Shortly after WWII, the DEFA Studios produced a series of operas and operettas which belonged to the classical German musical heritage. This enchanting film, the very first opera production of DEFA, stands out because of its lavish decor and costumes, its outstanding actors and their masterful voices of that time.

La traviata (Italian: [la traˈviaːta], "The Fallen Woman"[1][2]) is an opera in three acts by Giusep...

A version of Benjamin Britten's opera based on the Melville story. Will the virtuous young sailor Bi...

Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedl...

Set to the music of popular hit songs from the 1980s. A beautiful coastal village, present day Italy...

La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo (Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant) is an operatic dramma...

Daniel Francis O'Toole, singing maestro in a New York restaurant, finds himself the unexpected heir ...

A musical film based on biographical facts about Clara Wieck's love for composer Robert Schumann (18...

On a summer day in the 1950s, a native girl watches the countryside go by from the backseat of a car...

In the boorish city of Agrabah, kind-hearted street urchin Aladdin and Princess Jasmine fall in love...

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Pari...

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen par...

With his affinity for the 16th-century sculptor Benvenuto Cellini's advocacy of artistic and persona...

An excellent performance of this delightful opera. The principals are superb, especially the sisters...

Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element...

Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the dis...

Deep in a forest where druids and warriors seek revenge against the conquering Romans, Norma is scor...

After the acclaimed Met premiere of Thomas Adès's "The Tempest" in 2012, the composer returned with ...

Sir David McVicar’s bold new staging of Tosca, Puccini’s operatic thriller of Napoleonic Rome, thril...

Black and white footage of performances, interviews, and conversations at the Newport Folk Festival,...

Two souls arrive in a small town, one on vacation, the other to meet a lover. They spend the most ma...