Cio-Cio-San, the young Japanese bride of dashing American officer Lieutenant Pinkerton, finds her romantic idyll shattered when he deserts her shortly after their marriage. She lives in hope that one day he will return. Three years later, Cio-Cio-San and her little son see Pinkerton’s ship in the harbour. She excitedly expects his visit – but Pinkerton and his American wife Kate have come only to take the boy away, to raise him in America. Cio-Cio-San bids her son farewell and then takes her own life.
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Live 2001 production from the Zurich Opera House of the classic Mozart/Da Ponte opera, with Nikolaus...
Frantisek Filip film version of the Smetana opera.
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Visually this is a gripping production which captures the drama of this opera perfectly. It's downri...
Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert...
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Gustav Von Aschenbach, a passionate composer, arrives in Venice as a result of wanderlust and there ...
Jules Massanet's lyrical opera is transformed into a superb film production by Petr Weigl, shot on l...
Originally commissioned to celebrate the completion of the Suez Canal and the opening of Cairos new ...
A musical drama based on Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto.
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Woody Allen's production of the Puccini comic opera at LA Opera in 2015
The sets and costumes by Ponnelle are truly reflective of the 'grand style'. Plus the fact that the ...
Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta performed at the Royal Albert Hall.