2008

Massenet: Thaïs

0/0

When the most voluptuous, sought-after courtesan in the world meets an ascetic monk whose life is devoted to God, you know erotic sparks are going to...

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Massenet: Thaïs

2010

Bizet: Carmen

7/2

Richard Eyre’s stunning new production of Bizet’s opera was the talk of the town when it was unveiled on New Year’s Eve 2009. Elīna Garanča leads the...

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Bizet: Carmen

1987

Moonstruck

6.8/914

37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, ev...

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Moonstruck

1935

Stars Over Broadway

5.2/4

An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.

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Stars Over Broadway

2018

Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata

0/0

In Benoît Jacquot’s production, Manet’s Olympia dominates the stage of the Opéra Bastille. In 1863, the painting caused a scandal: the prostitute awai...

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Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata

2014

Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmelites

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At the end of 2013, the year that marked the 50th anniversary of Francis Poulenc’s death, his gripping and moving operatic masterpiece, Dialogues des...

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Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmelites

2010

Simon Boccanegra

0/0

Coming just before the mature final works, Verdi's Simon Boccanegra - along with Un Ballo in Maschera, Les Vêpres Siciliennes, La Forza del Destino an...

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Simon Boccanegra

2018

Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence

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Opera based on the story of Edward II and Piers Gaveston. Music by George Benjamin, libretto by Martin Crimp. BBC broadcast of the 2018 premiere at th...

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Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence

2011

Glass: Kepler

0/0

Live performance of Philip Glass's opera Kepler (2009) by the Landestheater Linz Upper Austrian State Theater in 2011, conducted by Dennis Russell Dav...

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Glass: Kepler

1983

Don Carlo

8/1

Ghiaurov, Freni, and Bumbry were great voices in their time, and they are still effective here -- good enough musicians to put over the quite heavy vo...

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Don Carlo

1982

Verdi Ernani

8/1

It truly is an historic performance. Domingo looking and singing like a god pouring out golden tones; Renato Bruson sounds, like the sublime Verdian B...

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Verdi Ernani

1975

Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

0/0

This production from Covent Garden is set in Stockholm, and not Boston. With Reri Grist (Oscar), Placido Domingo (Gustavus), Katia Ricciarelli (Amelia...

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Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

2002

The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland

9.5/1

Claudio Monteverdi's operatic adaptation of this story from Homer's The Odyssey receives a modern and distinctive staging in this 2002 production dire...

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The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland

1999

The Damnation of Faust

0/0

The three main soloists have voices on a scale that can compete with these flashy production values – White and Kasarova, in particular, sing at a lev...

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The Damnation of Faust

1994

Il Tabarro & Pagliacci

7/3

Puccini's Il Tabarro & Leoncavallo's Pagliacci; Pavarotti and Domingo star in MET 1994-1995 season opener.

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Il Tabarro & Pagliacci

1998

Parsifal: The Search for the Grail

0/0

Richard Wagner's operatic retelling of the story of the search for the Holy Grail receives a lavish production in this video, which records performanc...

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Parsifal: The Search for the Grail

1974

Norma

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Oroveso, a Druid High Priest, gathers his people in a sacred forest and prays to their gods for help in vanquishing the Romans who have taken over Gau...

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Norma

2001

Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg

10/1

James Morris leads an all-star cast including Karita Mattila, Ben Heppner, Thomas Allen and René Pape, in this production of Wagner's comic opera, rec...

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Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg

2004

Der Rosenkavalier

0/0

This 2004 production of Richard Strauss's three-act comic opera Der Rosenkavalier (1911) emerged from the efforts of the Grosses Festspielhaus Salzbur...

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Der Rosenkavalier

1979

Der Rosenkavalier

7/1

This performance of Richard Strauss' opera Der Rosenkavalier (1979) features the vocal talents of Gwyneth Jones in the lead role; recorded at the Nati...

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Der Rosenkavalier