2015

Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

5/1

Valery Gergiev conducts Mariusz Trelinski’s thrilling new production of these rarely heard one-act operas. Anna Netrebko stars as the blind princess o...

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Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

1990

Die Walküre

8.125/8

The gorgeous and evocative Otto Schenk/Günther Schneider-Siemssen production continues with this second opera in Wagner’s Ring cycle. Hildegard Behren...

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Die Walküre

1981

Aida - San Francisco Opera

8/1

An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for the enslaved Ethiopian princess Aida, and his loyalty to the Pharaoh...

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Aida - San Francisco Opera

2012

The Metropolitan Opera: Aida

8/1

The Met’s spectacular production of Verdi’s Egyptian epic captures both the grandeur and the intimacy of this powerful tale of love and politics. Liud...

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The Metropolitan Opera: Aida

2006

Les Contes d'Hoffmann

0/0

Giancarlo Del Monaco's passionate and intelligent production of Jacques Offenbach's magnum opus creates a climactic kaleidoscope of deep and convincin...

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Les Contes d'Hoffmann

2008

Les Contes D'Hoffmann

0/0

Among DVDs of "Hoffmann" currently available, this is the only one that even begins to stand comparison with the superlative Powell and Pressburger fi...

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Les Contes D'Hoffmann

2000

La Belle Hélène

7/1

This is a joy from beginning to end. Although there are many tricks and ideas from Laurent Pelly, as always he seems to still retain the Offenbach mag...

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La Belle Hélène

1977

Rigoletto

9/2

A Victor Hugo play, haunting and scandalous, provided the inspiration for Verdi’s mid-career masterpiece. A vengeful but misguided court jester strive...

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Rigoletto

1992

The Ghosts of Versailles

9/1

What happened to Figaro and his friends after the events told in Rossini’s and Mozart’s operas? One possible sequel is told in John Corigliano’s “gran...

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The Ghosts of Versailles

1984

Die Fledermaus

8.2/5

Most opera houses ring in the New Year with Johann Strauss Jr.'s most popular operetta--the festiveness of which is appropriate for the occasion--and...

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Die Fledermaus

1998

Notre-Dame de Paris

8.267/86

A musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel "Notre Dame de Paris" which follows the gypsy dancer Esmeralda and the three men who vie for her love: the...

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Notre-Dame de Paris

2001

Mozart: Don Giovanni (Zurich Opera House)

9.5/2

Live 2001 production from the Zurich Opera House of the classic Mozart/Da Ponte opera, with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting and directed for televisio...

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Mozart: Don Giovanni (Zurich Opera House)

1987

Turandot

7.1/5

The Franco Zeffirelli production of Puccini's "Turandot", recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera in April, 1987. Éva Marton stars as Turandot, with P...

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Turandot

2005

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

7.5/2

Stage director Emilio Sagi's production of the legendary Barber of Seville is enriched by a bright distribution. Maria Bayo returns to one of her sign...

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Il Barbiere di Siviglia

2016

The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni

0/0

Simon Keenlyside smolders dangerously in the title role of Mozart’s version of the legend of Don Juan, creating a vivid portrait of a man who is a law...

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The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni

1997

Salome

10/1

Richard Strauss's opera, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

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Salome

2000

Don Giovanni

8.5/2

Live performance at the Metropolitan Opera in 2000.

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Don Giovanni

2003

Les Contes d'Hoffmann

10/1

Live performance from the Opéra National de Paris, 2003.

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Les Contes d'Hoffmann

1987

Die Entführung aus dem Serail

5.833/3

Mozart's famous Singspiel after Christoph Friedrich Bretzner's work "Belmonte und Konstanze", DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL comes to life in the sumpt...

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Die Entführung aus dem Serail

2009

Rossini: La Cenerentola

3.3/4

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

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Rossini: La Cenerentola