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Die Macht des Rings

2026

6.5 MovieA dream cast assembles for Strauss’s grand Viennese comedy. Soprano Lise Davidsen is the aging Marschallin, opposite mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as her lover...

The Metropolitan Opera: Der Rosenkavalier

2023

MovieThe opera Dialogues of the Carmelites is the only opera the French composer Francis Poulenc has ever written. It is based on the screenplay Die begnadigte Angst by...

Poulenc - Dialogues des Carmélites (2010)

MovieStage director Frank Castorf “might have been born to direct From the House of the Dead” (Opera Today). His gritty, visually striking adaptation brings bold modern...

Janáček: From the House of the Dead

2018

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Met Opera 2022/23: Der Rosenkavalier

2023

MovieRequiring 38 soloists, chorus, and large orchestra, Hans Pfitzner's "Palestrina" is a challenging opera to stage. In Munich, the city in which it was premiered in...

Pfitzner: Palestrina

2009

MovieThis beautiful production by renowned opera director Michael Hampe was recorded at the exquisite Rococo Theatre in Schwetzingen Palace in May 1990. La scala di seta...

La Scala di Seta - Rossini

2006

MovieSalome, princess of Judea, the daughter‑in‑law of King Herod, finds life in her father‑in‑law’s palace dreary. Her curiosity is roused when she hears the voice of...

Salomé (Opéra de Paris)

2022

MovieAribert Reimann's "Lear" is a milestone in the tragic opera of the 20th century. Ever since it's 1978 premiere at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, it has made it's...

Aribert Reimann: Lear

2015