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1. The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )

180 min | Musical

This is the 1977 television recording of the Rise and Fall of Managing by Kurt Weill

Stars: Metropolitan Opera Chorus, James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Charles Anthony

Votes: 48

2. Das Rheingold (1990 TV Movie)

163 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music

'Das Rheingold' tells the story about Alberich's theft of the gold from the Rhine, the forging of the Ring of power and sets off a cascade of events that further develop in the subsequent operas of the Ring Cycle.

Director: Brian Large | Stars: James Morris, Siegfried Jerusalem, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Christa Ludwig

Votes: 100

3. Die Zauberflöte (I) (1991 TV Movie)

169 min | Adventure, Romance

Live recording of a theatrical performance of The Magic Flute, the famous Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera.

Director: Brian Large | Stars: Kathleen Battle, Francisco Araiza, Manfred Hemm, Kurt Moll

Votes: 101

4. Wozzeck (1994 TV Movie)

94 min | Crime, Drama, Music

Franz Woyzeck, a lowly soldier stationed in a mid-nineteenth century provincial German town, is the father of an illegitimate child by his mistress Marie.

Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Franz Grundheber, Waltraud Meier, Graham Clark, Günter von Kannen

Votes: 22

5. Jenufa (1989 TV Movie)

118 min | Drama, Music

The embittered widow, Kostelnicka, drowns her infant grandson to save her beloved stepdaughter Jenufa from the shame and hardship of raising an illegitimate child.

Director: Derek Bailey | Stars: Roberta Alexander, Anja Silja, Menai Davies, Philip Langridge

Votes: 14

6. The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode: Il trovatore (1988)

132 min | Musical

Troubadour Manrico, kidnapped and raised by gypsy Azucena, courts Leonora and she loves him. Count di Luna wants Leonora, vows to destroy Manrico, not knowing they are actually brothers.

Director: Brian Large | Stars: James Levine, Éva Marton, Dolora Zajick, Luciano Pavarotti

Votes: 86

7. The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode: Aida (1989)

158 min | Musical

Pharaoh's daughter Amneris loves general Radames, but he loves slave Aida. Aida's father leads the Ethiopian army to invade Egypt. When he's captured, he wants Aida to gain military secrets from Radames.

Director: Brian Large | Stars: Aprile Millo, Dolora Zajick, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes

Votes: 100

8. The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode: Les contes d'Hoffmann (1988)

Musical

Hoffmann, the eternally romantic poet, looks for love in all the wrong places. His first love is a mechanical doll, his second love is a sickly singer, and his third love is a prostitute. The devil seems to thwart him every time.

Director: Brian Large | Stars: Neil Shicoff, Gwendolyn Bradley, Tatiana Troyanos, Roberta Alexander