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1. Boris Godounov (1989)
118 min | Musical, Drama
The film is based on the musical recording of the famous opera by Modest Mussorgsky about the tragic events surrounding the ruling of the Russian tsar Boris in the early 17th century. The ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Zulawski | Stars: Ruggero Raimondi, Kenneth Riegel, Bernard Lefort, Paul Plishka
Votes: 378
2. Moses und Aron (1975)
Not Rated | 107 min | Music, Drama
In expressive, melodic tones, the fraternal pair debate God's true message and intent for His creations, a conflict that leads their followers - in extravagantly choreographed song and dance - towards chaos and sin.
Directors: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub | Stars: Günter Reich, Louis Devos, Eva Csapo, Roger Lucas
Votes: 508
3. The Magic Flute (1975)
G | 135 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
The story of the prince Tamino and his zestful sidekick Papageno, who are sent on a mission to save a beautiful princess from the clutches of evil.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Ulrik Cold, Josef Köstlinger, Irma Urrila, Håkan Hagegård
Votes: 5,267
4. The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
Not Rated | 128 min | Fantasy, Music, Musical
A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Moira Shearer, Robert Rounseville, Ludmilla Tchérina, Ann Ayars
Votes: 3,949 | Gross: $0.09M
5. Carmen (1984)
PG | 152 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In 1820s Spain the soldier Don José falls in love with the fiery and charismatic factory worker Carmen. Conflicts and grievances multiply, however, as it becomes apparent their views on love and commitment are fundamentally incompatible.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Julia Migenes, Plácido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi, Faith Esham
Votes: 1,715
6. La Bohème (1988)
106 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Paris, 1910. On Christmas Eve, a young woman knocks on her neighbor's door to borrow some lamp oil. A touching romance is ignited even as the young woman becomes very sick.
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Barbara Hendricks, José Carreras, Luca Canonici, Angela Maria Blasi
Votes: 106
7. Don Giovanni (1979)
176 min | Drama, Music
Mozart's opera in lush sets: Don Giovanni, the infamous womanizer, kills Donna Anna's father. He is then chased by Donna Anna's fiancé, Don Ottavio, as well as Donna Elvira, one of his former conquests. But the real threat lies elsewhere.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Ruggero Raimondi, John Macurdy, Edda Moser, Kiri Te Kanawa
Votes: 1,317
8. The Threepenny Opera (1931)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds out, he instructs the police chief Brown to arrest and hang Macheath. If not, all the beggars of Soho will disturb the upcoming coronation.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Rudolf Forster, Lotte Lenya, Carola Neher, Reinhold Schünzel
Votes: 2,545
9. Tosca (2001)
Not Rated | 126 min | Musical, Drama
Benoit Jacquot reinvents the way we view opera in this magnificent production of Puccini's story of Tosca's love for the painter Cavaradossi and the intervention of Scarpia.
Director: Benoît Jacquot | Stars: Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Ruggero Raimondi, David Cangelosi
Votes: 453 | Gross: $0.06M
10. Parsifal (1982)
PG | 255 min | Drama, Music
Richard Wagner's last opera has remained controversial since its first performance for its unique, and, for some, unsavory blending of religious and erotic themes and imagery. Based on one ... See full summary »
Director: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | Stars: Edith Clever, Martin Sperr, Robert Lloyd, Michael Kutter
Votes: 334
11. The Cunning Little Vixen (2003 TV Movie)
75 min | Animation
An adaptation of Leos Janacek's opera Prihody Lisky Bystrousky (1925), based on the novel Liska Bystrouska by Rudolf Tesnohlidek. It follows the life of Sharp-Ears, a fox who is captured by... See full summary »
Director: Geoff Dunbar | Stars: Christine Buffle, Grant Doyle, Richard Coxon, Keel Watson
Votes: 76
12. Katerina Izmailova (1967)
118 min | Drama, Music
Katerina murders her husband and her father-in-law. She and her new beau are both sent to Siberia, where the lover almost immediately takes up with a younger woman.
Director: Mikhail Shapiro | Stars: Galina Vishnevskaya, Artyom Inozemtsev, Nikolay Boyarskiy, Aleksandr Sokolov
Votes: 85
13. Otello (1986)
PG | 118 min | Drama, Music
Verdi's famous opera is brought to life in this production. The immortal tale of the noble Moor and his beautiful young wife, and of his lieutenant, whose jealousy and lust for power lead him to commit the ultimate treason.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Díaz, Petra Malakova
Votes: 618 | Gross: $0.19M
14. La Traviata (1982)
G | 109 min | Drama, Music
Violetta meets Alfredo and quickly falls for him. After the lovers run away together, they live in bliss for a short time. However, Alfredo's father, Giorgio, starts to interfere, concerned... See full summary »
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Allan Monk
Votes: 1,511 | Gross: $3.78M
15. 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
16. Die verkaufte Braut (1932)
77 min | Comedy, Music
Bohemia in the 19th century, stage-coach driver Hans, loves the mayor's daughter Marie, but she is promised Wenzel, the son of another wealthy farmer. Marie refuses to marry Wenzel because ... See full summary »
Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: Max Nadler, Jarmila Novotna, Otto Wernicke, Hermann Kner
Votes: 199
17. The Magic Flute (2006)
135 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
During World War I, in an unnamed country, a soldier named Tamino is sent by the Queen of the Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from the clutches of the supposedly evil Sarastro. But all is not as it seems.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Joseph Kaiser, Amy Carson, Ben Davis, Silvia Moi
Votes: 1,304
18. 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
19. Rusalka (1977)
119 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
Director: Petr Weigl | Stars: Magda Vásáryová, Milan Knazko, Premysl Kocí, Jaroslava Adamová
Votes: 65
20. Le rossignol (2005 TV Movie)
50 min | Fantasy, Music, Musical
Director: Christian Chaudet | Stars: Natalie Dessay, Violeta Urmana, Marie McLaughlin, Laurent Naouri
Votes: 49
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