Voltaire Trailers
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Samson (Festival d'Aix-en-Provence) TrailerCandide TrailerRossini: Semiramide Trailer
Most Popular Voltaire Trailers
Total trailers found: 17
Semiramide Trailer (1990)
22 December 1990
In ancient Babylon, SEMIRAMIDE (Anderson) encourages her lover Assur (Ramey) to murder her husband, King Ninus.
L’Or et le plomb Trailer (1966)
16 March 1966
The story is based on Voltaire's tale "Le monde comme il va" ("The world as it is"). Sent by the genie who presides over the destiny of Persepolis (Paris!), the Scythian Babouc carefully informs himself of everything, to tell the genie whether or not to destroy the city.
The Artless One Trailer (1972)
03 March 1972
Inspired by a Voltaire tale, a satire of society and its values through the astonished and critical eyes of a newly arrived "ingénue" who ridicules all customs in order to marry the woman of his heart.
Dandy Trailer (1988)
22 September 1988
A selection of seemingly unconnected scenes featuring Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld, Nina Hagen and Lene Lovich.
Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide Trailer (1989)
13 December 1989
This is the historic concert performance of the final operatic version of Bernstein's Candide. It was recorded on December 13, 1989 at the Barbican Centre, with Leonard Bernstein conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with a stellar cast of operatic stars gracing the solo parts.
Rossini: Semiramide Trailer (2018)
10 March 2018
A rarely performed bel canto gem, Rossini’s Semiramide returned to the Met for the first time in nearly 25 years during the 2017–18 season.
Tancredi Trailer (1992)
01 June 1992
Live performance from Schwetzinger Festspiele, 1992. Based on Voltaire's tragedy, TANCREDI is a story of innocence wronged set against a backdrop of Turks at war with Syracuse.
El Infierno Perfecto Trailer (2008)
29 August 2008
This is tragic comedy about how Candide was brought up in the best of all possible worlds, and how hd
The Adventures of Zadig Trailer (1970)
29 December 1970
In the time of King Moabdar, in ancient Babylon, the young philosopher, Zadig, undergoes many misadventures.
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century Trailer (1960)
16 December 1960
Charming and innocent, Candide is vigorously chased away by the Baron, for his close encounters with the pretty Cunégonde.
Verdi: Alzira Trailer (2012)
13 September 2012
Part of Tutto Verdi series - Alzira (2012) Dobbiaco. This is a concert performance. Alzira is an opera in a prologue and two acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on the play Alzire, ou les Américains by Voltaire.
Candinho Trailer (1954)
25 January 1954
Candinho is a hillbilly who leaves the countryside, taking his donkey along, and goes to São Paulo, trying to find his mother.
Leonard Bernstein: Candide Trailer (2003)
15 November 2003
Concert performance of Bernstein's Candide, with additional connecting texts by Loriot (Vicco von Bülow).
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Samson (Festival d'Aix-en-Provence) Trailer (2024)
12 July 2024
When, in 1733, Voltaire, the most brilliant mind of his day, collaborates with Rameau, its greatest composer, in undertaking an ambitious reform of operatic practice, the result is the biblical opera Samson.
Candide Trailer (2023)
04 March 2023
The innocent Candide discovers that human beings aren't all they are cracked up to be and ultimately focuses on building his own life on his own terms.
