Movies

  • 2017
    Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty

    Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty

    Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty

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    Known for his mournful "Adagio for Strings," Samuel Barber was never quite fashionable. This acclaimed film is a probing exploration of his music and...

    Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty
  • 2009
    La Traviata

    La Traviata

    La Traviata

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    Renée Fleming has matured into one of the finest sopranos around at the moment, a true star with a sparkling personality and a velvet-toned...

    La Traviata
  • 2009
    Rossini: La Cenerentola

    Rossini: La Cenerentola

    Rossini: La Cenerentola

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    "Irresistible" (Opera News) rising-star mezzo Elina Garanca triumphs as Rossini's Cinderella in this delightful Metropolitan Opera production. "As...

    Rossini: La Cenerentola
  • 2005
    La traviata

    La traviata

    La traviata

    7.92005HD

    Violetta, a courtesan much wooed by Parisian society, organizes a grand party that is attended, amongst others, by the young Alfredo Germont. He...

    La traviata
  • 2001
    Macbeth

    Macbeth

    Macbeth

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    This hard-edged postmodern production of Giuseppe Verdi's haunting masterpiece brings the story of Shakespeare's bloody tragedy to vivid life,...

    Macbeth
  • 2002
    Wonderful Town

    Wonderful Town

    Wonderful Town

    02002HD

    The classic musical by Bernstein, Comden and Green is performed live in concert in Berlin, starring Audra McDonald, Thomas Hampson, Brent Barrett and...

    Wonderful Town
  • 2006
    Don Giovanni

    Don Giovanni

    Don Giovanni

    02006HD

    Don Giovanni's list of romantic conquests reaches into the hundreds. But his reputation as a lothario puts him in danger as the women he's betrayed...

    Don Giovanni
  • 2018
    Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood

    Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood

    Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood

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    In honor of Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday, Tanglewood—the famed summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra—dedicated its...

    Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
  • 2001
    Fly, Thought, on Golden Wings

    Fly, Thought, on Golden Wings

    Fly, Thought, on Golden Wings

    02001HD

    World-famous baritone Thomas Hampson hosts this tribute to Italy's best known and most beloved composer, Giuseppe Verdi. Tracing the life of one of...

    Fly, Thought, on Golden Wings
  • 1996
    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary

    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary

    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary

    01996HD

    This tribute to James Levine, first shown on PBS, was only part of that glorious evening. Here we have the whole performance, up to three hours. I...

    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
  • 1993
    On the Town

    On the Town

    On the Town

    01993HD

    A concert performance of Leonard Bernstein's "On the Town" performed at the Barbican Centre in London in 1993, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas and...

    On the Town
  • 2020
    Hadrian

    Hadrian

    Hadrian

    02020HD

    Rufus Wainwright's original opera finds Emperor Hadrian devastated after his lover Antinous drowns in the Nile River. While matters of state encroach...

    Hadrian
  • 2008
    Massenet: Thaïs

    Massenet: Thaïs

    Massenet: Thaïs

    02008HD

    When the most voluptuous, sought-after courtesan in the world meets an ascetic monk whose life is devoted to God, you know erotic sparks are going to...

    Massenet: Thaïs
  • 2023
    John Adams: Nixon in China

    John Adams: Nixon in China

    John Adams: Nixon in China

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    In February 1972, the American president Richard Nixon went to China to meet Mao Zedong. In the context of the war in Vietnam and the cold war, this...

    John Adams: Nixon in China
  • 2005
    Verdi La Traviata

    Verdi La Traviata

    Verdi La Traviata

    02005HD

    This DVD of a live 2005 performance from the Zürich Opera under the musical direction of Franz Welser-Möst has many things to recommend it...

    Verdi La Traviata
  • 1996
    Verdi: Don Carlos

    Verdi: Don Carlos

    Verdi: Don Carlos

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    Luc Bondy's 1996 production of Don Carlos was staged, recorded and filmed at the Chatelet in Paris. These seven performances were blessed with an...

    Verdi: Don Carlos
  • 2008
    Opening Night Gala Starring Renée Fleming

    Opening Night Gala Starring Renée Fleming

    Opening Night Gala Starring Renée Fleming

    02008HD

    Keeping with a long-standing tradition, Renee Fleming kicks off the new season at the Met with scenes from Verdi's Traviata, Massenet's Manon, and...

    Opening Night Gala Starring Renée Fleming
  • 2005
    Parsifal's Progress

    Parsifal's Progress

    Parsifal's Progress

    02005HD

    A documentary about Nikolaus Lehnhoff's 2004 production of Wagner's last opera, Parsifal, at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. Interviews,...

    Parsifal's Progress
  • 2002
    Simon Boccanegra

    Simon Boccanegra

    Simon Boccanegra

    02002HD

    One of the lesser known works by Giuseppe Verdi, Simon Boccanegra is regarded by most opera lovers as one of his finest. The action takes place in...

    Simon Boccanegra
  • 2006
    Doktor Faust

    Doktor Faust

    Doktor Faust

    02006HD

    Faust - a lonely scholar, despairing of life, who has so far failed to discover its highest meaning - is given a book on black magic from three...

    Doktor Faust