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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.
Otello Trailer (1992)
27 October 1992
The complete version of Verdi's Otello performed by Placido Domingo and Kiri Te Kanawa, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Meyerbeer: L'Africaine Trailer (1988)
01 January 1988
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 Meyerbeer's discursive swan-song.
Lohengrin 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.
Neujahrskonzert 2004 Trailer (2004)
10 February 2004
The Vienna Philharmonic's 2004 New Year's Concert was conducted by Riccardo Muti and featured a traditional program of music by the Strauss family and their contemporaries, performing well-known pieces like the "An der schönen blauen Donau" waltz and the "Radetzkymarsch".
La Traviata Trailer (2006)
01 January 2006
This superb 2006 production of the Los Angeles Opera's La Traviata stars Renée Fleming, who joins the ranks of the elite handful of sopranos whose vocal and acting talents make their portrayals memorable.
I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata Trailer (1984)
01 January 1984
Set during the Crusades, the story of Lombardi opens with the rivalry of two brothers -- Arvino and Pagano -- who vie with one another for the love of Viclinda.
Elektra Trailer (1994)
01 January 1994
The Otto Schenk production of Richard Strauss's "Elektra", filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in January, 1994.
Götterdämmerung Trailer (1990)
05 May 1990
The stupendous climax to Wagner’s four-part Ring cycle is brilliantly realized by the Otto Schenk/Günther Schneider-Siemssen production and byJames Levine’s monumental conducting.
Gurrelieder Trailer (2009)
22 October 2009
Performance of Schoenberg's Gurrelieder by SBR, conducted by Mariss Jansons
Fedora Trailer (1997)
26 April 1997
Princess Fedora, who is to marry the Count the following day, arrives and sings of her love for him, unaware that the dissolute Count has betrayed her with another woman.
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.
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.
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.
Die Walküre Trailer (1990)
23 February 1990
The gorgeous and evocative Otto Schenk/Günther Schneider-Siemssen production continues with this second opera in Wagner’s Ring cycle.
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.
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.
Donizetti: Anna Bolena 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.
Berlioz: Les Troyens Trailer (1983)
07 October 1983
Berlioz’s colossal masterpiece requires stupendous forces—dozens of soloists, enormous chorus, orchestra and ballet, a superb conductor who understands the uniqueness of the score—plus a production that does visual justice to the work.
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.
Lohengrin Trailer (1990)
28 January 1990
Lohengrin is a romantic opera in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner.
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.
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.
Capriccio 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 (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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Jewels - Mariinsky Ballet Trailer (2011)
21 September 2011
George Balanchine's abstract ballet danced to existing pieces of music by composers Faure, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky.
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.
Otello Trailer (1995)
01 October 1995
Verdi’s monumental score is fully the equal of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy—and both demand great actors.
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.
Verdi: Rigoletto Trailer (1981)
15 December 1981
The opera's dramatic structure frames and enhances the characters. Scenes of magnificence regularly alternate with scenes of darkness and squalor.
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).
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.