The Flower of Hawaii

A Time of Destiny

April 1988 •English

World War II provides the setting for a melodramatic tale of love and revenge.

Porgy and Bess

June 1959 •English

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

Na růžích ustláno

January 1935 •Czech

Das Dreimäderlhaus

September 1918 •German

The Pirates of Penzance

February 1983 •English

In spite of being apprenticed to a Pirate King as a child, Frederic has led a very sheltered life. So when he arrives in Cornwall with his boisterous shipmates, there are a few surprises in store for him!

Rozkošný příběh

January 1937 •Czech

Bílá vrána

September 1938 •Czech

Carmen

May 1983 •Spanish

While rehearsing a flamenco ballet adaptation of Bizet's opera “Carmen”, Antonio, the choreographer, falls in love with the main dancer, Carmen, a fiercely independent woman. Antonio is slowly consumed by jealousy and possessiveness towards Carmen, just like Don José in the original opera, blurring the lines between fiction and reality.

Fra Diavolo

July 1912 •English

Based on the opéra comique of the same name, the film follows the exploits of Italian brigand Fra Diavolo.

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

January 1992 •Russian

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.

The Devil's Brother

May 1933 •English

Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman, who secretly masquerades as Fra Diavolo, a notorious outlaw.

Naughty Marietta

March 1935 •English

In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.

Royal Opera House 2023/24: Das Rheingold

September 2023 •English

When a precious hoard of gold is stolen from the river Rhine, it unleashes a chain of destructive events, pitting gods and mortals against one another for generations. Wagner’s Ring cycle boasts some of the greatest music ever written for the opera stage. Join us as we embark on a spectacular journey into the world of myth, dream and memory, with the figure of Erda – Mother Earth herself – at its centre.

Carmen: A Hip Hopera

May 2001 •English

An engaged Philadelphia policeman falls in love with a beautiful woman while dealing with a corrupt superior.

Mam’zelle Nitouche

January 1977 •Czech

The Magic Flute

September 2022 •English

A seventeen year old travels from London to the Austrian Alps to attend the legendary Mozart boarding school. There, he discovers a centuries-old forgotten passageway into the fantastic world of Mozart's "The Magic Flute".

V tom domečku pod Emauzy

March 1934 •Czech

Nobody's Children

November 1951 •Italian

The tragic love story between Guido, the owner of a marble quarry and Luisa, the humble daughter of one of his employees, ends up in her giving birth to their baby boy. Giulio's mother is against them: first she sends her son abroad and then has the baby kidnapped, making Luisa think the boy died in a fire.

Rigoletto

June 1955 •Italian

A musical drama based on Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto.

Down in the Valley

April 1984 •English

Short opera. A boy falls in love with a girl after an Appalachian prayer meeting, but her father wants her to go to the dance with a local shyster who the father thinks will bail him out of his money troubles instead.