Alek Shrader Trailers
14 Short Films About Opera TrailerDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg - The San Francisco Opera TrailerThe Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow Trailer
14 Short Films About Opera TrailerDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg - The San Francisco Opera TrailerThe Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow Trailer
Total trailers found: 7
28 April 2014
One of the reasons why Donizetti's Don Pasquale is regarded as a cornerstone of the Italian comic opera tradition is because its characters are no mere commedia dell’arte stereotypes, but complex, vulnerable human beings.
18 November 2015
It is love at first sight when the knight Walther von Stolzing first meets the goldsmith’s daughter, Eva.
19 April 2009
An engrossing behind-the-scenes quasi-documentary as 10 hopefuls vie for a spot on the Met's roster.
09 November 2012
Composer Thomas Adès conducts the Met premiere of his powerful opera based on Shakespeare’s last play, in Robert Lepage’s brilliantly inventive production.
17 January 2015
Renée Fleming lights up the Met stage as Hanna Glawari, the fabulously wealthy widow of the title in Lehár’s beloved operetta, set in Paris and seen in a glittering production directed and choreographed by Broadway’s Susan Stroman.
01 January 2013
L'Heure espagnole is a one-act operatic farce written by Ravel and first premiered in 1911. The title's literal translation is "The Spanish Hour", but here the word "heure" refers more generally to "time", reminiscent of the cliché, "How They Keep Time in Spain".
24 July 2025
A collection of social media snippets created entirely through volunteer work for the LA Opera during the 2010/2011 season.