Movies: Thomas Allen

  • 2005
    Mrs. Henderson Presents

    Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)

    Mrs. Henderson Presents

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    Eccentric 70-year-old widow purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby. After starting an innovative continuous variety review, which is copied by other theaters, they begin to lose money. Mrs. Henderson suggests they add fema...

    Mrs. Henderson Presents
  • 1989
    Silvesterkonzert der Berliner Philharmoniker 1989 - Carmina Burana

    Silvesterkonzert der Berliner Philharmoniker 1989 - Carmina Burana (1989)

    Silvesterkonzert der Berliner Philharmoniker 1989 - Carmina Burana

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    Silvesterkonzert der Berliner Philharmoniker 1989 - Carmina Burana
  • 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
  • 1983
    Manon Lescaut

    Manon Lescaut (1983)

    Manon Lescaut

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    "Manon", wrote Puccini to his publisher Giulio Ricordi in 1889, "is a heroine I believe in and therefore she cannot fail to win the heart of the public." This turned out to be a truly prophetic statement since none of Puccini’s other world successes ...

    Manon Lescaut
  • 2001
    Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg

    Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg (2001)

    Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg

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    James Morris leads an all-star cast including Karita Mattila, Ben Heppner, Thomas Allen and René Pape, in this production of Wagner's comic opera, recorded live at New York's Metropolitan Opera in 2001. James Levine conducts....

    Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg
  • 1996
    Così fan tutte

    Così fan tutte (1996)

    Così fan tutte

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    Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 27 February, 1996....

    Così fan tutte
  • 2005
    Candide

    Candide (2005)

    Candide

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    Leonard Bernstein's brilliant comic operetta comes to dazzling new life under the guidance of director Lonny Price (A Class Act). Based on the classic Voltaire tale of an innocent young man's journey through a life filled with colorful characters and...

    Candide
  • 1982
    La Bohème

    La Bohème (1982)

    La Bohème

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    1982 revival of 1974 John Copley production....

    La Bohème
  • 2010
    The Met — Der Rosenkavalier

    The Met — Der Rosenkavalier (2010)

    The Met — Der Rosenkavalier

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    This production of Strauss’s most sumptuous work by director Nathaniel Merrill and designer Robert O’Hearn is almost as beloved as the opera itself. It perfectly captures the glittering never-land of rococco Vienna the way the Viennese—and the rest o...

    The Met — Der Rosenkavalier
  • 2006
    Cosi Fan Tutte

    Cosi Fan Tutte (2006)

    Cosi Fan Tutte

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    There are elements of Eurotrash in this outdoor Aix-en-Provence summer opera production. Nevertheless, the splendid singing and acting transform the story, normally treated as farce, into something considerably more serious. As many other critics hav...

    Cosi Fan Tutte
  • 2008
    Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel

    Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel (2008)

    Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel

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    Staging directors Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser infuse German composer Engelbert Humperdinck's fairy-tale opera with more than a dollop of black humor in this 2008 London performance that's both enchanting and menacing. Angelika Kirchschlager and ...

    Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
  • 2009
    BBC Proms - A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals

    BBC Proms - A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals (2009)

    BBC Proms - A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals

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    Clive Anderson introduces this special concert celebrating 75 years of classic MGM film musicals. Performing live at London's Royal Albert Hall, John Wilson and his orchestra celebrate the golden age of Hollywood musicals with a plethora of songs fro...

    BBC Proms - A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals
  • 2002
    Prom at the Palace

    Prom at the Palace (2002)

    Prom at the Palace

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    All-time classical favourites from the first ever public concert held in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, hosted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Broadcast live on BBC Television, 1st June 2002. Opera fans are in for a particular treat with Dame K...

    Prom at the Palace
  • 1995
    The Cunning Little Vixen

    The Cunning Little Vixen (1995)

    The Cunning Little Vixen

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    Nicholas Hytner's enchanting production, sung in the original Czech, is conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras, a master of the best Janacek style. Through myriad shifts of scene, the episodic story is presented in brightly-colored sets and costumes of b...

    The Cunning Little Vixen
  • 2003
    Strauss II: Die Fledermaus

    Strauss II: Die Fledermaus (2003)

    Strauss II: Die Fledermaus

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    Glyndebourne's pulsating new production of the Waltz King's much-loved comic operetta. Its story centers on a magnificent masked ball, given by a Russian prince, that brings together all the main characters in various disguises. The three-act journ...

    Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
  • 2020
    Così fan tutte - ROH

    Così fan tutte - ROH (2020)

    Così fan tutte - ROH

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    Containing some of the most beautiful arias and attractive ensembles in all opera, Così fan tutte is packed with both pathos and humour. Mozart and Da Ponte's witty, compassionate examination of young love has ensured its lasting popularity. Jonatha...

    Così fan tutte - ROH
  • 2019
    The Marriage of Figaro

    The Marriage of Figaro (2019)

    The Marriage of Figaro

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    Composed in 1786, Mozart's classic opera has all the ingredients of a modern rom com: love, revenge and deception. Watch courtship turn to chaos for two servants, Figaro and Susanna, as their plans to wed are thwarted by the lecherous Count Almaviva....

    The Marriage of Figaro
  • 1985
    Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met

    Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met (1985)

    Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met

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    From the "James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years at the Met" DVD box set. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s landmark production of Mozart’s most human comedy provides the perfect setting for this superb cast under James Levine’s ebullient leadership. The philanderi...

    Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met