Nicolas Joël

6.1 TVThe best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical...

Great Performances

1971

8.0 MovieCharles Mackerras teases the romantic beauty from Gounod's score, which has been widely admired since its first performance at the Théâtre Lyrique, Paris, in 1867. In...

Gounod: Romeo et Juliette

1994

8.5 MovieWhile the rest of the Hebrews bewail their fate, Samson alone trusts in God's promise of liberty. Abimelech, the Philistine satrap of Gaza, enters to mock the...

Samson et Dalila

1981

7.0 MoviePuccini’s bittersweet love story returns to cinemas, with soprano Angel Blue starring as the French courtesan Magda, opposite tenor Jonathan Tetelman as Ruggero, an...

The Metropolitan Opera: La Rondine

2024

8.0 MovieDaphne is based on the Greek myth of the nymph and her transformation into a laurel tree to escape the god Apollo.

Daphne - Wiener Staatsoper

2004

8.0 MovieAndrea Chenier is a poet during the French Revolution. He and Maddalena are in love. Gerard, former servant in Maddalena's house, denounces them to the Tribunal, but...

Andrea Chénier

1996

7.0 MovieGiordano’s passionate tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution. Following their...

The Metropolitan Opera: Andrea Chénier

2025

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Verdi: La forza del destino

2007

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La Forza del Destino

2007

MovieThe Zurich Opera presents a stunning new production of Verdi’s most popular, most spectacular work. Responding superbly to the role, Swedish soprano Nina Stemme –...

Aida

2006

MovieIn 2009, Frédéric Mistral’s tale of love and loss in Provence came to the Opéra de Paris with a new production of Gounod’s 1864 opera Mireille. Nicolas Joel’s...

Mireille

2010

MoviePerformance of Verdi's opera performed/streamed from Vienna on the 28th March 2015.

Verdi: Aida (Wiener Staatsoper Live)