A Republic Song
7.4
2024
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In 1930s Turkey, a handful of young, talented and determined people strive to realize an artistic revolution in a fledgling country.
Strangler vs Strangler
8
1984
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A mentally-disturbed flower seller starts killing young girls on the streets of Belgrade. While the frustrated police inspector is trying to stop him, an aspiring musician finds his life and work deeply intertwined with that of a killer.
The Magic Flute
7.2
2003
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One of the most iconic operas of all time; The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is about a Prince, Tamino, conquering all odds to be wise and to rescue the daughter, Pamina, of the Queen of the Night. This is one of the best known productions of this opera, in Covent Garden- London 2003. Conducted by Sir Colin Davis, performers include Simon Keenlyside as Papageno, Dorothea Röschmann as Pamina, Will Hartmann as Tamino and the legendary Diana Damrau as the Queen of the Night (Königin Der Nacht).
The Girl Downstairs
4.6
1938
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A wealthy playboy surreptitiously romances a scullery maid to gain access to her mistress with whom he is in love, but doesnt count on the maid falling in love with him.
La traviata
8.6
2005
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La Traviata stands or falls on its lead singers and in Norah Amsellem and Rolando Villazon this 2005 Salzburg Festival performance has a pair whose electric interactions and brilliant singing are irresistible. If Amsellem cant quite provide the vocal bloom of the great Violettas of the past, hers is a lovely voice used with intelligence and dramatic intensity and she has the coloratura chops to deliver her Act I showpieces with flair. Villazons tenor has ping on top, terrific color, and an impressive range of rubato, dynamic shadings, and interesting phrasing that makes Alfredos music sound newly minted. The Germont is Thomas Hampson, no Verdi baritone but an astute singer and actor. Chorus and smaller roles are fine, the orchestra first-rate. Carlo Rizzi has odd notions about the music (usually too fast, sometimes way too slow) but this Traviata triumphs despite his conducting.
Così fan tutte
6.9
2013
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Ferrando and Guglielmo boast about the beauty and virtue of their girls, the sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella. The cynical Don Alfonso proposes a wager. He will prove to them that the sisters are unfaithful, like all other women. Amused, the young men agree.
John Adams: Doctor Atomic
6.4
2007
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The first act takes place about a month before the bomb is to be tested, and the second act is set in the early morning of July 16, 1945. During the second act, time frequently slows down for the characters and then snaps back into reality.
The Paris Opera
7
2017
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A behind-the-scenes look at the Paris Opera, under the direction of Stephane Lissner.
Boris Godounov
7.6
1989
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The film is based on the musical recording of the famous opera by Modest Mussorgsky about the tragic events surrounding the ruling of the Russian tsar Boris in the early 17th century. The recording was actually made two years before the filming with the participation of the Washington Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich) and several opera stars (the part of Marina is sung by Galina Vishnevskaya). Zulawski made the film just as we would be watching the theatrical performance. Then we are going through the sets and, finally, we notice the film crew. The director deliberately filled the picture with a plenty of anachronisms making the implications on the Soviet history and the other dictatorships of the 20th century.
Because You're Mine
7
1952
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A famous opera singer falls for his sergeants sister at boot camp.
The Smoked Sprat Baking in the Sun
6.7
1992
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Tosca's Kiss
6.8
1984
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Meet the inhabitants of the Casa di Riposa in Milan, the worlds first nursing home for retired opera singers, founded by composer Giuseppe Verdi in 1896. In his documentary film Toscas Kiss, which has developed an underground cult following over the years and is a favorite among opera and music lovers worldwide, director Daniel Schmid has captured a world in which these wonderful singers (many of whom had significant careers on the opera stage) re-live and re-enact their triumphant roles of the glorious past. Toscas Kiss is a touching and often hilarious film on the subject of aging and the power and timeless capacity of music to inspire.