opera owned
by bderoes | created - 22 Jun 2018 | updated - 7 months ago | Publicalphabetical by 1st word in my notes under each title.
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1. Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (2016 TV Movie)
168 min | Music
Kostanze and 2 servants are captive of the Pasha, with Osmin as overseer. Pasha resists taking Kostanze by force. Belmonte nearly retrieves the captives. When Pasha learns Belmonte's father exiled Pasha from his homeland, things look dire.
Director: François Roussillon | Stars: Robin Ticciati, Sally Matthews, Edgaras Montvidas, Tobias Kehrer
Votes: 8
Abduction; Mozart, 1782
2.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur
(2019)
Not Rated | Musical
An actress and a princess vie for the same man; a bouquet of poisoned violets ends the competition.
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Gianandrea Noseda, Matthew Polenzani, Sarah Joy Miller, Ambrogio Maestri
Votes: 35
adriana; Cilea, 1902
3. L'africaine (1989 TV Movie)
189 min | Drama, Music
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Plácido Domingo, Shirley Verrett, Ruth Ann Swenson, Justino Díaz
Votes: 25
africaine; Meyerbeer, 1865
4. Agrippina (2004 Video)
172 min | Music, Drama
Director: Tiziano Mancini | Stars: Véronique Gens, Philippe Jaroussky, Ingrid Perruche, Fabrice Di Falco
Votes: 10
agrippina; Handel 1709
5.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Handel: Agrippina
(2020)
Not Rated | Musical
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Harry Bicket, Deborah Voigt, Joyce DiDonato, Kate Lindsey
Votes: 31
agrippina; Handel 1709
6. Aida (1953)
Approved | 95 min | Musical
Aida, featuring the actress Sophia Loren, is a film adaptation of a theatre performance written by Verdi. The plot revolves around the character Radames who falls in love with what he ... See full summary »
Director: Clemente Fracassi | Stars: Renata Tebaldi, Ebe Stignani, Gino Bechi, Giuseppe Campora
Votes: 265
Aida; Verdi, 1871
7. Aida (II) (1981 TV Movie)
163 min | Drama, Music
An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for the enslaved Ethiopian princess Aida, and his loyalty to the Pharaoh. To complicate the story further, the ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Margaret Price, Luciano Pavarotti, Stefania Toczyska, Simon Estes
Votes: 34
Aida; Verdi, 1871
8. Aida (1985 TV Movie)
160 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Director: Derek Bailey | Stars: Maria Chiara, Luciano Pavarotti, Ghena Dimitrova, Nicolai Ghiaurov
Votes: 63
Aida; Verdi, 1871
9.
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
Aida; Verdi, 1871
10. Aida (2001 TV Movie)
142 min | Music
Stars: Adina Aaron, Kate Aldrich, Giuseppe Garra, Enrico Iori
Votes: 9
Aida; Verdi, 1871
11. Aida (I) (2006 TV Movie)
158 min | Music
Director: Patrizia Carmine | Stars: Violeta Urmana, Roberto Alagna, Marco Spotti, Ildikó Komlósi
Votes: 20
Aida; Verdi, 1871
12. Aida (2009 TV Movie)
131 min | Music
Director: Felix Breisach | Stars: Kevin Short, Iano Tamar, Tatiana Serjan, Rubens Pelizzari
Votes: 7
Aida; Verdi, 1871
13. Aida (2011 TV Movie)
151 min | Music
Director: Emanuele Garofalo | Stars: Roberto Tagliavini, Luciana D'Intino, Hui He, Marco Berti
Aida; Verdi, 1871
14. Aida (II) (2012)
Unrated | 155 min | Drama
Verdi's larger-than-life opera Aida is even larger than usual on the palatial outdoor stage at the Arena di Verona - and in 3D on the movie screen! This audience favorite shines in a ... See full summary »
Director: Tiziano Mancini | Stars: Roberto Tagliavini, Andrea Ulbrich, Hui He, Marco Berti
Votes: 15
Aida; Verdi, 1871
15. Verdi: Aida (2013 TV Movie)
148 min | Music
Director: Andy Sommer | Stars: Roberto Tagliavini, Giovanna Casolla, Hui He, Fabio Sartori
Aida; Verdi, 1871
16.
Tutto Verdi (2012– )
Episode:
Verdi: Aida
(2013)
Unrated | 154 min | Drama, Music, Musical
See Tutto Verdi: Verdi: Aida (2013) for full details.
Director: Tiziano Mancini | Stars: George Andguladze, Susanna Branchini, Antonino Fogliani, Walter Fraccaro
Votes: 5
aida; 1871; Tutto Verdi
17.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Verdi: Aida
(2018)
Not Rated | 225 min | Musical
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Nicola Luisotti, Isabel Leonard, Dmitry Belosselskiy, Aleksandrs Antonenko
Votes: 33
Aida; Verdi, 1871
18.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Philip Glass: Akhnaten
(2019)
Not Rated | Musical
Pharaoh Akhnaten introduces monotheism before his people - and the priests - are ready.
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Karen Kamensek, Joyce DiDonato, Zachary James, Aaron Blake
Votes: 91
akhnaten; Glass, 1984
19. Alcina, Georg Friedrich Haendel (2015 TV Movie)
193 min | Drama, Horror, Musical
Director: Corentin Leconte | Stars: Patricia Petibon, Philippe Jaroussky, Anna Prohaska, Katarina Bradic
Votes: 13
Alcina; Handel, 1735
20. Alzira (2012 TV Special)
Unrated | 115 min | Drama, Music
C Major presents a concert performance of Verdi's opera Alzira. Alzira is based on the play by Voltaire and displays the composer's maturity through glowing lyric moments, and the weaving together of complex emotional and musical strands.
Director: Tiziano Mancini | Stars: Francesco Facini, Thomas Gazheli, Ferdinand von Bothmer, Junko Saito
Votes: 10
alzira; 1845; Tutto Verdi
21. Anna Nicole (2011 TV Movie)
126 min | Drama, Musical
An opera based on the life of celebrity and actress Anna Nicole Smith.
Director: Francesca Kemp | Stars: Eva-Maria Westbroek, Wynne Evans, Damian Thantrey, Susan Bickley
Votes: 51
anna nicole; Turnage, 2011
22. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (1969 TV Movie)
93 min | Music
Director: William Cosel | Stars: Benita Valente, Eunice Alberts, Carole Bogard, Claire Watson
Ariadne; R.Strauss, 1912
23.
The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode:
Ariadne auf Naxos
(1988)
146 min | Musical
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Jessye Norman, Kathleen Battle, Tatiana Troyanos, James King
Votes: 34
Ariadne; R.Strauss, 1916 (1912 for non-singing prologue version)
24.
The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode:
R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
(2003)
134 min | Musical
Director: Brian Large | Stars: James Levine, Wolfgang Brendel, Waldemar Kmentt, James Courtney
Votes: 11
Ariadne; R.Strauss, 1916
25.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
(2022)
Not Rated | 185 min | Musical
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Marek Janowski, Matthew Polenzani, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Wolfgang Brendel
Votes: 10
Ariadne; R.Strauss, 1912
26. Rossini: Armida (2017 Video)
164 min | Music
Director: Jan Bosteels | Stars: Carmen Romeu, Enea Scala, Robert McPherson, Dario Schmunk
armida; Rossini, 1817
27. Aroldo (2003 TV Movie)
125 min | Music
Director: Pier Luigi Pizzi | Stars: Gustavo Porta, Adriana Damato, Franco Vassallo, Enrico Iori
aroldo; Verdi, 1857
28. Attila (1985 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, Music
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Yevgeni Nesterenko, Silvano Carroli, Maria Chiara, Veriano Luchetti
Votes: 11
Attila; Verdi, 1846
29. Attila (1991 TV Movie)
117 min | Drama, Music
Director: Christopher Swann | Stars: Samuel Ramey, Giorgio Zancanaro, Cheryl Studer, Kaludi Kaludov
Votes: 54
Attila; Verdi, 1846
30. Attila (2010 TV Movie)
118 min | Music
Stars: Andrea Battistoni, Susanna Branchini, Sebastián Catana, Roberto De Biasio
Votes: 5
attila; 1846; Tutto Verdi
31. Doctor Atomic (2007 TV Movie)
181 min | Drama, Music, Thriller
The first act takes place about a month before the bomb is to be tested, and the second act is set in the early morning of July 16, 1945. During the second act, time frequently slows down ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Sellars | Stars: Gerald Finley, Jessica Rivera, Eric Owens, Richard Paul Fink
Votes: 40
atomic; Adams, 2005
32.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Doctor Atomic
(2008)
Not Rated | 184 min | Musical
Composer John Adams re-creates the tension at Los Alamos, 1945, the night before the first atom bomb is tested. Gerald Finley portrays Dr. Oppenheimer; the first act ends with a ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Gerald Finley, Sasha Cooke, Eric Owens, Richard Paul Fink
Votes: 30
atomic; Adams, 2005
33. Un ballo in maschera (1975 TV Movie)
135 min | Drama, Music
Director: John Vernon | Stars: Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Reri Grist, Piero Cappuccilli
Votes: 30
Ballo; Verdi, 1859
34.
The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode:
Un ballo in maschera
(1980)
149 min | Musical
Riccardo, governor of Boston at the end of the 17th century, falls in love with Amelia, wife of Renato, his secretary and intimate friend. Amelia returns Riccardo's love, but is discovered ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Katia Ricciarelli, William Wildermann, Judith Blegen, Julien Robbins
Votes: 31
Ballo; Verdi, 1859
35. Un ballo in maschera (1990 TV Movie)
145 min | Drama, Music
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Plácido Domingo, Leo Nucci, Josephine Barstow, Florence Quivar
Votes: 25
Ballo; Verdi, 1859
36. Un ballo in maschera (1991 TV Movie)
136 min | Drama, Music
Director: Brian Large | Stars: James Levine, Aprile Millo, Harolyn Blackwell, Florence Quivar
Votes: 46
Ballo; Verdi, 1859
37. Un ballo in maschera (2005 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Music
Filmed live at the Leipzig Opera in November 2005, this recording of Verdi's famous Un Ballo in Maschera, brings a lively musical evening. Riccardo Chailly, who made a critically acclaimed ... See full summary »
Directors: Don Kent, Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Chiara Taigi, Eun Yee You, Franco Vassallo, Massimiliano Pisapia
Votes: 20
Ballo; Verdi, 1859
38. Un Ballo in Maschera (2011 TV Movie)
Unrated | 136 min | Music
In 1792 King Gustaf III of Sweden was shot at a masked ball, and this was the starting point for Verdi's
Director: Tiziano Mancini | Stars: Antonio Barbagallo, Elisabetta Fiorillo, Serena Gamberoni, Gianluigi Gelmetti
Votes: 6
ballo; 1859; Tutto Verdi
39. Der Barbier von Sevilla (1959 TV Movie)
140 min | Comedy, Musical
Barber aids count to woo the ward of a doctor, and prevent the doctor from marrying her. Sung in German.
Director: Herbert List | Stars: Erika Köth, Fritz Wunderlich, Hermann Prey, Max Proebstl
Barber; Rossini, 1816
40.
The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode:
Il barbiere di Siviglia
(1988)
160 min | Musical
Barber facilitates Count's courtship of Doctor's ward, while Doctor wants to marry her himself.
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Leo Nucci, Kathleen Battle, Rockwell Blake, Enzo Dara
Votes: 22
Barber; Rossini, 1816
41. Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (2009 Video)
171 min | Music
Director: Tiziano Mancini | Stars: Francesco Meli, Roberto Frontali, Rinat Shaham, Bruno De Simone
Barber; Rossini, 1816
42. Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (2019 TV Movie)
162 min | Music
Director: Myriam Hoyer | Stars: Dmitry Korchak, Carlo Lepore, Nino Machaidze, Leo Nucci
barber; Rossini, 1816
43. Giuseppe Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano, Tragedia lirica in four acts (2012 TV Movie)
Unrated | 119 min | Music
The opera is based on the play La Bataille de Toulouse by Joseph Méry. The performance is conducted by Boris Brott, who served as Assistant Conductor to the New York Philharmonic under ... See full summary »
Director: Tiziano Mancini | Stars: Enrico Iori, Francesco Musinu, Federico Benetti, Gabriele Sagona
Votes: 7
battaglia; 1849; Tutto Verdi
44. Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda (2013 Video)
161 min | Music
Director: Matteo Ricchetti | Stars: Michele Kalmandi, Dimitra Theodossiou, Josè Maria Lo Monaco, Alejandro Roy
beatrice; Bellini, 1833
45. Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.
Directors: Jean Cocteau, René Clément | Stars: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély, Nane Germon
Votes: 28,089 | Gross: $0.30M
belle; Glass, 1994
46. Betrothal in a Monastery (The Duenna) (1998 TV Movie)
157 min | Music
Director: Aarno Cronvall | Stars: Nikolai Gassiev, Alexander Gergalov, Anna Netrebko, Larissa Diadkova
Votes: 15
betrothal; Prokofiev, 1946
47. Bianca e Falliero (2006 Video)
Not Rated | 183 min | Drama, Musical
This first DVD in the history of the ROF was recorded live in high definition in 2005. With this world-first DVD recording, Dynamic launches its partnership with the Rossini Opera Festival,... See full summary »
Director: Tiziano Mancini | Stars: María Bayo, Daniela Barcellona, Carlo Lepore, Francesco Meli
Votes: 5
bianca; Rossini, 1819
48. Billy Budd (1966 TV Movie)
158 min | Drama, Music
A version of Benjamin Britten's opera based on the Melville story. Will the virtuous young sailor Billy Budd be hanged for murder?
Director: Basil Coleman | Stars: Peter Pears, Peter Glossop, Michael Langdon, John Shirley-Quirk
Votes: 10
billy; Britten, 1951
49. Billy Budd (1988 TV Movie)
155 min | Drama, Music
An opera by Benjamin Britten, on a libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier, adapted from the story by Herman Melville. Billy Budd is a young sailor aboard a British man-o'-war, persecuted... See full summary »
Director: Barrie Gavin | Stars: Thomas Allen, Philip Langridge, Richard Van Allan, Phillip Guy Bromley
Votes: 28
billy; Britten, 1951
50. Billy Budd (2010 TV Movie)
172 min | Music
Billy Budd is an innocent, naïve seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.
Director: François Roussillon | Stars: John Mark Ainsley, Michael Wallace, John-Owen Miley-Read, Matthew Rose
Votes: 8
billy; Britten, 1951
51. Billy Budd (2017 TV Movie)
175 min | Drama, Musical
Director: Jérémie Cuvillier | Stars: Jacques Imbrailo, Toby Spence, Brindley Sherratt, Thomas Oliemans
billy; Britten, 1951
52. La Bohème (1965)
105 min | Music, Drama
Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth | Stars: Gianni Raimondi, Rolando Panerai, Gianni Maffeo, Ivo Vinco
Votes: 138
Boheme; Puccini, 1896
53.
The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode:
La bohème
(1977)
123 min | Musical
Rodolfo and his friends are always broke or in debt, but that doesn't get in the way of fun or romance. When Rodolfo meets Mimi, it's love at first sight - but love is not enough for the penniless and sick.
Director: Kirk Browning | Stars: Renata Scotto, Maralin Niska, Luciano Pavarotti, Ingvar Wixell
Votes: 38
Boheme; Puccini, 1896
54.
The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode:
La Bohème
(1982)
123 min | Musical
Starving artist and consumptive seamstress fall in love, have trouble maintaining the relationship. His painter friend also has romantic troubles with his ambitious grisette.
Director: Kirk Browning | Stars: Richard Stilwell, José Carreras, James Morris, Allan Monk
Votes: 72
Boheme; Puccini, 1896
55. La Bohème (1986 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, Romance, Music
The opera is set in the Latin Quarter of Paris, in 1830. Four young Bohemians share a studio. The plot is focused upon the love of Rodolfo for his neighbor, Mimi.
Stars: Luciano Pavarotti, Fiamma Izzo d'Amico, Roberto Servile, Madelyn Renée Monti
Votes: 32
Boheme; Puccini, 1896
56. La Bohème (1988 TV Movie)
116 min | Drama, Romance, Music
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Gino Quilico, Nicolai Ghiaurov
Votes: 83
boheme; Tutto Puccini, 1896
57.
Great Performances (1971– )
Episode:
La bohème
(1994)
TV-G | 112 min | Music, Musical
In the 50's, in Paris, the neighbors Rodolfo and Mimi meet each other when Mimi's candle blows out in a cold and dark night. They immediately fall in love for each other, in times of ... See full summary »
Directors: Geoffrey Nottage, Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Cheryl Barker, David Hobson, Roger Lemke, Christine Douglas
Votes: 178
Boheme; Puccini, 1896
58. La Bohème (2003 TV Movie)
113 min | Music, Drama, Romance
During the 1830s in Paris, a group of starvjng artists share poverty, happiness, love, sickness, death, and grief.
Director: Carlo Battistoni | Stars: Marcelo Álvarez, Natale De Carolis, Matteo Peirone, Cristina Gallardo Domas
Votes: 19
Boheme; Puccini, 1896; not the production I ordered.
59. La Bohème (2010)
Not Rated | 121 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
John Copley's enduring production of one of the most famously melodious and popular of all operas is a classic of the Royal Opera repertory. With historically accurate designs by Julia ... See full summary »
Director: Robin Lough | Stars: Teodor Ilincai, Hibla Gerzmava, Gabriele Viviani, Inna Dukach
Votes: 17
Boheme; Puccini, 1896
60.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Puccini: La Bohème
(2018)
Not Rated | 187 min | Musical
Director: Matthew Diamond | Stars: Marco Armiliato, Kelli O'Hara, Lucas Meachem, Michael Fabiano
Votes: 24
Boheme; Puccini, 1896
61. Puccini: La bohème (2018 Video)
111 min | Music
Director: Rhodri Huw | Stars: Mariusz Kwiecien, Michael Fabiano, Luca Tittoto, Florian Sempey
Votes: 10
Boheme; Puccini, 1896
62. Anna Bolena (1984 TV Movie)
157 min | Drama, Music
King Henry VIII (Enrico VIII) of 16th century England falls in love with his queen's lady-in-waiting, Jane Seymour (Giovanna Seymour). The queen, Anne Boleyn (Anna Bolena) has a former ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Campbell | Stars: Joan Sutherland, James Morris, Judith Forst, Michael Myers
Votes: 17
Bolena; Donizetti, 1830
63. Les Boréades (2003 TV Movie)
150 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
The mythical tale of a young queen, Alphise, determined to abdicate rather than contemplate an enforced marriage to a descendant of Boréas is nothing less than extremely highly charged.
Director: Thomas Grimm | Stars: Barbara Bonney, Anna Maria Panzarella, Jaël Azzaretti, Paul Agnew
Votes: 30
boreades; Rameau, 1770
64. Die verkaufte Braut (1982 TV Movie)
142 min | Music
Director: Otto Schenk | Stars: Alfred Sramek, Gertrude Jahn, Lucia Popp, Walter Fink
Votes: 14
bride; Smetana; 1866
65. Madama Butterfly (1975 TV Movie)
146 min | Drama, Music
A young Japanese geisha clings to the belief that her arrangement with a visiting American naval officer is a loving and permanent marriage.
Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle | Stars: Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, Robert Kerns
Votes: 127
Butterfly; Puccini, 1904
66. Madama Butterfly (1986 TV Movie)
142 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Director: Derek Bailey | Stars: Yasuko Hayashi, Hack-Nam Kim, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Peter Dvorský
Votes: 30
butterfly; Tutto Puccini, 1904
67. Madama Butterfly (1997 TV Movie)
141 min | Music
Around 1900, Naval Lt. Pinkerton marries innocent Butterfly, and sails away, promising to return within a year. Three years later, Butterfly and their son are still waiting, when he does return with an unpleasant surprise. Tragedy ensues.
Stars: Cheryl Barker, Jay Hunter Morris, Douglas McNicol, Ingrid Silverus
Butterfly; Puccini, 1904; subtitles are automatic, not optional; Opera Australia
68. Madama Butterfly (II) (2004 TV Movie)
142 min | Drama, Musical
Puccini's Madama Butterfly - the composer's self-proclaimed favourite work and certainly one of the most beloved operas in the repertoire - is brought to life at the worldfamous Arena di ... See full summary »
Director: George Blume | Stars: Alessandro Battiato, Mina Blum, Carlo Bosi, Fiorenza Cedolins
Votes: 7
Butterfly; Puccini, 1904; Zeffirelli's last prod
69.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
(2009)
Not Rated | 173 min | Musical
On shore leave in Japan, Lt. Pinkerton is ready for action and finds it in a wedding broker. Cio-Cio-San naively believes the marriage is real. Wait until the real Mrs. Pinkerton hears about this: there's sure to be a Little Trouble ahead.
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Patrick Summers, Renée Fleming, Marcello Giordani, Greg Fedderly
Votes: 35
Butterfly; Puccini, 1904; puppet!
70.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
(2016)
Not Rated | Musical
US Navy Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton buys a house in Japan along with a bride, Cio-Cio San, a.k.a. Butterfly, to tide him over until he marries a "real" American wife. When he leaves for ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Karel Mark Chichon, Deborah Voigt, Roberto Alagna, Tony Stevenson
Votes: 27
Butterfly; Puccini, 1904; puppet!
71.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
(2019)
Not Rated | Musical
Director: Habib Azar | Stars: Pier Giorgio Morandi, Christine Goerke, Bruce Sledge, Scott Scully
Votes: 22
Butterfly; Puccini, 1904; puppet!
72. La cambiale di matrimonio (1989 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 79 min | Comedy, Music
Rossini's first staged opera already contains all the elements that would take the music world by storm in Il barbiere di Siviglia, L'italiana in Algeri and La Cenerentola in the years to ... See full summary »
Director: Claus Viller | Stars: John Del Carlo, Janice Hall, Alberto Rinaldi, David Kuebler
Votes: 8
cambiale; Rossini; 1810
73. La cambiale di matrimonio (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Musical
The plot of La cambiale di matrimonio; which Rossini composed when he was just eighteen years old; revolves around the farcical attempts of Tobia Mill; a rich English merchant; to combine ... See full summary »
Director: Tiziano Mancini | Stars: Paolo Bordogna, Désirée Rancatore, Saimir Pirgu, Fabio Capitanucci
cambiale; Rossini; 1810
74. Respighi: La campana sommersa (2018 Video)
140 min | Music
Director: Tiziano Mancini | Stars: Filippo Adami, Maria Luigia Borsi, Nicola Ebau, Valentina Farcas
campana; Respighi, 1927
75. I Capuleti e i Montecchi (II) (2006 Video)
Not Rated | 136 min | Music
This is the version of I Capuleti e i Montecchi made for La Scala, where it was first staged on 26th December 1830, featuring two female voices in the roles of Romeo and Juliet. This opera ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Scalfi | Stars: Patrizia Ciofi, Clara Polito, Danilo Formaggia, Federico Sacchi
capuleti; Bellini, 1830
76. I Capuleti e i Montecchi (2014)
135 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Bellini's radiant retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a beacon in the bel canto tradition. San Francisco Opera's co-production features two of the greatest voices in bel canto ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Zamacona | Stars: Nicole Cabell, Joyce DiDonato, Saimir Pirgu, Eric Owens
Votes: 10
capuleti; Bellini, 1830
77. Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos (1986 TV Movie)
179 min | Drama, Music
Don Carlo loves Elizabeth, but his father Philip marries her. Lady-in-waiting Eboli loves Don Carlo, unrequited, so she seeks revenge. Political intrigue plus the Spanish Inquisition also shape the events.
Director: Herbert von Karajan | Stars: Ferruccio Furlanetto, Fiamma Izzo d'Amico, José Carreras, Agnes Baltsa
Votes: 36
Carlo; Verdi, 1867
78. Don Carlo (1992 TV Movie)
183 min | Drama, Music
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Samuel Ramey, Luciano Pavarotti, Paolo Coni, Alexander Anisimov
Votes: 55
Carlo; Verdi, 1867
79. Don Carlos (1996 TV Movie)
213 min | Drama, Music
Director: Yves-André Hubert | Stars: José van Dam, Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson, Karita Mattila
Votes: 39
Carlo; Verdi, 1867
80. Don Carlos (2005 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama, Music
Director: Anton Reitzenstein | Stars: Alastair Miles, Ramón Vargas, Bo Skovhus, Simon Yang
Votes: 12
Carlo; Verdi, 1867
81. Don Carlo (2012 TV Movie)
Unrated | 205 min | Music
Based on Schiller's play of the same name, Don Carlos was written for the Paris Opéra in 1865-66 in the tradition of a French grand opera. Repeatedly revised and performed in Italian as Don... See full summary »
Director: Tiziano Mancini | Stars: Giacomo Prestia, Mario Malagnini, Simone Piazzola, Luciano Montanaro
Votes: 5
carlo; 1867; Tutto Verdi
82. Verdi: Don Carlo (2017 Video)
182 min | Music
Stars: Michele Pertusi, José Bros, Vladimir Stoyanov, Ievgen Orlov
83.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Verdi: Don Carlos
(2022)
Not Rated | Musical
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Patrick Furrer, Ailyn Pérez, Matthew Polenzani, Meigui Zhang
Votes: 10
Carlo; Verdi, 1867
84. Dialogues des Carmélites (1999 TV Movie)
156 min | Drama, Music
During the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, a small band of Carmelite nuns struggle to hold on to their faith amid the growing chaos and the ever-present threat of the guillotine. Some ... See full summary »
Director: Don Kent | Stars: Anne-Sophie Schmidt, Valérie Millot, Nadine Denize, Patricia Petibon
Votes: 35
carmelites; Poulenc, 1957
85. Carmen (1956 TV Movie)
143 min | Music
Stars: Belén Amparán, Franco Corelli, Anselmo Colzani, Elda Ribetti
Votes: 10
Carmen; Bizet, 1875
86. Carmen (1968)
164 min | Drama, Music
Director: Herbert von Karajan | Stars: Grace Bumbry, Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni, Justino Díaz
Votes: 80
Carmen; Bizet, 1875
87.
The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode:
Carmen
(1987)
172 min | Musical
Gypsy Carmen picks soldier Don Jose as her latest conquest, costs him his career, takes up with a toreador while he's in jail, recruits him for the smuggling ring, and foresees her own death.
Director: Brian Large | Stars: James Levine, Agnes Baltsa, Leona Mitchell, José Carreras
Votes: 115
Carmen; Bizet, 1875
88. Carmen by Georges Bizet (1991 TV Movie)
162 min | Drama, Music, Romance
The opera tells the story of the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the wiles of the fiery gypsy Carmen.
Director: Barrie Gavin | Stars: Zubin Mehta, Maria Ewing, Luis Lima, Leontina Vaduva
Votes: 61
Carmen; Bizet, 1875
89. Carmen (2003 TV Movie)
150 min | Music, Drama
Director: George Blume | Stars: Marina Domashenko, Maya Dashuk, Cristina Pastorello, Milena Josipovich
Votes: 19
Carmen; Bizet, 1875
90. U-Carmen eKhayelitsha (2005)
122 min | Musical, Drama, Romance
A version of Georges Bizet's Carmen, set in a modern-day South African township.
Director: Mark Dornford-May | Stars: Pauline Malefane, Andile Tshoni, Lungelwa Blou, Zweilungile Sidloyi
Votes: 743
Carmen; Bizet, 1875
91. Carmen (2007 TV Movie)
152 min | Drama, Music
Director: Jonathan Haswell | Stars: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Jonas Kaufmann, Jacques Imbrailo, Norah Amsellem
Votes: 54
Carmen; Bizet, 1875
92. Bizet: Carmen (2009 Video)
156 min | Music
Director: Tiziano Mancini | Stars: Simone Alberghini, Nicolas Courjal, Emanuele D'Aguanno, Philippe Do
carmen; Bizet, 1875
93.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Bizet: Carmen
(2010)
Not Rated | 188 min | Musical
It's a familiar story: Act 1, boy meets girl, goes to jail for her. Act 2, boy is out of jail, girl rewards him with special favors. Act 3, girl is bored already, moving on. Act 4, boy kills girl for ruining his life. We've all been there.
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Renée Fleming, Trevor Scheunemann, Barbara Frittoli
Votes: 85
Carmen; Bizet, 1875
94. Bizet: Carmen (2015 TV Movie)
159 min | Music
Director: Andy Sommer | Stars: Ekaterina Semenchuk, Irina Lungu, Carlo Ventre, Carlos Álvarez
Votes: 6
carmen; Bizet, 1875
95. Bregenzer Festspiele 2017: Carmen (2017 TV Movie)
122 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Don José is serving with the army far from home. His fellow soldiers are captivated by the strange allure of a woman, Carmen. However, he thinks only of home, his mother, and the pretty Micaëla.
Director: Felix Breisach | Stars: Gaëlle Arquez, Daniel Johansson, Scott Hendricks, Elena Tsallagova
Votes: 12
Carmen; Bizet, 1875
96.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Bizet: Carmen
(2019)
Not Rated | Musical
Stars: Louis Langrée, Ailyn Pérez, Alexey Lavrov, Aleksandra Kurzak
Votes: 25
Carmen; Bizet, 1875
97. Cavalleria rusticana (1982 TV Movie)
70 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
Turridu is spotted by his wife, Santuzza, returning from the home of his lover, Lola. He is also seen on the road by Lola's husband, Alfio. While he suspects nothing, Santuzza knows exactly... See full summary »
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Yelena Obraztsova, Plácido Domingo, Renato Bruson, Fedora Barbieri
Votes: 237
cav; Mascagni, 1890; Leoncavallo, 1892
98. Cavalleria rusticana (1990 TV Movie)
78 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Director: Peter Goldfarb | Stars: Shirley Verrett, Kristjan Johannsson, Ettore Nova, Ambra Vespasiani
Votes: 8
cav; Mascagni, 1890
99.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Massenet: Cendrillon
(2018)
Not Rated | Musical
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Bertrand de Billy, Ailyn Pérez, Laurent Naouri, Stephanie Blythe
Votes: 29
cendrillon; Massenet, 1899
100. Massenet: Cendrillon (2020 Video)
148 min | Music
Director: François Roussillon | Stars: Danielle de Niese, Lionel Lhote, Kate Lindsey, Edwarda Melo
cendrillon; Massenet, 1899
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