Opera Live Performance Movies
- 2011
Tosca
Tosca92011HD
The star singers in this revival of the 2006 production were Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel; the Royal Opera Chorus and the...
- 2007
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia92007HD
Audiences went wild for Bartlett Sher’s dynamic production, which found fresh and surprising ways to bring Rossini’s effervescent comedy...
- 1997
La Cenerentola
La Cenerentola01997HD
A timeless tale told in a florid bel canto style, Rossini’s take on the Cinderella story offers an ideal propellant for a virtuosic...
- 1979
L'Incoronazione di Poppea
L'Incoronazione di Poppea01979HD
Live performance, part of Monteverdi cycle staged by Oper Zürich with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Zürich Opera House Monteverdi...
- 2016
Alcina
Alcina02016HD
Live performance from the Grand Théâtre de Genève, February 25 2016.
- 1979
Don Pasquale
Don Pasquale01979HD
This John Dexter production, designed by Desmond Heeley, was a parting gift to the great American soprano Beverly Sills, who bid farewell to the Met...
- 2013
Les Vêpres siciliennes
Les Vêpres siciliennes02013HD
The French have occupied Sicily, and Hélène is held hostage by Montfort, the French governor, who has had her brother executed. She...
- 2008
Verdi: Rigoletto (Teatro Regio di Parma)
Verdi: Rigoletto (Teatro Regio di Parma)102008HD
Live recording at Parma Verdi Festival 6 October, 2008. Massimo Zanetti conducting Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma. Stage director Stefano...
- 2002
Il Trovatore
Il Trovatore82002HD
José Cura, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Verónica Villarroel and Yvonne Naef lead the star cast of Verdi's blazingly passionate opera IL...
- 2000
Tosca
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Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi...
- 2005
Les Paladins
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"Inspired by a fable by La Fontaine, [composer Jean-Philippe] Rameau produced perhaps his most brilliant music for his penultimate great work,...
- 2001
Mozart: Don Giovanni (Zurich Opera House)
Mozart: Don Giovanni (Zurich Opera House)102001HD
Live 2001 production from the Zurich Opera House of the classic Mozart/Da Ponte opera, with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting and directed for...
- 2011
Cendrillon
Cendrillon02011HD
Massenet composed his opera about Cenerentola nearly 80 years after Rossini did his. And if you are looking for the outburst of the non-stop hilarity...
- 2010
Rossini: Armida
Rossini: Armida02010HD
It is a rare opera indeed that calls for one soprano diva and no fewer than six tenors. Mary Zimmerman’s fanciful production of Rossini’s...
- 2007
Benvenuto Cellini
Benvenuto Cellini72007HD
Live performance from Salzburg Festival Opera, August 2007. The story tells of Cellini's love for Teresa, daughter of the Papal Treasurer Balducci....
- 2010
Simon Boccanegra
Simon Boccanegra02010HD
Part of Tutto Verdi series - Simon Boccanegra (2010) Parma. Revised version (1881). 'Simon Boccanegra' is an opera with a prologue and three acts by...
- 1980
Don Carlo
Don Carlo01980HD
Don Carlo (1980) Metropolitan Opera. Verdi / italian. King Philip's court is plagued by rebels, family squabbles and intrigue. The Spanish...
- 2008
Strauss: Salome
Strauss: Salome02008HD
It is no wonder that Met audiences have gone wild over Karita Mattila’s sizzling Salome. Indisputably one of the greatest Salomes of our time,...
- 2013
Turandot
Turandot02013HD
2013 revival of Andrei Serban's 1984 production. Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, September 2013. Andrei Serban's spectacular and thrilling...
- 2012
Carmen (Opéra de Lyon)
Carmen (Opéra de Lyon)02012HD
Live performance from the Opéra de Lyon, July 1 2012. Controversial production by Olivier Py.