Based on a narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott and set against the backdrop of feudal Scotland, "La Donna del Lago" is one of Gioacchini Rossini's finest operas -- yet it's rarely performed. This video gives viewers a rare opportunity to see the work in its entirety. Filmed at Italy's famed Teatro alla Scala in 1992 and staged by German film director Werner Herzog, the opera features vocalists Ricardo Muti and June Anderson in leading roles.
The historic, original, live airing of what would become an annual Christmas tradition throughout th...
Rebellious servants, capricious lovers, cross-dressing farce and a happy ending: the fast paced acti...
Verdi's opera performed by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by James Levine.
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Cecilia Bartoli stars in this ebullient Zurich Opera House production of Rossini’s first French-lang...
Japan, early twentieth century. U.S. Navy Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton inspects the house he has leased...
The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make...
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Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...
Maria Ewing, as Dido, heads an outstanding cast of young British singers in a film adaptation of Hen...
Benjamin Britten’s opera of the Henry James novel. An inexperienced governess is sent to a country h...
Moses und Aron is a three-act opera by Arnold Schoenberg with the third act unfinished. The 2015 Pro...
"Orango" - prologue to an unfinished opera by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), conducted by Esa-Pekk...
Mozart's Marriage of Figaro is a comedy whose dark undertones explore the blurred boundaries between...
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TDK presents a recording of Puccini’s heart-breaking opera from one of the best opera houses of the ...