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Siegfried Trailer (1990)
23 February 1990
Siegfried is the third of the four operas that constitute Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner.
New Year's Concert 2002 Trailer (2002)
01 January 2002
The New Year's Concert from in Vienna delights countless spectators every year. The list of star conductors who have conducted this traditional concert reads like a who's who of the international music scene and it is an honor for even the biggest star to be invited by the Vienna Philharmonic.
Aida Trailer (1985)
03 January 1985
This was one of the most emotional evenings in Met history—the night Leontyne Price bid farewell to opera.
The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov Trailer (2010)
23 October 2010
Stephen Wadsworth’s production of Mussorgsky’s epic masterpiece brilliantly captures the suffering and ambition of the Russian people at a critical time in their nation’s history.
Aida Trailer (1989)
06 October 1989
AIDA, an Ethiopian princess, is captured and brought into slavery in Egypt. A military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the Pharaoh.
La Clemenza di Tito Trailer (2006)
20 August 2006
The 1791 La Clemenza di Tito (or 'The Clemency of Titus') marked Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's final opera seria.
Les Contes d'Hoffmann Trailer (1981)
01 December 1981
Seeking to exorcise the failure of his current love affair, the poet Hoffmann tells the tales of his three past loves - the doll-like Olympia, the high-class courtesan Giulietta, and the ambitious but delicate Antonia - and recalls how each was thwarted by the evil influence of his rival.
L'italiana in Algeri Trailer (1986)
30 January 1986
L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli.
Spirituals in Concert Trailer (1990)
07 December 1990
"Spirituals in Concert" featuring Jessye Norman and Kathleen Battle.
Wozzeck Trailer (1987)
01 January 1987
1987 recording of Wozzeck by the Vienna State Opera with Claudio Abbado conducting. Based upon Georg Büchner's 1837 play, Alban Berg's Wozzeck details the harsh existence of the title character, a former soldier in the German army who has to struggle mightily to make a living, even as others around him prosper.
Cecilia & Bryn at Glyndebourne Trailer (1999)
24 April 1999
The celebrated mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli joins Bryn Terfel for a recital of arias and duets recorded at Glyndebourne Opera House in 1999.
Wagner: Götterdämmerung Trailer (1980)
12 August 1980
Götterdämmerung, the fourth of Richard Wagner's four Ring operas. The cast features Manfred Jung as Siegfried and Gwyneth Jones as Brünnhilde, with music provided by Bayreuther Festspiele Orchester conducted by Pierre Boulez.
Adriana Lecouvreur Trailer (1989)
02 June 1989
Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur concerns a doomed love based on a real story about an actress involved in a famous love triangle.
Norma Trailer (2007)
02 January 2007
This new production of Bellinis Norma by Jürgen Rose (sets, costumes, stage direction, and lighting) to honor Edita Gruberovas first staged assumption of the title role was taped in January and February of 2006 in Munich.
Falstaff Trailer (1993)
01 January 1993
It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian Verdi that there remained within him one last great comedy fighting to get out that we owe this absolute miracle of an opera.
Samson et Dalila Trailer (1998)
28 September 1998
Elijah Moshinsky's production of Saint-Saëns's "Samson et Dalila", recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera 28 September 1998.
Verdi: Macbeth Trailer (1987)
19 June 1987
Macbeth" was Giuseppe Verdi's first attempt at music drama and also the first manifestation of his profound love for Shakespeare's work.
Der Rosenkavalier Trailer (1985)
30 March 1985
Live performance, new production season 1984-5. BBC 2 Television relay on 30 March 1985 of performance of February 11.
Siegfried - Bayreuther Festspiele Trailer (1980)
12 August 1980
The third opera in Richard Wagner's epic Ring cycle, Siegfried follows the adventures of the son of demigods Siegmund and Sieglinde as he conquers his enemies and rescues the beauteous Brunnhilde with the help of his magic sword.
Wagner: Das Rheingold Trailer (1980)
12 August 1980
This is a beautifully conducted and thoughtfully staged performance of the first opera (the prologue) in Wagner's Ring Cycle.
Aida Trailer (1981)
08 August 1981
Verdi's most famous opera is performed at the Arena of Verona in Italy. Egypt and Ethiopia are at war.
Falstaff Trailer (1982)
01 January 1982
This first-rate 1982 production of Verdi’s Falstaff marked the great 20th century Italian maestro Carlo Maria Giulini's return to opera conducting after more than a decade's absence.
L'Upupa & Der Triumph der Sohnesliebe Trailer (2003)
26 August 2003
This production of Hans Werner Henze's opera Upupa & Der Triumph der Sohnesliebe features Laura Aiken, John Mark Ainsley, and Alfred Muff in lead roles.
Cecilia Bartoli Sings Haydn Trailer (2001)
01 January 2001
From the Styriarte Festival in Graz Austria, the acclaimed mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli and Maestro Nikolaus Harnoncourt with his orchestra Concentus Musicu Wien, present a concert on Haydn arias and Symphony No.
Don Quixote (Kitri's Wedding), A Ballet In Three Acts Trailer (1984)
05 March 1984
The American Ballet Theatre, performing at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, June 1983, led by Mikhail Baryshnikov, present Cervantes' story about the adventures of the Knight of Rueful Countenance.
Turandot Trailer (1983)
01 January 1983
From the world famous Arena of Verona, an international cast perform one of Puccini's best loved operas.
Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice Trailer (2000)
01 December 2000
Film recording of Robert Wilson’s stage production of the opera by Gluck. John Eliot Gardiner conducts Berlioz’s 1859 revision of Gluck’s opera “Orphée et Eurydice” at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.
La traviata Trailer (2005)
07 August 2005
Violetta, a courtesan much wooed by Parisian society, organizes a grand party that is attended, amongst others, by the young Alfredo Germont.
Wagner: Die Walküre Trailer (1980)
12 August 1980
The second part of Patrice Chérau's epoch-making Bayreuth Ring is a radical re-imagining of Die Walküre, unprecedented in its psychological penetration.
Arabella Trailer (1994)
03 November 1994
Arabella, Op. 79, is a lyric comedy or opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, their sixth and last operatic collaboration.
Il Tabarro & Pagliacci Trailer (1994)
26 September 1994
Puccini's Il Tabarro & Leoncavallo's Pagliacci; Pavarotti and Domingo star in MET 1994-1995 season opener.
Tristan und Isolde Trailer (1999)
18 December 1999
Inspired by Wagner’s own tortured affair with the wife of his patron, this searing masterwork is based on Arthurian legend and tells of an illicit romance between a Breton nobleman and the Irish princess betrothed to his uncle and king.
Anna Bolena - Wiener Staatsoper Trailer (2011)
05 April 2011
Gaetano Donizetti and his librettist Felice Romani kept the focus of their opera ANNA BOLENA on the personal rather than the political in this fictionalized Tudor tale: Henry VIII of England wants to get rid of his second wife, Anne Boleyn, so that he can marry her lady-in-waiting, Jane Seymour.
Manon Lescaut Trailer (1983)
28 December 1983
The sets and costumes by Ponnelle are truly reflective of the 'grand style'. Plus the fact that the two lead characters are portrayed by top singers in their absolute prime - both Gruberova and Araiza weren't even 35 years old at the time of this performance, makes this production the most convincing both dramatically and musically.
Capriccio - Wiener Staatsoper Trailer (2013)
12 June 2013
Richard Strauss' last stage work is an opera about opera as an art form, depicting the creation of a music drama in a wise and witty way.
Arabella Trailer (2014)
17 June 2014
2014 marks a year of celebration recognizing the 150th birthday year of the German late-Romantic orchestral, operatic and lied master composer, Richard Strauss (1864-1949).
Eugene Onegin Trailer (2007)
29 July 2007
The Wiener Philharmoniker mounts, and Andrea Breth stages, this 2007 production of Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin, starring Peter Mattei, Joseph Kaiser, Anna Samuil and Renée Morloc.
L'Orfeo Trailer (2002)
16 May 2002
Taped live in Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu on January 31, 2002, this L'Orfeo is both a visual da
Lohengrin - Metropolitan Opera Trailer (1986)
10 January 1986
Wagner’s Romantic opera demands singing actors who can truly inhabit their parts, and that’s just what we have here.
Die Walküre Trailer (1989)
08 April 1989
The gorgeous and evocative Otto Schenk/Günther Schneider-Siemssen production continues with this second opera in Wagner’s Ring cycle.
The Marriage of Figaro Trailer (2006)
26 July 2006
This release contains the celebrated 2006 production of Mozart's Nozze di Figaro that was directed for the stage by Claus Guth at that year's Salzburg Festival.
Bartoli in Italy Trailer (1998)
01 January 1998
In the awe-inspiring Teatro Olimpico,Vicenza, Cecilia Bartoli, recognised as one of the best singers of our time, gives the most outstanding recital of work from a variety of composers such as Caccini, Schubert, Handel, Vivaldi, Bellini, Donizetti,Mozart, Rossini, Viardot and Bizet.
Ariadne auf Naxos - Metropolitan Opera Trailer (1988)
12 March 1988
Jessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera, opposite the passionate Bacchus of the great James King.
Così fan tutte Trailer (1996)
27 February 1996
Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 27 February, 1996.
Carlos Kleiber New Year’s Concert 1992 Trailer (1992)
01 January 1992
Johann Strauss Jr.: Waltzes and Polkas. "The Thunder and Lightning" Polka, with its flashing cymbals and booming bass drum, has always been a favorite in our household.
Roberto Devereux Trailer (2005)
19 January 2005
Live from Munich, 2005. London, 1601: love, lust and a death sentence at the English royal court - that's just the mix for great Italian opera.
Simon Boccanegra: Royal Opera House Trailer (2007)
10 September 2007
Kiri Te Kanawa, Alexandru Agache, Michael Sylvesyer, and Roberto Scandiuzzi star in this Covent Garden production of the Verdi opera conducted by Sir Georg Solti.
Stiffelio - The Met Trailer (1993)
13 November 1993
Giuseppe Verdi's opera of religion, revenge and redemption gets the star treatment in this 1993 Metropolitan Opera production conducted by James Levine and starring Plácido Domingo as the cuckolded man of God at the center of the tale.
Mozart: Così Fan Tutte (Zurich Opera House) Trailer (2000)
05 July 2000
A production of Mozart's opera recorded live at Zurich Opera House in 2000. Cecilia Bartoli leads an all-star cast including Roberto Saccà, Liliana Nikiteanu, and Agnes Baltsa.
Strauss R: Der Rosenkavalier Trailer (2009)
31 January 2009
Herbert Wernicke's production of Richard Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier", filmed live at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden on 31 January 2009.
The Fiery Angel Trailer (1993)
24 December 1993
Serge Prokofiev's enigmatic work, this is a tale of the supernatural, religious hysteria and demonic possession which is set in Germany at the time of The Inquisition.
American Ballet Theatre in San Francisco Trailer (1985)
01 January 1985
Onstage at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, the American Ballet Theatre presents a variety of numbers from several recognized ballets, both traditional and modern, including Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet," Gottschalk's "Great Galloping Gottschalk," Tchaikovsky's "The Black Swan," Handel's "Airs" and Chausson's "Jardin aux Lilas.
Mazeppa Trailer (1997)
09 July 1997
Valery Gergiev directs the Kirov Opera and Ballet in this dramatic staging of Tchaikovsky's rarely performed historical opera, based on Pushkin's verse tale of the legendary Cossack chieftain.
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades Trailer (2002)
05 May 2002
The Queen of Spades, Op. 68 (Russian: Пиковая дама, Pikovaya dama, French: Pique Dame) is an opera in 3 acts (7 scenes) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, based on a short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin, but the plot was very changed.
Lohengrin: Bayreuth Festival Opera Trailer (2008)
08 April 2008
Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin staged in 1987 by Werner Herzog in Bayreuth.