Robert Tear Trailers

The Burning Fiery Furnace Trailer (1967)

12 November 1967

Tony Palmer's documentary about the staging of Britten's choral work.

Turandot Trailer (2002)

31 December 2002

Valery Gergiev leads the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in this production of Puccini's opera, recorded live at the Salzburger Festspiele in 2002.

Billy Budd Trailer (1966)

11 December 1966

A version of Benjamin Britten's opera based on the Melville story. Will the virtuous young sailor Billy Budd be hanged for murder?

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Trailer (1992)

01 January 1992

A young woman, married to a wealthy man, but miserably lonely; trapped within a world ruled with an iron fist.

The Marriage of Figaro Trailer (1994)

28 May 1994

Live from Glyndebourne 1994. The first production to be filmed Live in Glyndebourne´s new opera house May 1994.

Britten: Death in Venice Trailer (1990)

01 January 1990

Death in Venice was Britten's final opera--an extraordinarily atmospheric and haunting adaptation of Thomas Mann's novella, evoking the grandeur and shabbiness of a Venice in the grip of disease.

The Turn of the Screw Trailer (1982)

01 January 1982

Benjamin Britten’s opera of the Henry James novel. An inexperienced governess is sent to a country�

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro Trailer (1994)

28 May 1994

The Marriage of Figaro is a continuation of the plot of The Barber of Seville several years later, and recounts a single "day of madness" in the palace of the Count Almaviva near Seville, Spain.

Alban Berg - Lulu Trailer (1986)

01 January 1986

Idomeneo Trailer (1969)

01 January 1969

This TV production is from 1970 and the color picture is accordingly rich and beautiful. The sound however is below average for the era, but still .