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Here We Go

At once a kaleidoscopic journey though the psyche of a writer, Here We Go splits its time in half, giving us a window both into a novel as it's being created, and outside that novel where ... See full summary »

La femme de mon histoire

Giant of the Sea

Macbeth

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

I Vespri Siciliani

Not until 1855 did Verdi have a chance to try his hand at the genre of French grand opera. A setting of a libretto by Eugène Scribe, Les Vêpres siciliennes proved a success in Paris despite... See full summary »

Verdi: Luisa Miller

The opera was based on the play Kabale und Liebe by Friedrich von Schiller and features a Great cast of singers including Marcelo Álvarez, Leo Nucci, Fiorenca Cedolins and Giorgio Surian.

Giuseppe Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano, Tragedia lirica in four acts

The opera is based on the play La Bataille de Toulouse by Joseph Méry. The performance is conducted by Boris Brott, who served as Assistant Conductor to the New York Philharmonic under ... See full summary »

Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino, Melodramma in four acts

For La forza del destino, Verdi created one of his most famous melodies, the "fate" motif that permeates the whole of the score. Music and action alternate in masterly fashion between ... See full summary »

Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata, Melodramma in three acts

Un Ballo in Maschera

In 1792 King Gustaf III of Sweden was shot at a masked ball, and this was the starting point for Verdi's

Il Corsaro

Written in 1848, this three-act opera is based on Lord Byron's poem The Corsair.

Stiffelio

Stiffelio was based on the play Le pasteur, ou L'évangile et le foyer by Émile Souvestre and Eugène Bourgeois and was originally censored due to it involving as it does a Protestant minister of the church with an adulterous wife.

Don Carlo

Based on Schiller's play of the same name, Don Carlos was written for the Paris Opéra in 1865-66 in the tradition of a French grand opera. Repeatedly revised and performed in Italian as Don... See full summary »

Verdi: Aida

One of "Tutto Verdi" series "Aida" stage by Joseph Franconi Lee filmed in Parma.

Aida

Zoroastre

Huey Lewis and the News: The Heart of Rock and Roll

Bloodlust the Visual Soundtrack

Music from the indie thriller-set to alternate, extended and deleted scenes from the film.

Cassandra/Elektra

Golden Gods 5th Anniversary Show

Cavalleria Rusticana/I pagliacci

Pietro Mascagni : Cavalleria Rusticana Opera in 1 Acts Sung in Italian with Spanish Supertitles Ruggiero Leoncavallo : I Pagliacci Opera in 2 Acts Sung in Italian with Spanish Supertitles ... See full summary »

MadWalk by Coca-Cola Light: The Fashion Music Project

Bye Bye Kipling

Challenging Rudyard Kipling's quote "East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet", the film links together cultural and musical events taking place simultaneously in Tokyo, Seoul, and New York into a single live show.

The Answer to Everything

Streetwise Opera's 10th anniversary production is an opera film starring a cast of 120 homeless people from Streetwise's 11 groups around the UK. Taking as its starting point the format of ... See full summary »