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The Metropolitan Opera: La Sonnambula TrailerUn giorno di regno TrailerIl turco in Italia - Teatro Real de Madrid Trailer
The Metropolitan Opera: La Sonnambula TrailerUn giorno di regno TrailerIl turco in Italia - Teatro Real de Madrid Trailer
Total trailers found: 46
01 January 1984
King Henry VIII (Enrico VIII) of 16th century England falls in love with his queen's lady-in-waiting, Jane Seymour (Giovanna Seymour).
11 November 1991
John Copley’s colorful production, with designs by Beni Montresor, was created around the beloved superstar Luciano Pavarotti.
26 September 2016
The priestess Norma loves Pollione, leader of the occupying force suppressing her people, and has borne two children by him.
21 March 2009
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 of a stranger.
09 June 2023
At the Teatro Real in Madrid, director Laurent Pelly and conductor Giacomo Sagripanti get to grips with Gioachino Rossini’s Il Turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy) – a delightful opera buffa teeming with colourful characters!
25 July 2007
NORMA tells the tragic story of a supposedly chaste druidic priestess, who is driven to murderous jealousy by her lover's inconstancy.
14 May 2005
Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore is one of the staples of the comic opera repertory. The plot hinges on whether earnest but dim-witted Nemorino will snag Adina, the flirtatious heroine.
07 October 2017
Deep in a forest where druids and warriors seek revenge against the conquering Romans, Norma is scorned by the Roman proconsul Pollione, with whom she has two children.
15 October 2011
David McVicar's atmospheric and brooding production captures the drama of this riveting piece of British history, retold as only Donizetti could.
01 January 2009
Donizetti's L'Elisir d'amore in a colorful version signed Annabel Arden. A pastoral romance between Adina, the rich and gorgeous landowner, and Nemorino, a simple peasant, L'Elisir d'amore sets Tristan and Iseult's love potion at the center of the action.
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.
19 November 2018
A village somewhere in the Italian countryside, a wayside inn on a road crossed by the occasional dog.
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.
01 January 2008
La Sonnambula is an idillic, classical and intense melodramma with an extremely fine, lyrical musicality and tense with pure "canto", suspended between Arcadia and Romanticism.
13 October 2012
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 Night of the Met’s 2012–13 season.
13 May 2011
A notorious femme fatale renowned for her ruthless pursuit of power reveals poignant vulnerability when she comes face to face with her long-lost son int he captivating, elegant production from San Francisco Opera.
04 September 2014
Bellini's radiant retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a beacon in the bel canto tradition.
30 November 2019
Gualtiero is an exiled count, forced to become a pirate. His enemy Ernesto blackmails Imogene into marrying him, even though he knows she loves Gualtiero.
26 September 2006
This is the version of I Capuleti e i Montecchi made for La Scala, where it was first staged on 26th December 1830, featuring two female voices in the roles of Romeo and Juliet.
02 March 1981
The incomparable Luciano Pavarotti at his most eloquent brings Donizetti’s Nemorino to live as only he can, combining vocal fireworks, personal charisma, and charm.
12 October 2007
This new Dynamic opera was performed in Donizetti's native city of Bergamo, during the most important world festival dedicated to the Italian composer.
10 May 2023
Country boy Nemorino is determined to win the haughty Adina’s heart, but she refuses to give him the time of day.
01 May 2001
Gaul has been conquered by the Romans. Oroveso, the Arch-Druid longs to lead a Gallic rebellion against the colonial forces.
28 April 2002
When a wealthy Turkish aristocrat arrives in a humble Italian town, the married women roll their eyes in delight, their rival lovers lose out, and the husbands rage with jealousy.
31 January 1947
Nemorino is hopelessly in love with Adina but she is attracted to a dashing captain.
07 July 2018
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 never fails to delight audiences.
18 October 2025
Nadine Sierra summits another peak of the soprano repertoire as Amina, who sleepwalks her way into audiences’ hearts in Bellini’s poignant tale of love lost and found.
26 September 2016
The priestess Norma loves Pollione, leader of the occupying force suppressing her people, and has borne two children by him.
21 July 2014
Rolando Villazon's Baden Baden version of the Donizetti's opera set as an early Hollywood shoot of a western.
31 January 2010
Part of Tutto Verdi series - Un giorno di regno (2010) Parma. 'Un giorno di regno, ossia il finto Stanislao' ('A One-Day Reign, or The Pretend Stanislaus', but often translated into English as 'King for a Day') is an operatic melodramma giocoso in two acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto written in 1818 by Felice Romani.
20 July 1974
Oroveso, a Druid High Priest, gathers his people in a sacred forest and prays to their gods for help in vanquishing the Romans who have taken over Gaul.
01 January 2019
Around 1536, at Windsor Castle, King Henry VIII of England fell in love with the young queen's lady-in-waiting, Jane Seymour.
01 January 2002
Live performance from the Zurich Opera House, January 2002.
17 June 1967
Released in 1967, the famous black-and-white film adaptation of Donizetti's opera, starring tenor Carlo Bergonzi and soprano Renata Scotto, alongside Giuseppe Taddei, is known for its charming performances and popular recordings.
02 March 1981
The Metropolitan Opera performance of L'Elisir d'Amore is conducted by Nicola Rescigno and features Luciano Pavarotti in the title role.
17 May 2016
Bellini - i Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
11 April 2025
A tale of thwarted love and mistaken and assumed identities, this comedy revolves around an ordinary man becoming ‘King for a Day’.