François Roussillon Movie Trailers
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Berg: Wozzeck Trailer (2018)
11 January 2018
Based on real events and drawing on Georg Büchner's revolutionary play, Alban Berg's Wozzeck turns a grimly tragic narrative of violence and murder into one of the most powerful and original operas of the 20th century.
Glyndebourne: Hamlet Trailer (2018)
29 June 2018
Brett Dean's multi-award-winning opera received its world premiere at Glyndebourne Festival 2017. The world premiere recording of Brett Deans new opera based on Shakespeares best-known tragedy: To be, or not to be.
Britten Death in Venice Trailer (2018)
12 October 2018
Britten's last opera, in two acts, presented by Teatro Real.
Clavigo Trailer (1999)
01 October 1999
Inspired by Goethe's early romantic play Clavigo, Roland Petit's ballet recounts the agonies of a weak-willed lover torn between the contradictory promptings of his heart and his evil spirit, which urges him to serve his own interests and forsake true love in favor of a life of debauchery.
Pelléas et Mélisande Trailer (2025)
20 April 2025
In Wajdi Mouawad's "brilliantly involving" new Paris Opera production of Debussy's only opera, Pelléas et Mélisande, French soprano Sabine Devieilhe is "as near to perfection as one might wish for: a voice of exquisite beauty and sung as if the role [of Mélisande] had been written especially for her" (Opera Today) and Huw Montague Rendall, as Pelléas, projects a "faultless French phrasing, endowing [Pelléas] with the perfect blend of freshness and candor" (Bachtrack).
Les Paladins Trailer (2005)
13 March 2005
Inspired by a fable by La Fontaine, [composer Jean-Philippe] Rameau produced perhaps his most brilliant music for his penultimate great work, blending reality and the surreal on several levels.
Adriana Lecouvreur Trailer (2010)
01 January 2010
Starring Angela Gheorghiu as the celebrated French actress Adriana Lecouvreur and Jonas Kaufmann as her lover Maurizio, Count of Saxony, Cilea s verismo drama explores celebrity, romance, jealousy, and death.
Jules César Trailer (2011)
10 February 2011
Live performance 10 February 2011 at the Palais Garnier. Emmanuelle Haïm conducting Le Concert d'Astrée and les Choeurs de l'Opéra national de Paris.
Mozart: Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail Trailer (2015)
19 July 2015
In the 18th century, in the palace of Pasha Selim, in a purely imaginary Turkey. Belmonte, a young Spanish nobleman, is searching for his fiancée, Constance, who has been captured by pirates and sold to Pasha Selim.
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Trailer (2019)
06 July 2019
Composed in the 1930s by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, this is a mordant satire on capitalism and ty
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, 2017) Trailer (2019)
01 August 2019
This is Laurent Pelly’s Théâtre des Champs-Élysées staging of Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, with a cast featuring Florian Sempey as Figaro, Catherine Trottmann as Rosina, and Michele Angelini as Il Conte Almaviva.
Les Troyens Trailer (2012)
25 June 2012
After the destruction of Troy, the Trojan warrior Énée sets out on a journey to found a new dynasty.
Les Enfants du Paradis Trailer (2008)
01 November 2008
The choreographer brings the Paris of yesteryear back to life: the city of the Boulevard du Crime from the first half of the 19th century, with its artists, theaters, and cabarets.
La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein Trailer (2004)
26 December 2004
Live performance at the Théâtre du Châtelet in December 2004. Marc Minkowski conducting Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble.
Rusalka Trailer (2002)
21 December 2002
Renee Fleming stars in Dvorak's three-act opera based on two fairy-tales which tells the story of a water-nymph called Rusalka (Fleming), who wishes she was human, after falling in love with a mortal.
Les Contes d'Hoffmann Trailer (2003)
22 November 2003
Live performance from the Opéra National de Paris, 2003.
Alice Trailer (2022)
23 February 2022
Written in 1865, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was a popular success. All British schoolchildren and their parents knew about the escapades of the young Alice.
La Vie parisienne Trailer (2022)
08 December 2022
La Vie parisienne (Parisian life) is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, composed by Jacques Offenbach in 1866, with a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.
Mireille Trailer (2010)
15 November 2010
In 2009, Frédéric Mistral’s tale of love and loss in Provence came to the Opéra de Paris with a new production of Gounod’s 1864 opera Mireille.
Britten: Billy Budd Trailer (2011)
25 April 2011
Captain Vere, an old man, is haunted by a moment in his life when he was tested and found wanting. Based on Herman Melville's novella of naval life in the late 18th Century, Benjamin Britten's 'Billy Budd' is a gripping reflection on good and evil, innocence and corruption.
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail Trailer (2015)
19 July 2015
In the 18th century, in the palace of Pasha Selim, in a purely imaginary Turkey. Belmonte, a young Spanish nobleman, is searching for his fiancée, Constance, who has been captured by pirates and sold to Pasha Selim.
Béatrice et Bénédict Trailer (2017)
30 June 2017
Berlioz’s whimsical and nostalgic take on Shakespeare’s great comedy Much Ado About Nothing graces the stage of Glyndebourne in Laurent Pelly’s astute 2016 production.
La Sylphide Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
La Sylphide refers to the Paris Opéra Ballet production choreographed by Pierre Lacotte. This acclaimed performance features Etoiles Aurélie Dupont and Mathieu Ganio and was recorded live at the Palais Garnier in July 2004.
Not Now, Darling Trailer (2023)
21 November 2023
In a French fur salon, a businessman disastrously attempts to seduce a stripper with a mink coat, leading to a chaotic mix-up involving mistaken identities, a jealous husband, and a frantic, half-dressed chase.
War and Peace Trailer (2000)
01 January 2000
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
Puccini: La Bohème Trailer (2017)
12 December 2017
No one better described the half-starved, struggling artists than Murger in his Scènes de la Vie de Bohème: artists ready to burn a manuscript to try to keep warm yet,in an era of triumphant bourgeois materialism, dreaming of another existence.
Saul Trailer (2016)
27 May 2016
Glyndebourne's Saul stole the summer and had critics raving. The Guardian (****) applauded virtuoso stagecraft from director Barrie Kosky in his debut production there, calling the show a theatrical and musical feast of energetic choruses, surreal choreography and gorgeous singing.
Handel: Agrippina Trailer (2018)
14 September 2018
Opera by George Frideric Handel filmed on March 29, 2016 at the Theater in Vienna, Austria.
Cavalli: Hercules in Love Trailer (2019)
06 November 2019
Francesco Cavalli, a natural successor to Monteverdi, was the most famous and influential Italian opera composer during the mid-17th century.
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel Trailer (2021)
01 April 2021
Pushkin folk tale as comedic opera whose sultry elements expand an Oriental influence. Korsakov portrays the story of Tsar Nicholas II, punished for his cowardice and despotism, using satire to condemn Russia's autocratic ruler.
Madama Butterfly Trailer (2025)
03 March 2025
Poor Madame Butterfly! The 15-year-old geisha, who has renounced her family and Japanese traditions for the love of an American naval officer, finds herself abandoned in favour of a Western wife.
"L'Opera Seria" @ Teatro alla Scala Milan Trailer (2025)
25 December 2025
In search of an opera for his theatre, an impresario finds himself grappling with a group of egotists and jealous individuals.
Verdi: Don Carlo Trailer (2018)
06 October 2018
Elizabeth of Valois is promised in marriage to Don Carlos of Spain, as part of a peace treaty between the two kingdoms.
Verdi: La traviata Trailer (2015)
29 June 2015
Alfredo, a young man from the provinces, falls in love with Violetta, the stylish toast of Paris. But she’s not the marrying kind – at least not until now.
Dvořák: Rusalka Trailer (2020)
19 August 2020
Praised by critics as “magnificent”, “breathtakingly theatrical” and full of “zestful imagination”, Melly Still’s “spine-tingling” Rusalka is a Glyndebourne classic – a magical contemporary reimagining of a much-loved fairy tale.
Lully : Armide Trailer (2011)
14 June 2011
A production of Lully's 1686 tragédie lyrique masterpiece directed by William Christie at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées from 2008.
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Trailer (2005)
17 December 2005
Prince Siegfried is celebrating his coming of age. The Queen Mother informs him that, the following day, during the grand ball held to mark his birthday, he must choose a future wife.
Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda @ Teatro Real, Madrid Trailer (2024)
20 December 2024
A masterpiece of bel canto at the Teatro Real in Madrid: conductor José Miguel Pérez-Sierra and director David McVicar take on Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda, with Lisette Oropesa in the title role.
Bizet : Carmen Trailer (2010)
01 January 2010
About the Director: John Eliot Gardiner is one of the most versatile conductors of our time. Acknowledged as a key figure in the early music revival, he is the founder and artistic director of the Monteverdi Choir, the English Baroque Soloists and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique.
The Children of Scaramouche Trailer (2014)
01 January 2014
Dive into a danced dream in this film by François Roussillon! Inspired by José Martinez’s three-act ballet Les enfants de Scaramouche (a choreography on music by Darius Milhaud that premiered in 2010), this 2014 filmed adaptation highlights the incredible talents of the young students of the Paris National Opera’s Dance School.
Lulu Trailer (2011)
01 December 2011
Live performance of Alban Berg's opera at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona. Inspired by "Pandora's Box" by Frank Wedekind, Lulu describes the social ascent and the demise of a deadly woman, driven by men to behave in murder, to her own.
Gluck - Orphée et Eurydice Trailer (2018)
18 October 2018
Amour, the messenger of the gods, tells Orpheus that he may descend to the underworld and return with Eurydice.
The Marriage of Figaro Trailer (2012)
27 June 2012
Rosina from *The Barber of Seville* is now Countess Almaviva, his wife. However, he is far from being a paragon of virtue.
Georges Bizet: Carmen - Opéra Comique, Paris Trailer (2023)
26 April 2023
The opera "Carmen" caused a scandal at its premiere at the Opéra Comique in Paris. Now the feisty Carmen returns to where it all began.
L'incoronazione di Poppea Trailer (2008)
01 January 2008
An early baroque masterpiece, Monteverdi's L’incoronazione di Poppea was inspired by The Annals by Tacitus and celebrates the love of the emperor Nero and the courtesan Poppea.
L'heure espagnole & Pulcinella @ Opéra-Comique, Paris Trailer (2024)
09 March 2024
Louis Langrée, Guillaume Gallienne and Clairemarie Osta combine performing arts to honour these two masterpieces, inspired by the gallant XVIIIth century, in a show that celebrates comic spirit’s fruitfulness and freedom in genre.
Fidelio Trailer (2021)
01 October 2021
Beethoven's only opera came to the stage of the Opéra Comique in Paris in 2021 in a sensational production.
The Rake's Progress Trailer (2011)
01 January 2011
The devil is hard at work in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress! The three-act opera was premiered at Venice’s La Fenice in 1951 and is whimsically staged and performed in this production from the 2010 Glyndebourne opera festival.