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Royal Opera House: Andrea Chénier Trailer (2024)
11 June 2024
At a glittering party in 18th-century Paris, the poet Andréa Chenier delivers an impassioned denunciation of Louis XVI.
Tosca Trailer (2019)
07 December 2019
To open its 2019-2020 season, La Scala in Milan has chosen Tosca, in a new production directed by Davide Livermore.
Tosca Trailer (2000)
17 March 2000
Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.
Royal Opera House: La Bohème Trailer (2017)
03 October 2017
Puccini’s passionate opera is conducted by Antonio Pappano and stars a superb young cast including Nicole Car, Michael Fabiano and Mariusz Kwiecień, in a new production by Richard Jones.
Royal Opera House: La Bohème Trailer (2009)
04 December 2009
John Copley's enduring production of one of the most famously melodious and popular of all operas is a classic of the Royal Opera repertory.
Royal Opera House: Madama Butterfly Trailer (2024)
26 March 2024
Cio-Cio-San, the young Japanese bride of American naval officer Lieutenant Pinkerton, finds her romantic idyll shattered when he deserts her shortly after their marriage.
Tosca Trailer (2012)
13 February 2012
This production from the historic Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova, Italy, stars the opera worlds power couple, Daniela Dessì and Fabio Armiliato, as lovers Tosca and Cavaradossi.
Andrea Chenier Trailer (1981)
31 December 1981
Although Domingo was younger and Banackova looked more like the sweet and innocent young Madalena than the one played by Tomowa-Sintow in the ROH production, this production was not as good.
La Bohème Trailer (1965)
16 January 1965
In the early 1960s two artistic giants, conductor Herbert von Karajan and director Franco Zeffirelli, joined forces to create this milestone production of Puccini’s masterpiece at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala.
The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Manon Lescaut Trailer (2016)
05 March 2016
Kristine Opolais is the young woman whose conflicting desires for love and luxury lead to her tragic end, and Roberto Alagna plays the man who falls for her in Puccini’s early hit.
Manon Lescaut – The Met Trailer (2008)
16 February 2008
One of today’s most compelling singing actresses, Karita Mattila takes on the irresistible role of Manon Lescaut, the headstrong young woman torn between a life of luxury and the call of her true love: the Chevalier des Grieux, played by Marcello Giordani.
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème Trailer (2018)
24 February 2018
Puccini’s timeless love story, which includes some of its composer’s most beloved music, has moved generations of opera lovers since its 1896 world premiere.
Madama Butterfly Trailer (2024)
28 November 2024
Madam Butterfly is without doubt Giacomo Puccini's most beloved and performed opera, an opera that has captivated and touched the audiences of the whole world.
La Bohème Trailer (1988)
09 March 1988
The film tells the story of a love affair between a poor poet and an equally poor seamstress in 19th century Paris.
Puccini: La Bohème Trailer (2017)
27 December 2017
Graham Vick devises a version of La Bohème set in modern-day Athens, transporting Puccini’s beloved opera from 19th century Paris to 21st century Exarchia.
Manon Lescaut Trailer (1983)
01 August 1983
"Manon", wrote Puccini to his publisher Giulio Ricordi in 1889, "is a heroine I believe in and therefore she cannot fail to win the heart of the public.
La Bohème Trailer (1977)
14 March 1977
Puccini’s heartbreaking story of young love in the garrets of Belle Epoque Paris has attracted many famous singers through the years.
Del Monaco: Andrea Chenier Trailer (1961)
15 January 1961
Renowned tenor Mario Del Monaco sings the lead in this production of Umberto Giordano's opera based on the life of French poet Andrea Chénier.
Manon Lescaut Trailer (2014)
04 September 2014
In June 2014, London’s Royal Opera House presented Jonathan Kent’s new production of Manon Lescaut.
La Bohème Trailer (2007)
01 July 2007
The burning lyricism, the minute painting of details, the fresh liveliness of the conversation scenes and the sophistication of orchestration, all contribute to making La Bohème one of the most original creations in the history of opera.
The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca Trailer (2018)
27 January 2018
Sir David McVicar’s bold new staging of Tosca, Puccini’s operatic thriller of Napoleonic Rome, thrilled Met audiences when it rang in the New Year in 2018.
Royal Opera House: Tosca Trailer (2018)
07 February 2018
The painter Mario Cavaradossi helps a fugitive escape – and so attracts the attention of Scarpia, the sadistic Chief of Police.
La Boheme Trailer (1988)
01 January 1988
Giacomo Puccini's bittersweet opera of high-spirited bohemians and the doomed love between Rodolfo, the idealistic poet and Mimi, the consumptive flower-maker, is a beautifully balanced series of tableaux depicting the infectious joie de vivre of youth and the tragic waste of disease and separation.
Royal Opera House: Tosca Trailer (2011)
14 July 2011
The star singers in this revival of the 2006 production were Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel; the Royal Opera Chorus and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House were under the baton of Antonio Pappano, the Music Director of the Royal Opera House.
Tosca Trailer (1986)
04 July 1986
This live version of Puccini s superbly dramatic opera was recorded in Rome in the exact locations and at the precise times of day as Puccini had written into his score.
La Boheme Trailer (2006)
02 October 2006
Madrid's legendary Teatro Real staged this production of Giacomo Puccini's seminal opera La Bohème, starring Inva Mula, Aquiles Machado and Jesús López Cobos in the principal roles.
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème Trailer (2014)
05 April 2014
A new generation of rising stars shines in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production of Puccini’s most popular opera.
Andrea Chénier Trailer (1985)
01 May 1985
Live from ROH 1985. Giordano's Andrea Chenier is one of the greatest of verismo operas, full of heart-stopping big tunes and powerful emotional situations.
Puccini: La Bohème Trailer (2008)
01 June 2008
Puccini’s evergreen paean to young love and the bohemian life has captivated generations of Met-goers through Franco Zeffirelli’s iconic production.
La Bohème Trailer (2008)
17 October 2008
Giacomo Puccini's immortal opera, in a high budget feature-film version directed by Academy Award nominee Robert Dornhelm, stars opera's 'Golden Couple', Rolando Villazon and Anna Netrebko as the protagonists, Rodolfo and Mimi.
Andrea Chenier Trailer (1973)
19 February 1973
France, 1792. Chenier is an idealistic poet, in love with the aristocratic Maddalena. While Chenier supports such notions as "liberte, fraternite egalite," his sympathies do not extend to the current Reign of Terror.
Tosca Trailer (1976)
28 April 1976
Opera is an inherently theatrical medium that does not lend itself readily to the realism of film treatment.
Puccini Manon Lescaut Trailer (2015)
01 January 2015
The French tale of a beautiful young woman destroyed by her conflicting needs for love and luxury.
The Met — Tosca Trailer (2009)
10 October 2009
Puccini’s musical thriller of lust, murder, and politics is one of the most dramatically riveting operas in the repertoire.
La Bohème Trailer (2015)
10 June 2015
Final performance of the 1974 John Copley production. Live from ROH June 10 2015.
The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly Trailer (2019)
09 November 2019
Ever since it opened the 2006–07 season, Anthony Minghella’s striking production of Madama Butterfly has been a Met classic.
Madame Butterfly Trailer (1995)
22 November 1995
Cio-Cio-San, a young Japanese geisha, seeks to fulfill her dreams through marriage to an American naval officer.
La Bohème Trailer (2026)
27 February 2026
In present day East End, an aspiring novelist falls in love with a Ukrainian cleaner whilst his best friend attempts to rekindle his romance with a social climbing sex bomb.
Puccini: La bohème Trailer (1982)
01 January 1982
"La Bohème" is one of Giacomo Puccini's most popular and timeless works and the second-most performed opera at New York's Metropolitan Opera.
Tosca Trailer (2001)
01 September 2001
Benoit Jacquot's acclaimed 2002 film of Puccini's opera stars Angela Gheorghiu in the title role, with Roberto Alagna, Ruggero Raimondi and the Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, under Antonio Pappano.
Andrea Chénier Trailer (1996)
09 November 1996
Andrea Chenier is a poet during the French Revolution. He and Maddalena are in love. Gerard, former servant in Maddalena's house, denounces them to the Tribunal, but recants it too late.
Puccini's Madama Butterfly Trailer (1974)
14 September 1974
Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, and Robert Kerns star in this Jean-Pierre Ponnelle-directed version of the Puccini opera, with Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic.
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.
Royal Opera House: Madama Butterfly Trailer (2017)
30 March 2017
Cio-Cio-San, the young Japanese bride of dashing American officer Lieutenant Pinkerton, finds her romantic idyll shattered when he deserts her shortly after their marriage.
Giordano: Andrea Chénier - Teatro alla Scala Trailer (2017)
07 December 2017
Andrea Chénier, Umberto Giordano's masterpiece, a title that opens the Piermarini's 2017/2018 opera season, returns to La Scala in Milan after a 32-year absence.
The Metropolitan Opera: Andrea Chénier Trailer (2025)
13 December 2025
Giordano’s passionate tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution.
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.
The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly Trailer (2016)
02 April 2016
Anthony Minghella’s beautiful, atmospheric production enhances Puccini’s drama of unfortunate, doomed love.
Tosca Trailer (1978)
27 November 1978
A stellar cast brings Puccini’s spellbinding opera to life, seizing every opportunity to thrill the audience.
Puccini: Manon Lescaut Trailer (1980)
29 March 1980
All the throbbing eroticism—and ultimate heartbreak—of Puccini’s youthful score is unleashed by James Levine and his top-flight cast.
Madama Butterfly - Valencia Trailer (2021)
19 December 2021
A guileless Japanese girl gives up everything to marry a lieutenant in the US Navy. But when he suddenly leaves the country, she is determined to wait patiently until he sails back into harbour.
The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca Trailer (2024)
23 November 2024
Extraordinary soprano Lise Davidsen stars as the volatile diva Floria Tosca for the first time at the Met.
Manon Lescaut Trailer (1998)
30 June 1998
TDK presents a recording of Puccini’s heart-breaking opera from one of the best opera houses of the world featuring star tenor José Cura and remarkable soprano Maria Guleghina as the two inseparable lovers.
La Bohème Trailer (2013)
19 November 2013
The musical notes of this Puccini masterpiece provide the starting point and foundation for a new, highly successful collaboration between Riccardo Chailly and Davide Livermore.
