Opera Movies

  • 1992
    The Ride to the Abyss

    The Ride to the Abyss

    The Ride to the Abyss

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    ‘La course à l’abîme’ is a depiction of the final ride into hell from ‘La Damnation de Faust’ (1846) by...

    The Ride to the Abyss
  • 2017
    Rodelinda

    Rodelinda

    Rodelinda

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    Claus Guth's exciting 2017 staging of Handel’s "Rodelinda" at Madrid’s Teatro Real, featuring Lucy Crowe and Bejun Mehta as Rodelinda and...

    Rodelinda
  • 1947
    This Time for Keeps

    This Time for Keeps

    This Time for Keeps

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    An ex-GI falls for a bathing beauty.

    This Time for Keeps
  • 1953
    Aida

    Aida

    Aida

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    This Italian film version of Verdi's opera stars Sophia Loren on the screen, with Renata Tebaldi providing the vocals.

    Aida
  • 1987
    William Tell

    William Tell

    William Tell

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    “Let us assume that Switzerland is truly a paradise. The music hereto was written long ago. We have merely forgotten it.” (Daniel Schmid)...

    William Tell
  • 2001
    Otello

    Otello

    Otello

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    This was Domingo's last set of performances as Otello in La Scala. In spite of his relatively advanced age, he is still in excellent form, both...

    Otello
  • 1951
    The Medium

    The Medium

    The Medium

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    Madame Flora is terrified when she perceives a supernatural presence during one of her fraudulent séances...

    The Medium
  • 2010
    Hunter's Bride

    Hunter's Bride

    Hunter's Bride

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    Inspired by Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischütz, the film opera Hunter's Bride traces the romantic rivalry between two veterans of the...

    Hunter's Bride
  • 1986
    Rusalka

    Rusalka

    Rusalka

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    Rusalka
  • 2006
    Così fan tutte

    Così fan tutte

    Così fan tutte

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    Mozart's genius in setting to music da Ponte's comic play of love, infidelity and forgiveness marks COSI FAN TUTTE as one of the great works of art...

    Così fan tutte
  • 2008
    Marco Polo (An Opera Within an Opera)

    Marco Polo (An Opera Within an Opera)

    Marco Polo (An Opera Within an Opera)

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    Tan Dun portrays the Venetian explorer's travels to the Far East as a journey of both inner and physical discovery, a voyage depicting spiritual...

    Marco Polo (An Opera Within an Opera)
  • 1936
    Let's Sing Again

    Let's Sing Again

    Let's Sing Again

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    An orphan (Eight-year-old boy soprano Bobby Breen) gets a chance to sing opera in New York.

    Let's Sing Again
  • 2019
    Korngold: Die tote Stadt

    Korngold: Die tote Stadt

    Korngold: Die tote Stadt

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    Erich Wolfgang Korngold's "Die tote Stadt" in a Bayerische Staatsoper production from 2019, directed by Simon Stone. Kirill Petrenko is conducting...

    Korngold: Die tote Stadt
  • 1973
    Otello

    Otello

    Otello

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    Herbert von Karajan directed this film of Verdi’s Shakespearan masterpiece as well as conducting the Berlin Philharmonic. As the tragic Moor of...

    Otello
  • 1960
    The Phantom of the Operetta

    The Phantom of the Operetta

    The Phantom of the Operetta

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    Aldo and his girlfriend Lucy reopen an abandoned opera house, but find out that the place is inhabited by a group of Phantoms wearing the Claude...

    The Phantom of the Operetta
  • 1944
    Carmen

    Carmen

    Carmen

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    Carmen is a French-Italian musical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Viviane Romance, Jean Marais, and Lucien Coëdel. It is a...

    Carmen
  • 1965
    La Bohème

    La Bohème

    La Bohème

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    In the early 1960s two artistic giants, conductor Herbert von Karajan and director Franco Zeffirelli, joined forces to create this milestone...

    La Bohème
  • 2005
    The Merry Widow

    The Merry Widow

    The Merry Widow

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    Zurich Opera House production of Franz Léhar's operetta, with Dagmar Schellenberger, Rodney Gilfry, and Ute Gfrerer in lead roles. Baron Zeta...

    The Merry Widow
  • 2017
    Mussorgsky: Sorochintsy Fair (Komische Oper Berlin)

    Mussorgsky: Sorochintsy Fair (Komische Oper Berlin)

    Mussorgsky: Sorochintsy Fair (Komische Oper Berlin)

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    A devil is at work in the Ukrainian village of Sorochintsy, terrifying residents and travellers alike. Among them a farmer whose daughter is not...

    Mussorgsky: Sorochintsy Fair (Komische Oper Berlin)
  • 1936
    The Gay Desperado

    The Gay Desperado

    The Gay Desperado

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    Opera singer Chivo is currently playing a singing cowboy, and Mexican bandito Braganza kidnaps him (along with Jane, an heiress) so he can learn to...

    The Gay Desperado