Movies

For those with any interest in Vivaldi's operas Orlando Furioso is essential viewing, being a 1989 San Francisco Opera revival by Pier Luigi Pizzi of...

A humble Milanese window-cleaner with dreams of magazine and TV fame accuses himself of the murder of a soprano from La Scala.

A betrayed wife decides to teach her philandering husband a lesson in this riotous farce. Marta (Catherine Spaak) discovers that husband Franco (Nino...

At death’s door, a beloved king is doomed unless someone takes his place. So then his wife resolves to sacrifice herself to save him. ...

Puccini’s heartbreaking story of young love in the garrets of Belle Epoque Paris has attracted many famous singers through the years. But with...

A seductive woman pushes three men to the limits toying with their sexual desires and male pride.

The story of Cio-Cio-San, called Butterfly, a young Nagasaki geisha who, abandoned by her American lover after giving birth to their son, ultimately...

In 18th-century Rome, a young man in a choir of castrati falls for the beautiful wife of a powerful aristocrat.

Two surreal/satirical comedy episodes.

From the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Carl Maria von Weber's romantic opera staged at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari in 2002. Gérard Korsten leads the Orchestra and Chorus, with...

A staging of Britten's opera filmed at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice in June 2008.

Discover this rare Verdian jewel! Aroldo—one of the composer’s least performed works—premiered in 1857 in Rimini, Italy. The work...

A well known actor comes to off-season Capri to unwind and meets a young man. The attraction is immediate and mutual but before their relationship...

American soprano Deborah Voigt takes the lead role in this production of Ponchielli's opera recorded live at Barcelona's Gran Teatre Del Liceu in...

Bob is a successful actor, but his career gets doomed by a strange phenomenon: the animal kingdom is taking on him!

Among the greatest operas in Richard Strauss's oeuvre, "Der Rosenkavalier (The Cavalier of the Rose)" spins the tale of the Marschallin (Elizabeth...

Meyerbeer opera with Emmanuel Villaume conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro La Fenice di Venezia directed by Pier Lui.

The story revolves around a Sicilian rebellion against the French, fueled by themes of oppression, freedom, and the personal costs of conflict. The...