Rigoletto is a jester in the court of the Duke of Mantua. He has a hunch-back and he's rather unattractive, but he's good at his job of humiliating the courtiers for the amusement of the Duke. The courtiers, of course, are not amused. The Duke is a ladies man who feels his life would be meaningless if he couldn't chase every skirt he sees. In fact, we learn as the opera begins that he's recently been noticing a young lady every Sunday on her way to church, and he's vowed to have his way with her. What nobody realizes is that the girl is the jester's beloved daughter, Gilda, and that Gilda has seen the Duke every Sunday and is smitten with him. Suddenly Count Monterone appears at court, furious that the Duke has seduced his daughter. Rigoletto ridicules Monterone, the Duke laughs, and Monterone casts an awful curse on both of them. Later, the courtiers discover that Rigoletto is secretly living with Gilda...
In seiner 1787 in Prag uraufgeführten Oper hat Mozart den jahrhundertealten Don-Juan-Mythos aufgegriffen und zu einem musikdramatischen Meisterwerk verdichtet. In Loseys Filmoper wachsen Landschaften und Architektur mit der Handlung und der Musik zu einer Symbiose zusammen. In der großartigen Bildersprache spiegelt sich das Ende einer feudalen Epoche.
The Prince, Don Ramiro (who has changed places with his valet, Dandini), meets Cenerentola and they are instantly attracted to each other. When the Philosopher, Alidoro, later takes Cenerentola (dressed in magnificent clothing) to the palace, Dandini (still posing as the prince) tries to talk of love to her, but Cenerentola rejects him, saying that she is in love with his 'valet'. Ramiro, who has overheard this comment, is overjoyed, and immediately proposes to her, but Cenerentola says that he must first seek her out and then, if he still felt the same way, she would marry him. She gives him one of a matching pairs of bracelets, telling him to look for its companion on her right arm (she then leaves the palace). Ramiro ends the masquerade, and he and Dandini resume their true identities. The Prince then sets out on his quest - little realising that destiny, in the form of a violent thunderstorm, is about to take a hand in the affair.
Filmed production of Bizet’s Carmen at Earls Court in London, June 1989.
In the spotlight of global media coverage, the first transgender woman ever to perform as Don Giovanni in a professional opera, makes her historic debut in one of the reddest states in the U.S.
This opera was filmed live at La Scala in 1992. The all-star cast includes Luciano Pavarotti, Samuel Ramey, aolo Coni, Daniela Dessi, Luciana d'Intio, and Alexander Anismov. Riccardo Muti conducts.
The innocent Candide discovers that human beings aren't all they are cracked up to be and ultimately focuses on building his own life on his own terms.
In the court of Princess Turandot, suitors who fail to solve her riddles are brutally killed. But when a mysterious Prince answers correctly, suddenly he holds all the power – and a glorious secret. When life hangs in the balance, can love conquer all?
Gräfin Mariza behauptet, sich mit dem Grafen Zsupan zu verloben, um Ruhe vor ihren Verehrern zu erlangen. Allerdings gibt es diesen von ihr erfundenen Grafen wirklich, der sie nun auch tatsächlich heiraten möchte...
A meditation on the female body as a source of both power and pain that focuses on the tragic figure of renowned American-Greek opera singer Maria Callas (1923-77), whose stunning soprano voice captivated audiences around the world in the mid-20th century while her life was wracked by scandal and personal suffering.
The heroic Koroghlu is a poor youngster who leads a peasants' revolt against the tyrannic Khan.
Eine Zauberflöte in der aufregenden Vision des renommierten englischen Regisseurs Simon McBurney, die das Wall Street Journal als "die beste Produktion, die ich je von Mozarts Oper gesehen habe" bezeichnete. Nathalie Stutzmann dirigiert das Met Orchester, wobei der Orchestergraben angehoben wird, um die Musiker für das Publikum sichtbar zu machen und die Interaktion mit der Bühne zu ermöglichen. McBurney entzündet ein Feuerwerk an theatralischen Effekten, das Projektionen, Soundeffekte und Akrobatik einbezieht.
Director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut, reinvigorating the classic story with a staging that moves the action to the modern day, in a contemporary American industrial town.
Als den Jäger Max seine Treffsicherheit und das Jagdglück verlassen, greift er auf magische Unterstützung zurück. Immerhin muss er sich vor dem Erbförster Kuno als treffsicherer Jäger präsentieren, um seine geliebte Agathe, dessen Tochter, zu bekommen. Also macht sich Max mit seinem Kumpel Kaspar auf, um in der Wolfsschlucht treffsichere Freikugeln zu gießen.
Offenbach’s mockery of bourgeois ideals, the sublimity of music and the institution of marriage ensures that the moralistic sermonizing of ‘Public Opinion’ falls on deaf ears. The mysterious figure of John Styx tells the story of behind-the-times Orpheus and his hacked-off Eurydice, of gods and goddesses seeking diversion, jaded with humdrum life in Olympus. He tells of the rebellion in the pantheon, which Jupiter adeptly averts by promising an amusement for his entourage. Burning with curiosity to see the beauteous captive and the contest between Jupiter and Pluto for Eurydice’s favour, the illustrious company embarks on an infernal ride to the underworld that culminates in what is surely the most wellknown can-can in the history of music. And what of Eurydice? She ends up putting a spoke in everyone’s wheel…
Clara is given an enchanted Nutcracker doll on Christmas Eve. As midnight strikes, she creeps downstairs to find a magical adventure awaiting her and her Nutcracker. The magician Drosselmeyer transforms the drawing room into a battle between mice and toy soldiers. During the battle, Clara saves the Nutcracker’s life – so breaking a magical spell that turned him from a boy to a toy – and the Mouse King is defeated. In celebration, Drosselmeyer sweeps Clara and the Nutcracker off to the Kingdom of Sweets, where they meet the Sugar Plum Fairy and take part in a wonderful display of dances. The next morning, Clara’s adventures seem to have been more than just a dream.
The story follows Vivian's life from young girl through two marriages, divorce, liberation and class trip, to a baglady.
A filmed stage production of the story of Pelle Svanslös, the cat who lost his tail as a kitten, and his interactions with all the other cats in the neighbourhood.
A colorful and comedic staging of the classic opera buffa by the Vienna State Opera.