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 together for the first time: mezzo Joyce DiDonato and soprano Nicole Cabell. Their compelling duet is one of the finest marriages between two voices in many, many years. The production, directed by Vincent Broussard and featuring costumes by Christian Lecroix, is captured in brilliant HD.
The tale of an Irish writer who moves to Northern Italy, finding a new sense of tranquility in life after experiencing heartache.
Two singers at the height of their powers—radiant soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor sensation Benjamin Bernheim—come together as the star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s sumptuous Shakespeare adaptation, with Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct one of the repertoire’s most romantic scores. Bartlett Sher’s elegant staging also features baritone Will Liverman and tenor Frederick Ballentine as the archrivals Mercutio and Tybalt, mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey as the mischievous pageboy Stéphano, and bass-baritone Alfred Walker as Frère Laurent.
For the centenary of the Verona Opera Festival, Jonas Kaufmann gave a gala concert in the Arena on 20 August 2023. With colleagues Sonya Yoncheva and Ludovic Tézier, and accompanied by the Orchestra della Fondazione Arena di Verona conducted by Jochen Rieder, he performed arias and duets from Tosca, Otello and Andrea Chenier, and evergreens by Franz Lehár and Leonard Bernstein as well as famous film songs such as 'Nella fantasia' (The Mission) and 'Nelle tue mani' (Gladiator).
Two great friends leave Verona for Milan, Valentine with great enthusiasm and Proteus unwillingly, as he will have to leave his recently-betrothered Julia. Valentine soon falls in love with Silvia, daughter of the Duke of Milan, but then Proteus meets the captivating Silvia... and he too becomes besotted.
Niccolò Vivaldi is a cello player and he plays in Arena di Verona Orchestra. But he is not the first and neither the second cello. He is frustrated. Nobody can remember his face, nor his name. Niccolò is married to Costanza, who is really beautiful and he takes some pictures of her naked. Later he shows the pictures to a friend and so he feels better. He starts to write a comic opera called "Il merlo maschio" only to discover later he had written Rossini's "La gazza ladra". To maintain his self-esteem he can only show his wife...
Young love is poisoned by a generations long feud between two noble families.
German boarding school student Pauli hopes to lose his virginity while visiting his father in Italy.
A young woman takes a trip to romantic Verona, Italy, after a breakup, only to find that the villa she reserved was double-booked, and she'll have to share her vacation with a cynical British man.
Базиран на едноименната пиеса на Уилям Шекспир, филма на режисьора Карло Карлей разказва историята на любовниците Ромео и Жулиета, които се опитват да избегнат конфликтите между техните враждуващи фамилии Монтеки и Капулети. Един от малкото хора на които двамата могат да се доверят и от когото търсят съвети е монаха Лорънс, който не след дълго се съгласява да ги ожени тайно. Това обаче е само началото на проблемите в ежедневието на Ромео и Жулиета.
Left heartbroken after Romeo begins to pursue her cousin Juliet, Rosaline schemes to foil the famous romance and win back her guy in this comedic twist of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Бизнесменът Виктор пристига заедно със съпругата си Софи във Верона - градът на най-романтичната любов, тази на Ромео и Жулиета. Софи скучае без Виктор, който непрекъснато е на делови срещи, затова се присъединява към група доброволци, които отговарят на писма, адресирани до Жулиета. Така в ръцете й попада изгубено писмо от Англия от 1951 година, в което Клер пише за безумната си любов към италианец, изчезнал от живота й. Трогнатата Софи отговаря на писмото с идеята да вдъхнови вече възрастната Клер да дойде в Италия и да потърси отдавна изгубения си любим...