Movies: MET Orchestra

  • 1982
    La traviata

    La traviata (1982)

    La traviata

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    This “Traviata” became one of the most succesful of all opera films, especially in France, where 800,000 Parisian cinemagoers flocked to it in the first six week. It was nominated for two Oscars (for production and costume design) and won BAFTAs in t...

    La traviata
  • 1991
    Un Ballo in Maschera

    Un Ballo in Maschera (1991)

    Un Ballo in Maschera

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    Verdi's opera performed by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by James Levine....

    Un Ballo in Maschera
  • 1980
    Un Ballo in Maschera

    Un Ballo in Maschera (1980)

    Un Ballo in Maschera

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    Live from the Metropolitan Opera, 14 February 1980. This version takes place in Boston rather than Sweden....

    Un Ballo in Maschera
  • 1992
    The Ghosts of Versailles

    The Ghosts of Versailles (1992)

    The Ghosts of Versailles

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    What happened to Figaro and his friends after the events told in Rossini’s and Mozart’s operas? One possible sequel is told in John Corigliano’s “grand opera buffa” The Ghosts of Versailles—an uproariously funny and deeply moving work inspired by Bea...

    The Ghosts of Versailles
  • 2010
    Wagner: Das Rheingold

    Wagner: Das Rheingold (2010)

    Wagner: Das Rheingold

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    Robert Lepage’s landmark staging of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, unveiled over the course of the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons, was the first new Met production of the complete cycle in more than 20 years. Combining state-of-the-art technology wit...

    Wagner: Das Rheingold
  • 2006
    The Magic Flute

    The Magic Flute (2006)

    The Magic Flute

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    Tamino, a handsome prince, and Papageno, a bird-catcher, are sent by the Queen of Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity under the high priest Sarastro. Julie Taymor's abridged, English-language production of the classic Mozart opera....

    The Magic Flute
  • 2015
    Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

    Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle (2015)

    Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

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    Valery Gergiev conducts Mariusz Trelinski’s thrilling new production of these rarely heard one-act operas. Anna Netrebko stars as the blind princess of the title in Tchaikovsky’s lyrical work, opposite Piotr Beczala as Vaudémont, the man who wins her...

    Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
  • 2007
    Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

    Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (2007)

    Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

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    Audiences went wild for Bartlett Sher’s dynamic production, which found fresh and surprising ways to bring Rossini’s effervescent comedy closer to them than ever before. The stellar cast leapt to the challenge with irresistible energy and bravura voc...

    Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
  • 2007
    The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et Juliette

    The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et Juliette (2007)

    The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et Juliette

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    The world’s most famous love story comes to operatic life with superstars Anna Netrebko and Roberto Alagna playing the star-crossed young couple. The abandon and ardor of their performances brought audiences to their feet in both the opera house and ...

    The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et Juliette
  • 2016
    Bizet: The Pearl Fishers

    Bizet: The Pearl Fishers (2016)

    Bizet: The Pearl Fishers

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    Bizet’s rarely heard opera returned to the Met for the first time in a century on New Year’s Eve 2015, in Penny Woolcock’s acclaimed new production. Star soprano Diana Damrau sings Leïla, the virgin priestess at the center of the story. Matthew Polen...

    Bizet: The Pearl Fishers
  • 2009
    Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann

    Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (2009)

    Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann

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    Live from the Metropolitan Opera 19 December 2009....

    Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
  • 2014
    The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

    The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (2014)

    The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

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    A youthful cast brings Rossini’s immortal comedy to sparkling life, led by Christopher Maltman as Figaro, the resourceful barber and man-about-town of the title. The lovely Isabel Leonard is Rosina, the clever young woman at the center of the story, ...

    The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
  • 1983
    Lucia di Lammermoor

    Lucia di Lammermoor (1983)

    Lucia di Lammermoor

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    This telecast offers a rare opportunity to see the legendary Joan Sutherland in the role that first catapulted her to international stardom. She drove audiences wild by the way her opulent voice caressed the music’s long phrases and sprinted effortle...

    Lucia di Lammermoor
  • 1979
    Don Pasquale

    Don Pasquale (1979)

    Don Pasquale

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    This John Dexter production, designed by Desmond Heeley, was a parting gift to the great American soprano Beverly Sills, who bid farewell to the Met as Norina, the smart young widow at the center of Donizetti’s comedy. The sensational Alfredo Kraus s...

    Don Pasquale
  • 1996
    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary

    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary (1996)

    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary

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    This tribute to James Levine, first shown on PBS, was only part of that glorious evening. Here we have the whole performance, up to three hours. I could not stop watching these discs. Let me say this much; Levine has done for the Met, making it the p...

    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
  • 2009
    Rossini: La Cenerentola

    Rossini: La Cenerentola (2009)

    Rossini: La Cenerentola

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    "Irresistible" (Opera News) rising-star mezzo Elina Garanca triumphs as Rossini's Cinderella in this delightful Metropolitan Opera production. "As close to pure joy as you will find in a big-time opera house" (New Yorker), conquering audiences and cr...

    Rossini: La Cenerentola
  • 1984
    Francesca da Rimini

    Francesca da Rimini (1984)

    Francesca da Rimini

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    Live performance at the Metropolitan Opera, 1984. James Levine conducting Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Stage direction by Piero Faggioni....

    Francesca da Rimini
  • 2015
    The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow

    The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow (2015)

    The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow

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    Renée Fleming lights up the Met stage as Hanna Glawari, the fabulously wealthy widow of the title in Lehár’s beloved operetta, set in Paris and seen in a glittering production directed and choreographed by Broadway’s Susan Stroman. Nathan Gunn is Dan...

    The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow
  • 1988
    Ariadne auf Naxos

    Ariadne auf Naxos (1988)

    Ariadne auf Naxos

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    Jessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera, opposite the passionate Bacchus of the great James King. Kathleen Battle delivers the coloratura fireworks of Zerbinetta, the leader of a commedia dell’ar...

    Ariadne auf Naxos
  • 2008
    The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth

    The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth (2008)

    The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth

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    Verdi’s admiration for Shakespeare led to such masterpieces as Othello and Falstaff, and if the earlier Macbeth isn’t on their exalted level it’s still a powerfully dramatic opera that hews closely to the original’s story line. The MET’s production r...

    The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth