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Orpheus in the Underworld

February 1974 •German

This musical comedy based on an opera by Jacques Offenbach incorporates a twist on the classic Greek myth: Orpheus, a music teacher at a girls’ school in the ancient Greek city of Thebes, actually does not miss his wife Eurydice that much – until the gods and Offenbach himself pressure him to retrieve her from Hades.

Offenbach: Barbe-Bleue

January 2019 •French

Where Is This Lady?

November 1932 •English

A British musical film directed by Victor Hanbury and Ladislao Vajda

Natalka Poltavka

November 1978 •Ukrainian

An iconic Ukrainian play of the same name meets TV.

Giuditta

January 2003 •German

Austrian composer Franz Léhar's opera Giuditta receives a unique interpretation by the Seefestspiele Mörbisch in this stage production, which stars Natalia Ushakova and Mehrzad Montazeri as the principal leads. The Morbisch Festival Orchestra accompanies the production, while the Chorus and Ballet of the Seefestpiele Mörbisch lend added support.

The Mikado

January 1983 •English

In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he must successfully perform before the appearance of the Mikado in a month's time, Ko-Ko finds a suitable victim in Nanki-Poo, who is distraught over his unrequited love for the maiden Yum-Yum. Nanki-Poo agrees to sacrifice his life if he is allowed to spend his remaining days with Yum-Yum, who is betrothed to Ko-Ko.

Not on the Lips

December 2003 •French

A musical drawing room farce set in Paris in October, 1925. Gilberte, in middle-age, flirts with men but loves her husband Georges, wishing he were more demonstrative. He's negotiating a deal with an American, Eric Thomson, who turns out to be Gilberte's first husband from an annulled and secret stateside marriage. Along with her sister Arlette, Gilberte begs Eric not to tell Georges about the marriage. Meanwhile, a young artist, Charly, pursues Gilberte while Arlette tries to match him with the young Huguette, who loves him. Will Eric play along or try to re-win Gilberte's affection? Can Gilberte play one off against another? And who will manage to kiss whom on the lips?

Tabákový kapitán

January 1984 •Czech

Pariserliv

April 2001 •Swedish

Live performance of Offenbach's La Vie Parisienne

Hrnčiarsky bál

January 1982 •Slovak

Läderlappen

December 1995 •Swedish

As revenge for being humiliated at a masquerade ball Dr. Falke plays a trick on Gabriel von Eisenstein.

Medailon národní umělkyně Milady Šubrtové

December 1975 •Czech

Vojín Královny Madagaskaru

January 1959 •Czech

Ples v opeře

April 1959 •Czech

Tulák

January 1960 •Czech

Madame Favart

March 1962 •Czech

Svatba na Bistrici

May 1961 •Czech

Hoheit tanzt Walzer

December 1935 •German

Gypsy Princess

December 1971 •German

Kálmán Imre's beloved operetta comes to the screen in this comedy of music, marriage and class set in Budapest and Vienna before the outbreak of the First World War, recorded at the Budapest Opera in 1963.

The Blue from the Sky

December 1932 •German

Out of unlikely circumstances an underground ticket vending girl and a mail pilot fall in love.