Eugène Scribe

A follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.

27 de dez. de 1929

When a small state is threatened with capture by a much stronger one, only one thing can save it: the emergence of a competitor comparable to the i...

25 de ago. de 1979

Fenella, a poor Italian girl, falls in love with a Spanish nobleman, but their affair triggers a revolution and national catastrophe.

30 de jan. de 1916

Conducted by Riccardo Muti, the master of the Scala in Milan for twenty years, the Verdian melodrama unfolds before our eyes. This Cavani's approac...

01 de ago. de 2001

David Alden’s elegant 2012 production moves Verdi’s thrilling drama to a timeless setting inspired by film noir. Marcelo Álvarez is Gustavo III, th...

08 de dez. de 2012

Rossini's "Le Comte Ory" tells the story of a libidinous and cunning nobleman who disguises himself first as a hermit and then as a nun in order to...

09 de abr. de 2011

Cecilia Bartoli stars in this ebullient Zurich Opera House production of Rossini’s first French-language comedy opera described by the internationa...

23 de jan. de 2013

31 de jan. de 1947

Live from the Metropolitan Opera, 14 February 1980. This version takes place in Boston rather than Sweden.

14 de fev. de 1980

This production from Covent Garden is set in Stockholm, and not Boston. With Reri Grist (Oscar), Placido Domingo (Gustavus), Katia Ricciarelli (Ame...

27 de jul. de 1975

A considered lost film from 1913

01 de jan. de 1913

Verdi's opera performed by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by James Levine.

26 de jan. de 1991

Anna Netrebko as the beautiful and wealthy Adina leads the cast in Barlett Sher’s production of Donizetti’s charming comedy, first seen on Opening ...

13 de out. de 2012

Rolando Villazon's Baden Baden version of the Donizetti's opera set as an early Hollywood shoot of a western.

21 de jul. de 2014

Part of Tutto Verdi series - Un ballo in maschera (2011) Parma. Based on a Scribe libretto and begun as 'Gustavo III' set in Sweden, it became 'Un...

01 de out. de 2011

The French have occupied Sicily, and Hélène is held hostage by Montfort, the French governor, who has had her brother executed. She turns to the pa...

30 de out. de 2013

A sympathetic bandit chief supports the cause of freedom in Naples against the Bourbon King Ferdinand.

17 de mar. de 1931

The Metropolitan Opera performance of L'Elisir d'Amore is conducted by Nicola Rescigno and features Luciano Pavarotti in the title role. Donizetti'...

02 de mar. de 1981

01 de dez. de 1928

This Blu-ray is a splendid record of a creative production with terrific voices and direction, as good as the Met's videos any day. It also tends t...

04 de set. de 2019

John Copley’s colorful production, with designs by Beni Montresor, was created around the beloved superstar Luciano Pavarotti. As the simple, good-...

11 de nov. de 1991

A Glass of Water (German: Ein Glas Wasser) is a 1923 German silent historical film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Mady Christians, Lucie Hö...

01 de fev. de 1923

Part of Tutto Verdi series 'I vespri siciliani' ('The Sicilian Vespers') is a five-act Italian opera originally written in French for the Paris Opé...

20 de out. de 2010

Glyndebourne's intimate opera house provides the perfect setting for Rossini's third French opera, a sparkling medieval comedy of lust and chastity.

20 de jul. de 1997

29 de nov. de 1918

Live from La Scala Jan. 2 1990

02 de jan. de 1990

This was a 1988 revival of a 1971 production that teamed Domingo (Vasco da Gama) and Verrett (Selika - both then very much in their prime) in Meyer...

01 de jan. de 1988

Les Huguenots is a monumental fresco featuring various impossible loves in the context of the Saint Bartholomew Massacre. Andreas Kriegenburg place...

04 de out. de 2018

Based on the opéra comique of the same name, the film follows the exploits of Italian brigand Fra Diavolo.

01 de jul. de 1912

Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur concerns a doomed love based on a real story about an actress involved in a famous love triangle. Mirella Fren...

02 de jun. de 1989

Marco Spada was created at the Paris Opera in 1857 with choreography from Joseph Mazilier and music adapted from Daniel Auber’s comic opera of Marc...

30 de mar. de 2014

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, December 2012. Daniel Oren conducting Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus. A grand opera that dominated...

30 de dez. de 2012

I Vespri Siciliani must me Verdi's most underrated masterpiece. Most people are put off by the fact that it has 5 acts, therefore they conclude tha...

17 de jul. de 1986

Donizetti’s bubbly romantic comedy about a spunky landowner, a hapless peasant, and the dubious love potion that may or may not bring them together...

07 de jul. de 2018

Joan Sutherland's farewell performance to the operatic stage offsets this story of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre and the magnificence of 16th ...

01 de out. de 1990

Starring Angela Gheorghiu as the celebrated French actress Adriana Lecouvreur and Jonas Kaufmann as her lover Maurizio, Count of Saxony, Cilea s ve...

01 de jan. de 2010

Adrienne Lecouvreur is an acclaimed actress who falls in love with Polish prince Maurice de Saxe, only to be poisoned by a jealous rival while Maur...

28 de out. de 1938

Live performance from Wiener Staatsoper, 2003. Vjekoslav Šutej conducting Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper. Stage director Günter Krämer.

01 de dez. de 2003

Live performance from Teatro La Fenice, 29 Nov. 2013.

29 de nov. de 2013

Just as a young woman is about to marry her sweetheart, she is discovered—by the entire village, to say nothing of her fiancé—asleep in the bedroom...

21 de mar. de 2009

Live Paris 2006

30 de jun. de 2006

Donizetti's L'Elisir d'amore in a colorful version signed Annabel Arden. A pastoral romance between Adina, the rich and gorgeous landowner, and Nem...

01 de jan. de 2009