The Blu-ray Experience: Opera & Ballet
Genres
Overview
Including world-class artists such as Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli, Anne Sofie von Otter, Jose Cura, Simon Keenlyside and Agnes Letestu, this 50-minute sampler will give you a taste of many beloved classics in opera and ballet.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
50 min
Release Date
2008-10-01
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
8
Bryn Terfel
Papageno, Die Zauberflöte, Mozart
Cecilia Bartoli
Papagena, Die Zauberflöte, Mozart
Anne Sofie von Otter
Carmen, Bizet
José Cura
Self (archive footage)
Simon Keenlyside
Self (archive footage)
Agnès Letestu
Self (archive footage)
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Self (archive footage)
Yvonne Naef
Self (archive footage)
Verónica Villarroel
Self (archive footage)
José Martinez
Self (archive footage)
Will Hartmann
Self (archive footage)
Dorothea Röschmann
Self (archive footage)
Diana Damrau
Night Queen, Die Zauberflöte, Mozart
Franz-Josef Selig
Self (archive footage)
Inva Mula
Self (archive footage)
Aquiles Machado
Rodolfo, La bohème, Puccini
Marcus Haddock
Self (archive footage)
Alessandro Corbelli
Self (archive footage)
Felicity Palmer
Self (archive footage)
Pamela Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Thomas Allen
Self (archive footage)
Anders J. Dahlin
Zoroastre, Zoroastre, Rameau
Sine Bundgaard
Self (archive footage)
Raquela Sheeran
Clorinda, La Cenerentola, Rossini
Lucia Cirillo
Thisbe, La Cenerentola, Rossini
Hasmik Papian
Norma, Norma, Bellini
Hugh Smith
Self (archive footage)
Chorus of the Royal Opera House
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Myung-Whun Chung
Orchestra conductor
Simone Alberghini
Dandini, La Cenerentola, Rossini
Luciano di Pasquale
Don Magnifico, La Cenerentola, Rossini
Maxim Mironov
Don Ramiro, La Cenerentola, Rossini
Nathan Berg
Alidoro, La Cenerentola, Rossini
Vladimir Jurowski
Orchestra conductor
Ruxandra Donose
Angelina (Cendrillon), La Cenerentola, Rossini
7.1
The Phantom of the Opera
The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.
1925-09-22 | en
8.0
Amadeus
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Viennese composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
1984-09-19 | en
7.6
Billy Elliot
County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.
2000-09-28 | en
7.0
Cavalleria rusticana
Franco Zeffirelli directs these two legendary La Scala productions telling tragic tales of jealousy. Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana features performances by Elena Obraztsova, Plácido Domingo, and Renato Bruson. Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci stars Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, and Juan Pons. Both are conducted by George Pretre. This production of Pagliacci earned director Franco Zeffirelli the coveted Emmy as Best Director in the category of Classical Music Programming.
1982-06-15 | it
0.0
Giselle
The peasant girl Giselle discovers the true identity of her lover Albrecht – and that he is promised to another. This is one of The Royal Ballet’s most loved and admired productions, faithful to the spirit of the 1841 original yet always fresh at each revival. This performance features former Bolshoi star and now Royal Ballet Principal Natalia Osipova in a breath-taking interpretation of the title role.
2014-01-27 | en
0.0
Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II
At the beginning of 1964, the music world experiences something completely unexpected. Maria Callas returns to the opera stage as the prima donna. Her “Tosca” at the Royal Opera House becomes a sensation. Maria Callas wants to show everyone once again that she deserves the title of “prima donna assoluta.” On the condition that star director Franco Zeffirelli take over the direction, the exceptional singer agrees to sing the role of Tosca. The BBC recorded the 2nd act of the opera for television. It is one of the most dramatic acts in opera history: in order to free the painter Cavaradossi from the hands of torturers, Tosca ends up murdering the police chief Scarpia. The film footage is one of the rare opportunities to see Maria Callas in an opera performance and to experience her highly emotional performance art and vocal abilities...
1964-02-09 | en
5.5
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
The classic Mariinsky (Kirov) production of the greatest of all ballets. Filmed in the imperial splendor of the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg. Starring Ulyana Lopatkina, Danila Korsuntsev and the breathtaking Mariinsky corps de ballet. Conducted by the great Russian maestro Valery Gergiev.
2007-12-13 | ru
0.0
Romeo and Juliet
Ballet performance by The Royal Ballet, recorded at Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, July 1984.
1984-07-15 | en
10.0
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake comes to cinemas with a fresh look for the 21st century and is ‘as bold and beautiful as ever’ (★★★★★ Telegraph). This thrilling, audacious and witty production is perhaps still best known for replacing the female corps-de-ballet with a menacing male ensemble, which shattered convention, turned tradition upside down and took the dance world by storm. Filmed Live at Sadler's Wells in January 2019.
2019-05-21 | en
0.0
The West is a Land of Infinite Beginnings
Alone in the woods, a young man is pursued by a horrifying specter and by visions of his deceased sisters. A meditation on the precarious uncertainty of the American Dream and the role that uncontrollable forces play in our lives, The West is a Land of Infinite Beginnings is inspired by a harrowing scene from the opera Proving Up, by composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek.
2021-01-15 | en
0.0
La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)
Frederick Ashton's La Fille mal gardée (The Wayward Daughter) is one of the choreographer's most joyous and colourful creations. Inspired by his love for the Suffolk countryside, the ballet is set on a farm and tells a story of love between Lise, the daughter of Widow Simone, and Colas, a young farmer. It contains some of Ashton's most stunning choreography, most strikingly in the series of energetic pas de deux that express the youthful passion of the young lovers, performed here by Natalia Osipova and Steven McRae. The ballet is laced with exuberant good humour, and elements of national folk dance, from dancing chickens and a maypole dance to a Lancashire clog dance for Widow Simone, performed by Philip Mosley.
2015-05-05 | en
0.0
Backstage Vienna State Opera
This film takes us behind the scenes of the magical events of the world famous Vienna State Opera. These one-of-a-kind scenes and fast-paced, brilliant moments are intense, vivid, full of passion and captivating music.
2019-04-28 | de
3.0
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
A young woman, married to a wealthy man, but miserably lonely; trapped within a world ruled with an iron fist. Katerina is driven by a lust for life and for love. Her husband, though, is impotent; her father-in-law a tyrant. No wonder, then, that she longs to free herself from this yoke. When Sergei starts work on the family estate, she sees in him a chance for salvation. However, their subsequent affair marks the beginning of a descent into crime.
1992-01-01 | ru
8.1
Die Walküre
The gorgeous and evocative Otto Schenk/Günther Schneider-Siemssen production continues with this second opera in Wagner’s Ring cycle. Hildegard Behrens brings deep empathy to Brünnhilde, the favorite daughter of the god Wotan (James Morris) who nevertheless defies him. Morris’s portrayal of Wotan is deservedly legendary, as is Christa Ludwig, as Fricka. Jessye Norman and Gary Lakes are Sieglinde and Siegmund, and Kurt Moll is the threatening Hunding. James Levine and the Met orchestra provide astonishing color and drama. (Performed April 8, 1989)
1990-02-23 | de
7.5
Siegfried
Siegfried is the third of the four operas that constitute Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner.
1990-02-23 | de
7.0
Mozart: The Magic Flute
Since it's premiere in a tiny suburban theatre in Vienna, Die Zauberflote has delighted audiences young and old for over 200 years. Mozart's Singspiel seamlessly alternates seriousness and jollity, and combines philosophical ideas with a fairytale world of wondrous animals and magical musical instruments. Emanuel Schikaneder's original production was theatrically inventive, and this new interpretation from director Simon McBurney emulates that in fresh and current terms. Fusing music, technology and stagecraft, this exciting production gives Die Zauberflote a refreshing new treatment that is both thrilling and simple in it's approach. Following an overwhelming success on stage, McBurney's unique production received five-star reviews in the Dutch press: 'a feast for the eyes and the ears' (Het Parool) and 'Delicious!' (Trouw).
2015-05-01 | en
1.0
A Song for Miss Julie
Two playwrights and a former burlesque queen travel to Louisiana to research a musical they're planning on a local Southern hero.
1945-02-19 | en
5.0
Wiener Staatsballett: The Nutcracker
The Wiener Staatsballett performs Rudolf Nureyev's world-famous choreography of "The Nutcracker." Recorded live at the Vienna State Opera, 7 October 2012.
2014-09-29 | en
0.0
Strauss: Elektra
It's hard to imagine confirmed Straussians not wanting this starry Metropolitan Opera performance of Elektra. Strauss and his librettist, Hugo von Hofmannstahl, transformed Sophocles' take on Homer's tale into a harrowing opera noir. Elektra lives for one reason, to kill her mother, Klytämnestra, and her stepfather, Aegisth, the murderers of her father, Agamemnon. In contrast to Elektra's vengeful obsession, her sister Chrysothemis desires to get on with life. When their long-missing brother, Orestes, returns to do the deed, Elektra celebrates with a dance of death and, her sole purpose in life fulfilled, dies. Strauss joined the hermetic plot to music of the utmost opulence, violent and yearning by turns, evoking the cardinal principles of Greek tragedy - pity and terror.
1980-02-16 | en
0.0
Bizet: Carmen
With the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra and conductor Brian Castles-Onion, a gritty set design, sumptuous bold costumes, stunning choreography, and the inestimable direction of Gale Edwards and Bizet's glorious opera is brought to life like never before in this second Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour.
2013-11-19 | en