Opera Movies

Stage direction & set design: Franco Zeffirelli Bizet’s 'Carmen' - one of the most beloved operas – staged at the world-famous Arena di...

Phantom hunter duo Brio and Drusilla clash with an Opera singer from another realm.

Opera lies at the heart of Rimsky-Korsakov's colourful idiom, but performances are few and far between; this realisation of his penultimate and...

Mozart’s Don Giovanni was first performed in 1787, and was based on the story of the Spanish lothario, Don Juan. The title character seduces,...

Beethoven’s only opera is a masterpiece, an uplifting story of risk and triumph. In this new production, conducted by Antonio Pappano, David...

The arias of La traviata are instantly recognisable. Yet at its London premiere in 1856, it was denounced for bringing 'the poetry of the brothel' to...

Charles Mackerras teases the romantic beauty from Gounod's score, which has been widely admired since its first performance at the...

Features: Mario Del Monaco Leyla Gencer Ettore Bastianini Fedora Barbieri Laura Londi Plinio Clabassi Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano dell RAI...

This 2021 Deutsche Oper Berlin performance is directed by Christof Loy and stars soprano Sara Jakubiak in the title role. Riccardo Zandonai’s...

The 2021 production by the Dutch National Opera of the work by German composer Rudi Stephan (1887–1915) "Die ersten Menschen" ("The First...

Washington National Choir and Orchestra

This film takes us behind the scenes of the magical events of the world famous Vienna State Opera. These one-of-a-kind scenes and fast-paced,...

A documentary following two operatic productions at the Madrid Royal Opera House.

2017 TMR stage production of Verdi's "Il Trovatore"

This DVD of a live 2005 performance from the Zürich Opera under the musical direction of Franz Welser-Möst has many things to recommend it...

As the fates of a spirited young woman, her fiancé and their idealistic friend intertwine during the Napoleonian invasion, their lives - like...