Movies: Opera baroque

  • 2005
    Giulio Cesare

    Giulio Cesare (2005)

    Giulio Cesare

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    David McVicar’s production of Giulio Cesare manages to combine serious insight with entertainment, bringing Handel's masterpiece to life in a powerful, convincing and highly intelligent way. ln every line of the complex narrative the subtle nuances a...

    Giulio Cesare
  • 2013
    Heavenly Voices

    Heavenly Voices (2013)

    Heavenly Voices

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    Heavenly Voices tells the story of the castrato phenomenon, and how the most gifted amongst these singers rose to international stardom. Max Emanuel Cencic and Philippe Jaroussky, two of today's singing stars, take us back in time and talk about oper...

    Heavenly Voices
  • 2005
    Les Paladins

    Les Paladins (2005)

    Les Paladins

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    "Inspired by a fable by La Fontaine, [composer Jean-Philippe] Rameau produced perhaps his most brilliant music for his penultimate great work, blending reality and the surreal on several levels." — from the DVD back cover...

    Les Paladins
  • 2012
    Artaserse

    Artaserse (2012)

    Artaserse

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    Artaserse
  • 1980
    Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria

    Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (1980)

    Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria

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    Live performance, part of Monteverdi cycle staged by Oper Zürich with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Zürich Opera House Monteverdi Ensemble. Staged and directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle...

    Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
  • 1998
    Rodelinda

    Rodelinda (1998)

    Rodelinda

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    Jean-Marie Villegier's modern interpretation of Handel's "Rodelinda" – filmed live at the world-renowned Glyndebourne Opera House in the United Kingdom, sets the timeless tale of jealousy and treachery in the black-and-white world of the silent-movie...

    Rodelinda
  • 2016
    Cavalli: Eliogabalo

    Cavalli: Eliogabalo (2016)

    Cavalli: Eliogabalo

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    Systematically overturning accepted morals, Elagabalus dresses men as women, and names women to the Senate, favours sinning servants and humiliates generals. Baroque and carnivalesque, Eliogabalo is not, however, an opera that advocates a return to o...

    Cavalli: Eliogabalo
  • 2004
    Les Indes Galantes

    Les Indes Galantes (2004)

    Les Indes Galantes

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    "William Christie and Les Arts Florissants propel this exuberant production of Jean-Philippe Rameau's second opera to great heights. Andrei Serban's extravagant, highly baroque staging presents the four exotic love stories vibrantly. In 'Le Turc géné...

    Les Indes Galantes
  • 1979
    L'Incoronazione di Poppea

    L'Incoronazione di Poppea (1979)

    L'Incoronazione di Poppea

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    Live performance, part of Monteverdi cycle staged by Oper Zürich with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Zürich Opera House Monteverdi Ensemble. Staged and directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle...

    L'Incoronazione di Poppea
  • 1976
    Alfred Deller: Portrait of a Voice

    Alfred Deller: Portrait of a Voice (1976)

    Alfred Deller: Portrait of a Voice

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    In this unique documentary, French filmmaker Benoit Jacquot interviews Alfred Deller, the internationally celebrated contemporary countertenor who focused his talent on showcasing Renaissance and Baroque music to modern audiences. One of the few film...

    Alfred Deller: Portrait of a Voice
  • 2020
    The Anonymous Lover — LA Opera

    The Anonymous Lover — LA Opera (2020)

    The Anonymous Lover — LA Opera

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    LA Opera proudly presents The Anonymous Lover (L'Amant Anonyme), an unjustly neglected 1780 chamber opera by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, a pioneering Black composer who was a contemporary of Mozart. The comic romance tells the story ...

    The Anonymous Lover — LA Opera