With more than 50 years of experience as film director, Peter Greenaway (Nightwatching, Eisenstein in Guanajuato) combines the worlds of film and opera at the Verdi Festival in Parma, demonstrating what magic those two can do together with an all new approach to Giuseppe Verdi's Giovanna d'Arco, staged and edited by himself and his wife, Saskia Boddeke. The opera's libretto is based on Friedrich Schiller's 'The Maid of Orleans'. It tells the story of the French national hero Jeanne d'Arc, who defends her country against the English troops during the Hundred Years' War. Constantly torn between her humble roots, her love for King Charles VII and her heavenly task to fight for France, she gains eternal glory by giving her life in the final, victorious battle against England.
The setting of the opera is the enchantress Alcina's island: here by her magic powers she has create...
Production from Antwerp. The knight Titurel has built a fortress for two sacred objects he has mira...
For the first time in company history, the Met presents the original five-act French version of Verd...
Amour, the messenger of the gods, tells Orpheus that he may descend to the underworld and return wit...
Showcasing a musical masterpiece in a rare full-length television recording by the Vienna Chamber Or...
Clara is given an enchanted Nutcracker doll on Christmas Eve. As midnight strikes, she creeps downst...
co-production with the Teatro Real (Madrid).
The 1959 concert finds Callas just 1 year before the loss of her voice and although her voice is not...
In Trelinski's timeless production he leads a superb, first-class young cast headed by Artur Ruzinsk...
After Tosca (2019), which marked Puccini’s entry into its repertoire, the Festival celebrates the ce...
"Rosa", with a libretto by Peter Greenaway and score by Louis Andriessen, is the first in a projecte...
William Kentridge’s multi-layered production of Berg’s masterpiece stars charismatic soprano Marlis ...
Met Music Director James Levine leads this Live in HD presentation of Wagner’s early Romantic opera,...
This deliciously dark take on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tale, appealing to audiences of all a...
Spectacular! Opera in three acts. Filmed at a series of outstanding performances at the Teatro Real ...
Alain Guingal conducts the Orchestre du Teatro Regio di Torino in this production of Massenet's oper...
Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker in this filmed studio performance of Mozart'...
Director Rolf Liebermann’s 1968 filmed-for-TV production of Carl Maria von Weber’s opera, with the H...
This spectacular opera film was taped in 1967 and is based on the 1966 Salzburg Festival production ...