Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka's magical masterpiece in its entirety, inspired by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin's poem of a Russian tale. An evil sorcerer Chernomor casts a spell over wedding celebrations for Ruslan and Lyudmila at the court of Svetozar, the Prince of Kiev. Lyudmila vanishes and her father promises her hand and half his kingdom to the knight who rescues her. Ruslan on this quest of rescue encounters the knights Ratmir and Farlaf, the wise wizard Finn, the slave of Ratmir, Gorislava and sorceress Naina before confronting Chernomor in his magic garden. After all the challenges for Ruslan, true love prevails.
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Set in Paris, the story concentrates on the romantic triangle involving cabaret singer Liane, bon vi...
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The 1987 Glyndebourne production of Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges, designed by Maurice Sendak a...
This first film of Cyprus' first director, Giorgios Filis, depicts music and dance customs in the fo...
Prince Abesalom runs into an orphaned Eteri while hunting, falls for her and brings the woman to his...
Inspired by the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, Mexican composer Daniel Catán’s 1996 oper...
Director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut, reinvigorating the classic story with a staging that ...
Two singers at the height of their powers—radiant soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor sensation Benjamin...
Visionary artist Matthew Barney returns to cinema with this 3-part epic, a radical reinvention of No...
37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts...
An aging opera singer looks back on her long life, including her relationships with her vocal teache...
Takarazuka Revue's Phantom based on the play by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit.
In the 50's, in Paris, the neighbors Rodolfo and Mimi meet each other when Mimi's candle blows out i...