Opus Arte Movie Trailers
Most Popular Opus Arte Trailers
Total trailers found: 108
Das Liebesverbot Trailer (2016)
19 February 2016
This Wagner opera is rarely performed because of the scandals that engulfed the Magdeburg Theatre when it was performed in 1836 under the title The Novice of Palermo, and became known as a cursed opera from which the composer had to distance himself.
Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet) Trailer (2014)
31 March 2014
Carlos Acosta's first venture directing one of ballet's 19th century classics was eagerly anticipated, as was his own starring role in the production (as Basilio), opposite the Argentinian Royal Ballet principal Marianella Nuñez (Kitri).
Parsifal Trailer (2005)
19 March 2005
Recorded live at the Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, Germany, August 2004. Kent Nagano, conductor. Nikolaus Lehnhoff, stage director.
Royal Opera House: Salomé Trailer (2008)
28 February 2008
David McVicar’s powerful Royal Opera House 2008 production of Strauss's opera – based on a play by Oscar Wilde – takes the controversial and disturbing film 120 Days of Sodom as its visual reference.
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Trailer (2012)
02 September 2012
In “a Wagner staging to treasure” (The Sunday Telegraph), the 2011 Glyndebourne Festival brings to life the legendary German composer’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Trailer (2008)
09 November 2008
This program captures a live performance of the Richard Wagner opera Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, recorded at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany, under the direction of Katharina Wagner.
Die tote Stadt Trailer (2010)
26 November 2010
This Finnish National Opera production of the opera “Die tote Stadt” by Erich Wolfgang Korngold was staged by Kasper Holten, with Klaus Florian Vogt as Paul and Camilla Nylund as Marietta, while Mikko Franck directed the Finnish National Orchestra.
Britten: Gloriana Trailer (2013)
01 June 2013
Benjamin Britten’s opera Gloriana was written in 1953 for celebrations around the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, to whom the opera is dedicated.
Royal Opera House: Don Giovanni Trailer (2014)
27 April 2014
The impulsive and charismatic Don Giovanni travels through Europe seducing women, accompanied by his long-suffering servant Leporello.
The Minotaur Trailer (2008)
07 June 2008
This staging of Harrison Birtwistle's opera The Minotaur features John Tomlinson, Johann Reuter, Christine Rice, and Andrew Watts in the main roles.
Sylvia (Royal Ballet) Trailer (2005)
05 December 2005
Darcey Bussell and Roberto Bolle star in Frederick Ashton's Sylvia, restored to the splendour of its elegant and opulent three-act form for the 75th anniversary celebrations of The Royal Ballet.
The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow Trailer (1994)
07 November 1994
The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow is a film which sets out to bring the viewer closer, not to the details of Schubert's life, but to the spirit of what he was trying to express with what he called his creative gift and with which he tried "to brighten the world".
Strauss II: Die Fledermaus Trailer (2003)
23 July 2003
Glyndebourne's pulsating new production of the Waltz King's much-loved comic operetta. Its story centers on a magnificent masked ball, given by a Russian prince, that brings together all the main characters in various disguises.
Robert le Diable Trailer (2012)
30 December 2012
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, December 2012. Daniel Oren conducting Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus.
Verdi: Don Carlo Trailer (2013)
09 August 2013
Teatro Regio’s 2013 revival of their highly successful 2006 production of Verdi’s Don Carlo celebrates the 40th anniversary of the theatre’s reopening in 1973.
Aida - Arena di Verona Trailer (2013)
05 November 2013
The grand scale and magnificent acoustics of the Roman arena in Verona are ideally suited to the pageantry of Verdi's Egyptian opera, presented here in a staging that is true to the original 1913 production, framed by obelisks and sphinxes and filled with chorus and dancers.
Lohengrin Trailer (2006)
01 January 2006
At the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, the stage director Nikolaus Lehnhoff signs a remarkable production of Wagner's LOHENGRIN, the third of the German composer's main operas.
The Blu-ray Experience: Opera & Ballet Trailer (2008)
01 October 2008
Including world-class artists such as Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli, Anne Sofie von Otter, Jose Cura, Simon Keenlyside and Agnes Letestu, this 50-minute sampler will give you a taste of many beloved classics in opera and ballet.
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.
Prokofiev: Cinderella Trailer (2012)
06 January 2012
Christopher Wheeldon's acclaimed new Cinderella for the Dutch National Ballet is an imaginative interpretation of a much-loved classic.
Fidelio - Beethoven - Opernhaus Zürich 2008 Trailer (2008)
01 January 2008
Translucence, transparency – warmth’ are the qualities identified by Bernard Haitink as necessary for an ideal sound performance of Beethoven's only opera, and all are present in this fantastic recording of Katharina Thalbach's 2008 production for Opernhaus Zurich.
Mozart - Cecilia Bartoli, Nikolaus Harnoncourt Trailer (2003)
07 April 2003
Cecilia Bartoli joins Nikolaus Harnoncourt and his Concentus Musicus Wien for a concert performance a
Written On Skin Trailer (2013)
08 March 2013
When Written on Skin had its premiere at the 2012 Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, conducted by George Benjamin himself, it received a standing ovation.
Rigoletto Trailer (2001)
19 September 2001
Live recording at Royal Opera House, 22 September, 2001. Television live relay. In one of the Royal Opera’s most celebrated and popular productions, director David McVicar mixes lavish historical costumes and dark stylized settings to highlight the savagery and excitement of Verdi’s tale of misdirected revenge.
The Trout Trailer (1970)
08 November 1970
Christopher Nupen's record of the concert given by five young musicians in the new Queen Elizabeth Hall at London's South Bank, in 1969.
Paquito D’Rivera & Chano Domínguez - Quartier Latin Trailer (2007)
31 July 2007
With the magnificent sets of the Quartier Latin in Giancarlo del Monaco's La Bohème as a backdrop, the Teatro Real presents an invigorating Latin jazz cross-pollination, featuring some of the world's greatest jazz fusionists: the veteran Cuban saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera and the creator of the ‘New Flamenco Sound’, Spanish pianist Chano Domínguez.
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades - Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona Trailer (2010)
30 June 2010
Obsessive in gambling and in love, the soldier Hermann is the protagonist of Tchaikovskys Pique Dame, based on a story by Pushkin.
Les Boréades Trailer (2003)
01 March 2003
Director Robert Carsen and his creative team flood the stage with summer blossoms, drifts of autumn leaves, winter snows and thunderous spring storms.
Johnny Mathis: Live By Request Trailer (2001)
18 December 2001
In May 1998, Johnny Mathis -- who ranks as one of the most cherished singers in America -- filmed an installment of the Emmy-winning series "Live by Request" in New York City.
Janacek: Jenufa Trailer (2009)
01 January 2009
"Yenufa" is an outstanding phenomenon in the music of the 20th century. Drawing on Moravian folklore, Janáček faithfully and deeply conveyed the drama of a peasant girl.
The Newspaper Trailer (2005)
01 January 2005
The writer Dario Fo applies his inventive genius to Rossini's comic opera in its premiere DVD release.
Trouble in Tahiti Trailer (2001)
01 January 2001
Leonard Bernstein was on his honeymoon in 1951 when he began composing his one-act opera, Trouble in Tahiti, a candid portrait of the troubled marriage of a young suburban couple.
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.
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh Trailer (2012)
01 January 2012
Opera lies at the heart of Rimsky-Korsakov's colourful idiom, but performances are few and far between; this realisation of his penultimate and grandest stage work is a very rare and special experience.
Tannhauser Trailer (2014)
12 August 2014
Wagner's tale of the struggle between spiritual and profane love, and of redemption through love, is given a radical visual update in Sebastian Baumgarten's controversial yet thought-provoking Bayreuth production.
Elektra Trailer (2010)
27 January 2010
The richness and intensity of Richard Strauss's masterful one-act opera, in Herbert Wernicke's compelling production, vividly portrays the relentless pursuit and ecstatic realization of vengeance.
Così fan tutte Trailer (2006)
25 November 2006
Mozart's genius in setting to music da Ponte's comic play of love, infidelity and forgiveness marks COSI FAN TUTTE as one of the great works of art from the Age of Enlightenment.
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.
A Midsummer Night's Dream Trailer (1999)
25 March 1999
Pacific Ballet Northwest performs with soloists Cynthia Fleming, Libby Crabtree, and Judith Harris in this ballet created by George Ballanchine to music by Mendelssohn based on a story by Shakespeare, conducted by Stewart Kershaw.
Les Contes d'Hoffmann Trailer (2006)
15 May 2006
Giancarlo Del Monaco's passionate and intelligent production of Jacques Offenbach's magnum opus creates a climactic kaleidoscope of deep and convincing emotions.
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.
Carmen Trailer (2002)
25 July 2002
David McVicar's exhilarating new production, with Anne Sofie von Otter in the title role, restores the Opera Comique to Bizet's masterpiece.
Gianni Schicchi Trailer (2005)
19 July 2005
Alessandro Corbelli takes the title role in Annabel Arden's whirlwind production of Puccini's compact opera, in which the scheming Gianni Schicchi retrieves for himself the spoils of a disinherited family to pave the way for his daughter to marry her love.
Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen Trailer (2012)
15 June 2012
The tale of a quick-witted fox and her escape from confinement for a life in the forest.
The Nutcracker Trailer (2016)
08 December 2016
The young Clara creeps downstairs on Christmas Eve to play with her favourite present – a Nutcracker.
Lulu Trailer (2009)
13 June 2009
New peoduction, 2009. Filmed by the Royal Opera House in co-production with Opus Arte, June 13/17.
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
Die Frau ohne Schatten Trailer (2011)
29 July 2011
This performance of the Richard Strauss opera Frau ohne Schatten, recorded live and in high definition, features vocalists like Stephen Gould, Anne Schwanewilms, Michaela Schuster, and Wolfgang Koch in the leading roles.
Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito Trailer (2005)
01 June 2005
Directed by Ursel Hermann, this 2005 production of Mozart's last opera stars a remarkable cast with Susan Graham in the role of Sesto, Christoph Prégardien giving life to Tito and Catherine Naglestad embodying the ambitious Vitellia.
Castor & Pollux Trailer (2011)
05 April 2011
Recorded at the Musiektheater, Amsterdam on 21 & 25 January 2008. Performed by De Nederlandse Opera, composer Jean-Philippe Rameau's renowned tragedy "Castor et Pollux" tells the myth-based story of the selfless love between two brothers: Castor, who is mortal, and the immortal Pollux.
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera Trailer (2008)
25 January 2008
Passion, loyalty and political conspiracy are the three pillars of Un ballo in maschera (1859), the 'most operatic of all operas'.
Berlioz: Les Troyens Trailer (2003)
26 October 2003
This epic opera follows Virgil, beginning as the Greeks appear to have ceded the field after ten years of the Trojan War.
Prom at the Palace Trailer (2002)
01 June 2002
All-time classical favourites from the first ever public concert held in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, hosted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Mozart: The Magic Flute Trailer (2015)
01 May 2015
Since it's premiere in a tiny suburban theatre in Vienna, Die Zauberflote has delighted audiences young and old for over 200 years.
Mozart: Don Giovanni Trailer (2005)
12 October 2005
Lluis Pasqual's powerful production for the Spanish capital sets Da Ponte's timeless story of sleaze and seduction into the dark world of 1940s Spain.
Les Paladins by Jean-Philippe Rameau or Baroque that Rocks Trailer (2005)
13 March 2005
Featurette from the Opus Arte DVD of Les Paladins by Jean-Philippe Rameau staged at the Théâtre du Chatelet in Paris, 2004.
Ciro in Babilonia Trailer (2012)
19 July 2012
The Biblical story of Belshazzar's hubristic arrogance, set against the valour of the young warrrior-leader Cyrus, provided the 20-year-old Rossini with a dramatic story enriched by West-Eastern implications which still speak to us today.
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Trailer (2008)
18 January 2008
Glyndebourne's celebrated production of Nikolaus Lehnhoff's Tristan und Isolde is a supremely intelligent achievement; gravely beautiful, haunting and meditative, it is deeply reflective rather than visceral, fortified by Roland Aeschlimann's stunningly effective set, a womb-like space through which the protagonists move like gods.
