals. He finds a woman imprisoned by a wall of fire; they fall instantly in love.
- 2006– 4h 32mNot Rated8.6 (55)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsFabio LuisiDeborah VoigtJay Hunter MorrisRing Cycle, pt 4. Siegfried is drugged and tricked into kidnapping his wife, since she has the Ring now. More double-crossings, Siegfried ends up dead. Brunnhilde has had enough of this, tosses the Ring into the river and torches the place.
- 2006– Not Rated7.9 (17)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsFabio LuisiJoyce DiDonatoRichard BernsteinBerlioz' last large-scale work was an attempt to rise above what he viewed as shallow, crowd pleasing "grand" operas in vogue at the time. This is his retelling of nothing less than the Trojan Wars of antiquity; the style hints at Wagner.