The Queen of the Night has begged Prince Tamino to free her daughter Pamina from the clutches of the High Priest Sarastro, who has abducted her. Together with the bird-catcher Papageno, Tamino enters Sarastro's realm to seek her. When he finds her, the two fall in love, but they have to have to undergo ordeals before they can be together. At the end, Papageno is also rewarded with his Papagena.

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Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...

A group of merchants and vikings navigate dramatic events both within and without in this epic music...

The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singe...

The production was the Vienna State Opera debut for the young Swiss conductor Philippe Jordan – the ...

This May 2010 production of Massenet's 1910 opera "Don Quichotte" marked the opera's centenary and a...

A 2002 live performance of Mikel Rouse's Dennis Cleveland, a multimedia opera set entirely on a tele...

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In order to fulfill the "rehabilitation" imposed upon him and save people from the wicked desires of...

The historic, original, live airing of what would become an annual Christmas tradition throughout th...
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Disenchanted opera star Carlotta Manson falls for ruffian cat burglar Barney McGann and gives up her...

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert...

Famous opera singer Dmitry Hvorostovsky performs live songs from his album 'Deja vu' by composer Igo...

The stupendous climax to Wagner’s four-part Ring cycle is brilliantly realized by the Otto Schenk/Gü...

Cio-Cio-San, the young Japanese bride of dashing American officer Lieutenant Pinkerton, finds her ro...

For reasons unknown, a flautist and an astronomer find themselves drawn to one another. But, when th...

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