Movies:

  • 1989
    Il Mefistofele

    Il Mefistofele (1989)

    Il Mefistofele

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    Arrigo Boito's Il Mefestefele was first performed in 1868 and his most known work. In Ken Russell's modern interpretation presented by the Genoese Opera, it has Faust as an ageing hippy. He smokes marijuana and is tormented by his lost youth. Mephist...

    Il Mefistofele
  • 2014
    The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

    The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (2014)

    The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

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    A youthful cast brings Rossini’s immortal comedy to sparkling life, led by Christopher Maltman as Figaro, the resourceful barber and man-about-town of the title. The lovely Isabel Leonard is Rosina, the clever young woman at the center of the story, ...

    The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
  • 2002
    Turandot

    Turandot (2002)

    Turandot

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    Valery Gergiev leads the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in this production of Puccini's opera, recorded live at the Salzburger Festspiele in 2002. David Pountney's production features performances by Gabriele Schnaut, Paata Burchuladze, Johan Botha an...

    Turandot
  • 1986
    Nabucco

    Nabucco (1986)

    Nabucco

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    Live performance from La Scala in Milan. Nabucco was the first production of the theatre's 1986-87 season....

    Nabucco
  • 1985
    Aida

    Aida (1985)

    Aida

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    La Scala went all out for its 1986 production of this grandest of grand operas, with a strong cast and, most important for a video recording, a larger-than-life staging. The Triumph Scene in Act II is by no means Aida's only attraction, but it is the...

    Aida
  • 2007
    Mussorgsky: Khovanschina

    Mussorgsky: Khovanschina (2007)

    Mussorgsky: Khovanschina

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    One of Modest Mussorgsky's great talents was his unique ability to transpose words, psychological states, and even physical movements, into music. Kent Nagano rises magnificently to the challenges presented by this score. And Dmitri Tcherniakov's fas...

    Mussorgsky: Khovanschina
  • 1990
    Prince Igor

    Prince Igor (1990)

    Prince Igor

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    TV movie version of the famous Prince Igor opera...

    Prince Igor
  • 1989
    Khovanshchina

    Khovanshchina (1989)

    Khovanshchina

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    The last and arguably finest opera of Modest Mussorgsky is captured in one of its most powerful interpretations in this 1989 recording from the Vienna State Opera, conducted by Claudio Abbado. A moody opera that is thematically broad at times and int...

    Khovanshchina
  • 2019
    Les Troyens

    Les Troyens (2019)

    Les Troyens

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    Les Troyens
  • 2012
    Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina

    Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina (2012)

    Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina

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    Kent Nagano superbly masters the challenges presented by this score, shapes the dynamics with subtle intensity, and casts the score in a mellow glow. As Marfa, the spurned lover of Ivan Khovansky‘s son Andrei, Doris Soffel unfolds such a rich palette...

    Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina