Classics On A Summer's Evening
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Carmen (1988)
This all-star cast is framed by Peter Hall’s gritty, realistic production and conducted by James Levine, who brings out all the surging emotion...
Toscanini in His Own Words (2009)
This film is a docufiction on the great Toscanini directed by well-known filmmaker Larry Weinstein; who pushes the boundaries of conventional...
Adams: Doctor Atomic (2008)
John Adams’s mesmerizing score, in the powerful production of Penny Woolcock, tells the story of one of the pivotal moments in human...
Cavalleria rusticana (1982)
Franco Zeffirelli directs these two legendary La Scala productions telling tragic tales of jealousy. Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana features...
Lohengrin (2024)
A short experimental film shot on Super 8, inspired by the music of Richard Wagner.
Kapr Code (2022)
This film traces the life of Jan Kapr, a prominent Czech composer of the 20th century. A documentary opera with an ambitious libretto and playful and...
Puccini: Turandot (2009)
Franco Zeffirelli's magnificient staging of Puccini's final opera - a fairy tale set in a mythical China - is one of the most popular in the Met...
La Traviata (2017)
A collaboration between award-winning American filmmaker Sofia Coppola and Italia haute couture king Valentino comes in the form of a revival of...
San Francisco Opera: Verdi's Rigoletto (2012)
One of opera's most vivid and compelling characters, a vengeful court jester, desperately tries to protect his daughter from disaster in this...
Turandot (2002)
Valery Gergiev leads the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in this production of Puccini's opera, recorded live at the Salzburger Festspiele in 2002....
Farinelli (1994)
The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time.
The Metropolitan Opera: The Tempest (2012)
Composer Thomas Adès conducts the Met premiere of his powerful opera based on Shakespeare’s last play, in Robert Lepage’s...