Keyword: opera

Il Mefistofele

5

1989

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Arrigo Boitos Il Mefestefele was first performed in 1868 and his most known work. In Ken Russells modern interpretation presented by the Genoese Opera, it has Faust as an ageing hippy. He smokes marijuana and is tormented by his lost youth. Mephisto makes a bet with God that he can turn anyone to pagan life, even someone as innocent as Faust. From then on it is a battle of good against evil in a flamboyant, surreal display of primary colours, PVC costumes, nurses with swastikas, rocket trips, love and even characters dressed as Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse. Ken Russell said because the devil is always with us is his reason for the contemporary setting.

Tosca

8.4

1976

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Puccinis opera shot in the actual locations of the action in Rome: Tosca and Cavaradossi are in love, but the tyrant Scarpia also longs for Tosca. While searching for an opponent on the run, he arrests Cavaradossi and blackmails Tosca.

La Bohème

8.5

2012

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This Bohème was the talk of the 2012 Salzburg Festival, the first production of Puccinis timeless masterpiece ever given there, in a bold and meticulously observed contemporary staging. A top-flight cast brings a thoroughly modern perspective to the chaotic lives and tragic loves of the young Bohemians, while conductor Daniele Gatti draws out every detail of this endlessly inventive score, with luxurious playing from the Wiener Philharmoniker. Ms. Netrebkos Mimì emerged as thoroughly genuine and gorgeously sung. Mr. Beczalas Rodolfo was a perfect match (The New York Times).

Tristan und Isolde

7.8

1983

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Take a perfect cast, a great conductor and a groundbreaking staging in-out makes a Tristan for eternity. The 1983 performance in Bayreuth was a great moment for the world of opera. The ensemble performance of René Kollo, Johanna Meier and Matti Salminen with, then as now the Wagner admirer, Daniel Barenboim conducting the Bayreuth orchestra inspired singers and instrumentalists to peak performance. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle created a dream-beautiful stage.

Becoming Traviata

6.7

2012

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Natalie Dessay prepares to take on the role of Violetta in this documentary about the staging of Verdis masterwork at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in France.

The ROH Live: Madama Butterfly

5.2

2017

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La Salla

2.6

1996

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A tale of a man who has everything he needs in his one little room, and the disasters that befall him when he succumbs to the temptation of the world outside his door. An Italian opera, with subtitles and some cows and fish.

In My Room

6.1

2020

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Shot in her Paris studio during lock-down, a melodramatic home movie playfully blends themes of womanhood, transmission, and freedom, based on recordings of her grandmother.

Hunter's Bride

6.2

2010

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Hunters Bride traces the romantic rivalry between two veterans of the Napoleonic Wars who vie for the heart of the same woman.