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- DirectorStéphane VéritéStarsRory MacdonaldJohn OsbornRoberto De CandiaPlayed: 18-2-2024 (YouTube)
- DirectorAnnette JollesStarsIldar AbdrazakovElena BocharovaJoseph CallejaRenée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato, Susan Graham and this year's Richard Tucker Award-Winner, Isabel Leonard, join opera's finest to honor the man often called, "America's Greatest Tenor."Played: 19-3-2016 (DVD 1184M)
- DirectorDenis CaïozziStarsBéatrice Uria-MonzonRoberto AlagnaNorah AmsellemCarmen, a wild Spanish gypsy, is unscrupulous in matters of the law and of the heart. A knife fight breaks out between Carmen and another woman, and José, an incorruptible constable in Seville, is ordered to arrest Carmen.Version: Choregies d'orange
Played: 11-8-2005 (TAPE SL 518)
Played: 18-12-2017 (DUB DVD from above 1986/1611) The Tape and DUB are discarded
Played: 18-12-2017 (YouTube) - DirectorBrian LargeStarsMarc LahoAnnick MassisDiana MontagueVersion: Glyndebourne U.K.
Played: In 2001 - TAPE SL 45
Created: DUB DVD from above 2407/2058 - Tape and Dun DVD discarded.
Played: 19-3-2018 (RE DUB DVD 2407/2058M) - 2006– Not Rated8.3 (25)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsJames LevineSusan GrahamThomas HampsonFrench composer Hector Berlioz puts a unique spin on the familiar tale of Faust, the scholar/scientist who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for love and knowledge. The story is told in 8 episodic scenes, in Cirque Du Soleil style.Version: MET NY
Played: 30-3-2009 (DVD 380)
Played: 14-5-2018 (DUB DVD from above 380/3389M) - DirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsStefano RanzaniJoyce DiDonatoMassimo CavallettiVersion: MET NY
Played: 28-6-2014 (DVD V521M) - DirectorRobert DornhelmStarsAnna NetrebkoRolando VillazónNicole CabellThe opera "La Bohème" is about the tragic love story of Mimí and Rodolfo, set in Paris in the year 1830.Original title: La Boheme The Movie
Played: 7-2-2010 (DVD 1279/799) - DirectorBrian LargeStarsJames MaddalenaCarolann PageJohn DuykersVersion: MET NY
Played: 29-1-2012 (DVD 2381/2032) - StarsGemma BertagnoliJosé BrosEva MeiIn a small Swiss village, Amina becomes engaged to a local farmer, Elvino. Lisa, who owns the local mill is furiously jealous as she too is in love with Elvino. Unknown to her family and friends, Amina is a somnambulist and when Count Rodolfo checks into the inn she enters his bedroom at night and is found there in the morning asleep. Elvino is disgusted and decides to marry Lisa. However, the Count asserts Amina's innocence to the skeptical villagers, explaining the phenomenon of sleepwalking. But at that moment Amina is seen sleepwalking over the unstable mill bridge, expressing her grief at Elvino's rejection.Version: MET NY
Played: 26-8-2009 (DVD 1023/3466M) - DirectorTiziano ManciniStarsAnnick MassisYasu NakajimaLuca GrassiLes pêcheurs de perles dates from 1863 and represents much more than a mere operatic exercise written by a twenty-five-year-old composer. Pêcheurs is, as a matter of fact, the only other Bizet opera, beside Carmen, to have remained in the repertoire. This opera contains memorable passages, which have ensured its long-lasting success and which many great singers (beginning with Caruso) have recorded and performed: for example the aria of Nadir Je crois entendre encore; the beautiful aria of Léïla Comme autrefois, dans la nuit sombre and, above all, the superb duet between Léïla and Nadir Ton cour n'a pas compris le mien. This Venetian production features an extraordinary Annick Massis as Léïla and the refined staging of Pier Luigi Pizzi.Version: Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
Played: 20-1-2014 (Purchased DVD)
Played: 6-2-2016 ( Idem ) - 2006– Not Rated8.3 (39)TV EpisodeDirectorMatthew DiamondStarsGianandrea NosedaPatricia RacetteMariusz KwiecienVersion: MET NY
Played: 3-9-2016 (DVD V76M) - StarsMarianna ChristosRobert HaleLouis PerryVersion: MET NY 2010
Played: 29-5-2010 (DVD 262/148)
Version: MET NY - 2014
Playee: 24-3-2015 (DVD 572/3229M) - 2006– Not Rated7.6 (26)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsGianandrea NosedaEric OwensIldar AbdrazakovVersion: MET NY
Played: 1-9-2014 (DVD V333M) - StarsJoan SutherlandHeather BeggAnson AustinThe story of Adriana Lecouvreur, famous 18th century actress from la "Comédie Française".Version: Sydney Opera
Played: 9=10-2016 (Purchased DVD) - DirectorCameron KirkpatrickStarsEmma MatthewsAldo Di ToroStephen BennettVersion: Sydney Opera
Played: 13-4-2015 (Purchased DVD)
Played: 16-11-2019 ( Idem ) - DirectorBrian LargeStarsAnna NetrebkoElina GarancaElisabeth KulmanIn the summer of 1830 the impresarios of Teatro Carcano contacted Donizetti and asked him to compose a new opera for the season's opening. At the moment of signing the contract Donizetti still ignored the subject of the new opera, but he knew that the librettist would be Felice Romani and the female protagonist Giuditta Pasta. Success was resounding and unanimous, also with the critics. Donizetti had indeed reached artistic maturity. Anna Bolena tells a human drama of solitude and oppression; it is a work of centered psychological introspection. Donizetti's first great scene of madness is one of the most moving and powerful of the whole history of opera. The new theatrical element introduced by Anna Bolena is that the protagonist's death is not a consequence of moral duty or divine justice, but a plain act of cruelty. A tragedy through and through, then: intense, deep and profoundly romantic. Anna Bolena is a significant work in the history of opera, as well as in Donizetti's own personal history. In this Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo production, Dimitra Theodossiou stands out as a fine interpreter both as a singer and as an actress.Version: MET NY
Played: 12-2-2012 (DVD V113) - DirectorKirk BrowningStarsJudith BlegenLuciano PavarottiBrent EllisCountry bumpkin Nemorino is in love with Adina. She seems interested, but a poor farmer is beneath her station. She flirts with handsome Sgt Belcore, but when Nemorino joins his army to earn money to marry Adina, she sheds a secret tear.Version: MET NY
Played: 10-8-2014 (Purchased DVD) - DirectorFrank ZamaconaStarsNatalie DessayGiuseppe FilianotiGabriele VivianiThe emotionally fragile Lucia is driven to madness when manipulated to marry a man she does not love. Featuring the most famous mad scene in the repertory and full of ravishingly beautiful melodies, this timeless bel canto masterpiece evokes the passion and desperation of a woman used by her brother as a political pawn. Superstar Natalie Dessay owns this virtuosic role. Also starring Giuseppe Filianoti, Gabriele Viviani and Oren Gradus. Recorded Summer 2008, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco.Version: MET NY - 2009
Played: 27-4-2009 (DVD 636/392)
Version: MET NY - 2011
Played: 259-2011 (DVD 2330/1980)
Played: 5-12-2015 ( Idem ) - 2006– Not Rated8.4 (45)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsJames LevineSusan GrahamJohn Del CarloAfter disinheriting his nephew Ernesto, the elderly Pasquale seeks a wife to produce an heir for his estate. Dr. Malatesta sympathizes with Ernesto and devises a plan to help Ernesto regain his inheritance and the widow Norina.Version: MET NY
Played: 28-8-2011 (DVD 1614/1197) - StarsPaolo ArrivabeniDaniel BorowskiCarlo CigniIn recent years not only music festivals but also important opera theatres have turned their attention towards the neglected masterpieces of the lyrical repertoire. Thus also Venice's Teatro La Fenice, in a commendable effort, staged this Pia de' Tolomei by Donizetti, with some of the best singers available today for this type of repertoire. Initial response to this opera, which was performed for the first time in 1837, was ambiguous, so much so that Donizetti re-worked it as many as three times. The version here recorded is that of the critical edition recently published by Ricordi, with the tragic finale originally conceived by the composer. The listener will undoubtedly wonder, once more, at Donizetti's wealth of melodic inspiration, especially when it comes to the character of Pia, wonderfully interpreted, here, by Patrizia Ciofi.Version: Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
Played: 12+13-5-2014 (Purchased DVD) - DirectorBarbara Willis SweeteOtto SchenkStarsYannick Nézet-SéguinSusan GrahamDísella LárusdóttirThe original story of the little mermaid. She is in love with a human and makes a deal with a witch to be able to be human. The deal is she has to convince him that she is his love but she has to give up Her voice to become human.Version: MET NY
Played: 23-6-2014 (DVD V989M) - 2006– Not Rated7.7 (26)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsJames LevineJoyce DiDonatoStephanie BlytheGluck's first "reform" opera, meaning the music of the baroque era with its embellishments and improvisations is replaced with a simpler and more direct vocal style. This production is modernized and includes a host of celebrities in Hades.Version: MET NY
Played: 10-2-2011 (DVD760)
Played: 20-8-2018 (DUB DVD from above 760/3445M) - 2006– 3h 53mNot Rated7.4 (45)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsYannick Nézet-SéguinJoyce DiDonatoJonas KaufmannThe oft-told tale of the scientist Faust, who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for an extra 24 years to live, is updated, apparently happening entirely in the confines of Faust's lab, which makes the Act 2 carnival hard to fathom.Version: MET NY
Played: 11-6-2012 (DVD 1003/3014) - 2006– 3h 30mNot Rated8.1 (25)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsGianandrea NosedaAilyn PérezDiego SilvaVerona, eighteenth century, a choir speaks of the endless enmity between the Montague and Capulet families, and the love of their children, Romeo and Juliette.Version: MET NY
Played: 23-4-2017 (DVD 70/28M) - 2006– 4h 44mNot Rated8.4 (18)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsHarry BicketRenée FlemingDavid DanielsJulius Caesar's visit to Cleopatra in Egypt.Version: MET NY
Played: 6-10-2013 (DVD V47M) - DirectorMatthew DiamondStarsRenée FlemingAndreas SchollJoseph KaiserBertarido escaped to Hungary after Grimoaldo's armies had attacked, even though he had once been an ally of Bertarido. Now he has returned in disguise to rescue his wife and son, whom he left behind. But Rodelinda believes him to be dead.Version: MET NY
Played: 14-5-2012 (DVD 588/3004) - 2006– Not Rated7.9 (30)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsFabio LuisiSusan GrahamMarcelo ÁlvarezVersion: MET NY
Cavalleria Rusticana
Played: 20-9-2015 (DVD 243/3417M)
Version: MET NY
Pagliacci
Played: 20-9-2015 (DVD 243/3417M)
Played: 20-2-2016 ( Idem ) - DirectorGary HalvorsonStarsFabio LuisiDeborah VoigtChristophe MortagneNaive Manon is seduced by Chevalier Des Grieux and she runs away with him to avoid being sent to the convent. Gradually she learns to use her beauty to her advantage in the world of men. In opera, that usually spells bad news for the woman.Version: MET NY
Played: 6-8-2012 (DVD 2265/1909) - DirectorClaus VillerStarsPhilippe JordanMarcelo ÁlvarezAdrian ErödVersion: Wiener Staatsoper
Played: 15-10-2016 (Purchased DVD) - 2006– 2h 18mNot Rated9.0 (36)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsJesús López CobosPlácido DomingoMary Jo HeathMissionary Athaniel converts the prostitute Thais to Christianity; he even leads her to enter a nunnery. The convent door slams shut: No Men Allowed. Oh no, cries Athaniel, I've fallen in love with her. Too bad, so sad. Meditate on that.Version: MET NY
Played: 17-3-2014 (Purchased DVD)
Played: 31-10-2015 ( Idem ) - DirectorTiziano ManciniStarsGiuseppe GipaliAna María SánchezVladimir StoyanovVersion: Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
Played: 3-3-2014 (Purchased DVD) - DirectorVirginia LumsdenStarsJoan SutherlandAnson AustinSergei BaigildinVersion: Sydney Opera
Played: 20-6-2014 (Purchased DVD)
Played: 21-11-2015 ( Idem ) - DirectorSue JuddStarsBryan HymelMarina PoplavskayaPatrizia CiofiVersion: The Royal Opera House
Played: 28-9-2015 (Purchased DVD) - DirectorBrian LargeStarsPlácido DomingoShirley VerrettRuth Ann SwensonVersion: San Francisco Opera
Played: 9-4-2001 (TAPE SL359)
Played: 19-1-2009 ( Idem )
Played: 26-11-2015 (DUB DVD from above 158/87) - DirectorHumphrey BurtonStarsDeon van der WaltInga NielsenLillian WatsonVersion: Royal Opera House
Played: 12-1-2006 (TAPE VL176)
Available DUB DVD from above 2608/2262 - DirectorChloé PerlemuterStarsKlaus Maria BrandauerMalin HarteliusPatricia PetibonMozart's famous Singspiel (an operatic genre with much recitative; the title is German for the Abduction from the Seragalio), after Christoph Friedrich Bretzner's work "Belmonte und Constanze", comes to life in the sumptuous setting of Topkapi, the Ottoman sultans' own Istanbul seraglio (palace harem). Belmonte finds his fiancée Constanze and her English maid Blondchen ('Blondie'), who were captured and sold by pirates, in the Meditarranean seraglio of the Ottoman pasha (military lord) Selim. Belmonte's servant Pedrillo gets him engaged as builder. After Selim tried to enforce himself upon Konstanze, Pedrillo and Blondchen, his own sweetheart, prepare their flight, managing to get Osmin, the pashas overseer, drunk. Yet Osmin and Selim's guard still capture them, already in the garden; however the touching display of true love melts the pashas heart, so he lets them go.Version: L'Opera de Zurich
Played: 12-1-2006 (TAPE VL1349)
Played: 29-10-2016 (DUB DVD from above 940/574) - 2006– 3h 36mNot Rated8.3 (33)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsJames LevineRenée FlemingIldar AbdrazakovVersion: MET NY
Played: 9-8-2015 (DVD 1304/830M) - 2006– Not Rated8.3 (28)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsFabio LuisiRenée FlemingLuca PisaroniThe nobleman Don Giovanni has apparently lost all his manners: not only does he rape the Commander's daughter and murder the old man; later on he invites his statue to dinner. It's completely inappropriate, and there will be Hell to pay.Version: MET NY
Played: 11-3-2012 (DVD V275) - DirectorRoss MacGibbonStarsFelicity LottYann BeuronMichel SénéchalPrince Paris of Troy runs away with Queen Helene of Sparta!Version: Theatre Musical de Paris
Played: 20-7-2016 (Purchased DVD) - 2006– Not Rated8.5 (23)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsJames LevineDeborah VoigtJoseph CallejaThree acts, book-ended by a Prologue and Epilogue, tell the poet Hoffman's failed loves. The first was just a doll, the second a dying singer, and the third a lady of the evening. That's Hoffman, looking for love in all the wrong places.Version: MET NY - 2009
Played: 30-4-2010 (DVD 1477/1028) - 2006– Not Rated7.3 (21)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsYves AbelDeborah VoigtVittorio GrigòloVersion: MET NY - 2015
Played: 12-7-2015 (DVD 1254/776M) - DirectorMatthew DiamondStarsRiccardo FrizzaRenée FlemingRichard BernsteinA love triangle with Floria Tosca, a jealous diva; Mario Cavaradossi, her painter lover; and Scarpia, the authoritarian Chief of Police of Rome who wants Tosca for himself and uses his position to get rid of his competition.Version: MET NY
Played: 4-5-2014 (DVD 1211/744M) - 2006– 2h 53mNot Rated8.5 (35)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsPatrick SummersRenée FlemingMarcello GiordaniOn shore leave in Japan, Lt. Pinkerton is ready for action and finds it in a wedding broker. Cio-Cio-San naively believes the marriage is real. Wait until the real Mrs. Pinkerton hears about this: there's sure to be a Little Trouble ahead.Version: MET NY - 2009
Played: 27-7-2009 (DVD 918/563) - 2006– Not Rated8.2 (27)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsKarel Mark ChichonDeborah VoigtRoberto AlagnaUS Navy Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton buys a house in Japan along with a bride, Cio-Cio San, a.k.a. Butterfly, to tide him over until he marries a "real" American wife. When he leaves for America, Cio-Cio San waits patiently and jumps for joy when his ship enters the harbor after three years. Unfortunately, his return ends in tragedy.Version: MET NY - 2016
Playwed: 23-10-2016 (DVD 1760/1389M) - 2006– Not Rated8.1 (29)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsDeborah VoigtMarcello GiordaniLucio GalloMinnie, the titular "Girl of the Golden West" is saloon-keeper, nurse, and Bible school teacher to a camp of miners during the California Gold Rush. When the mysterious Mr. Johnson arrives, the miners suspicions (and jealousies) are roused.Version: MET NY
Played: 5-9-2011 (DVD 1408/944) - 2006– Not Rated8.8 (37)TV EpisodeDirectorBrian LargeStarsMarco ArmiliatoRenée FlemingMonica YunusMagda, mistress to wealthy Rambaldo, wants romance with a younger man. She moves in with Ruggero until his cash runs out.Version: MET NY
Played: 19=8-2010 (DVD 656/403) - DirectorGary HalvorsonStarsAndris NelsonsPatricia RacetteMaria GuleghinaTo win the hand of Princess Turandot, suitors must first answer her three riddles, but an incorrect answer sends the suitor to the executioner. A stranger with no name, who no-one knows, tries. Will he win her hand, or lose his head?Version: MET NY - 2010
Played: 9-8-2010 (DVD 1322/847) - DirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsPaolo CarignaniRenée FlemingNina StemmeVersion: MET NY - 2016
Played: 28-8-2016 (DVD 708/426M) - 2006– 3h 13mNot Rated8.2 (17)TV EpisodeDirectorMatthew DiamondStarsMichele MariottiDeborah VoigtYunpeng WangVersion MET NY
Played: 26-7-2015 (DVD 294/3386M) - 2006– Not Rated8.6 (30)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsJoyce DiDonatoFabio LuisiDeborah VoigtVersion: MET NY
Played: 19-10-2014 *DVD 806/3226M - 2006– 3h 21mNot Rated7.8 (26)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsMichele MariottiPatricia RacetteJoyce DiDonatoVersion: MET NY
Played: 6-9-2015 (DVD 362/221M) - 2006– Not Rated8.6 (38)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsMaurizio BeniniRenée FlemingStéphane DegoutThe young Count Ory takes advantage of the fact that the village men are off fighting, and breaks into the castle to declare his love to Adele. His sidekick Isolier reveals Ory's plans to her, and the two of them hatch a plan to trick Ory.Version: MET NY
Played: 17-10-2011 (DVD 2482.2133) - 2006– 2h 7mNot Rated7.1 (26)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsPavel SmelkovPatricia RacettePaulo SzotVersion: MET NY
Played: 8-5-2011 (DVD V931M) - 2006– 1h 53mNot Rated6.6 (26)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsPatrick SummersDeborah VoigtJoseph KaiserOscar Wilde's scandalous play set to equally outrageous music by Richard Strauss. It caused riots when it opened but has become one of the most-often performed operas around the world.Version MET NY
Played: 2-2-2009 (DVD 159)
Played: 2-7-2016 (DUB DVD from above 159/3460M) - 2006– Not Rated8.1 (24)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsEdo de WaartPlácido DomingoMary Jo HeathThe aristocratic Marschallin is increasingly aware of things: middle-age is approaching, her beauty is fading, and her young lover Octavian has fallen in love with someone younger and prettier than she. She knew this would happen one day.Version MET NY
Played: 15-5-2010 (DVD 65/23) - 2006– Not Rated8.6 (45)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsValery GergievDeborah VoigtAnna NetrebkoOnegin's friend Lensky introduces him to Tanya, his fiancee's sister but Onegin flirts with his fiancee. Lensky challenges him to a duel; nobody stops them. Later, Onegin tries to seduce Tanya, but she's married. Onegin just doesn't get it.Version MET NY
Played: 23-3-2014 (DVD V957M) - 2006– 3h 33mNot Rated8.4 (23)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsValery GergievJoyce DiDonatoMzia NioradzeIolanta only - Version: MET NY
Played: 23-8-2015 (DVD 676/3699M) - Episode: (2013)2012–8.1 (7)TV EpisodeSee Giuseppe Verdi: Un giorno di regno, ossia Il finto Stanislao, Melodramma giocoso in two acts (2012) for full details.Version: Teatro Giorno di Regno
Played: 3-8-2014 (Purchased BLU RAY Disc in collection TUTTO VERDI) - 2006– 3h 49mNot Rated7.7 (21)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsMarco ArmiliatoJoyce DiDonatoMarcello GiordaniThe opera that pushed Verdi onto the world stage. Ernani, outlawed nobleman, heads a resistance effort against Don Carlo, who killed Ernani's father. He also plans to elope with Elvira. Unfortunately, Don Carlo also is in love with Elvira.Version: MET NY
Played: 23-7-2012 (DVD 1837/1456) - DirectorGary HalvorsonStarsFabio LuisiAnita RachvelishviliZeljko LucicMacbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.Version: MET NY
Played: 17-8-2015 (DVD 3372/3062MF)
Played: 5-6-2016 ( Idem ) - 2006– 3h 18mNot Rated7.4 (38)TV EpisodeDirectorMatthew DiamondStarsMichele MariottiRenée FlemingPiotr BeczalaSet in rat-pack Las Vegas. Duke is Sinatra; Rigoletto is Don Rickles. Rigoletto owns a condo; he holds the elevator for the courtiers. Later on, when he finds a stranger's corpse in his car-trunk, why doesn't he drive her to the hospital?Version: MET NY
Played: 19-5-2013 (DVD V475) - 2006– Not Rated8.8 (42)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsMarco ArmiliatoSusan GrahamStefan KocánVersion: MET NY
Played: 30-1-2016 (DVD 547/3447M) - StarsPlácido DomingoVittorio GrigòloJulia NovikovaUS TV airing of Rigoletto a Mantova (2010). Please see that title for full details.Played: 9-10-2011 (DVD 2466/2117)
- DirectorHumphrey BurtonPeter ManiuraStarsAngela GheorghiuFrank LopardoLeo NucciCourtesan falls in love, lives with her man, but his father convinces her to give him up. Some time after they parted, they have an ugly public confrontation. Ultimately, consumption decides her fate, and her lover regrets his actions.Version: Gran Teatro di Fenice
Played: 28-12-2008 (Purchased DVD) - 2006– Not Rated7.9 (15)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsJames LevineRenée FlemingStephen GaertnerVerdi's opera tells the story of Simon Boccanegra (literally: Simon the Black-Mouth), a reformed pirate who becomes chief magistrate of Genoa. Infants swapped at birth, estranged families, and political intrigue threaten to topple his rule.Version: MET NY
Played: 12-7-2010 (DVD 402/243) - 2012– 2h 17m8.2 (6)TV EpisodeDirectorTiziano ManciniStarsLeo NucciRoberto ScandiuzziSimone PiazzolaSee Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra, Melodramma in a prolog and three acts (2012) for full details.Version: Teatro Regio di Parma
Played: 7-12-2014 (Purchased BLU RAY disc in collection TUTTO VERDI) - 2006– 3h 54mNot Rated8.8 (31)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsYannick Nézet-SéguinDeborah VoigtRoberto AlagnaFamily jealousy, threat of rebellion, political back-stabbing and the Inquisition weigh heavy on the court of King Phillip II. The tension finally ignites at the King's coronation, where a number of heretics are to be burnt at the stake.Version: MET NY
Played: 3-10-2011 (DVD 2242/1886) - DirectorTiziano ManciniStarsGeorge AndguladzeSusanna BranchiniAntonino FoglianiSee Verdi: Aida (2013) for full details.Version: Teatro Regio di Parma
Played: 4-1-2015 (Purchased BLU RAY disc in collection TUTTO VERDI) - DirectorGary HalvorsonStarsFabio LuisiRenée FlemingMary Jo HeathA reprise of 2009's performance with a new cast: in her Met debut, Monastyrska is a revelation as the titular princess; Alagna acquits himself well as her love interest. Aida is torn between loyalty to her country and her love for Radames.Version: MET NY - 2012
Played: 11-8-2013 (DVD 924/3126) - DirectorGary HalvorsonStarsDaniele GattiRenée FlemingRoberto ScandiuzziPharoah's daughter loves Radames, leader of the Egyptian army. So does slave-girl, Aida, who happens to be (unknown to anyone) Princess of Ethiopia. Aida must choose either her country or Radames. The outcome leaves both gasping for breath.Version: MNET NY - 2009
Played: 12-4-2010 (DVD 1382/916) - DirectorBrian LargeStarsAprile MilloDolora ZajickPlácido DomingoPharaoh's daughter Amneris loves general Radames, but he loves slave Aida. Aida's father leads the Ethiopian army to invade Egypt. When he's captured, he wants Aida to gain military secrets from Radames.Version: MET NY 1989
Played: 1-2-2015 (Purchased DVD) - DirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsSemyon BychkovSondra RadvanovskyStephen GaertnerThe villain Iago plots to ruin the Moorish general Otello. Verdi had to be coaxed out of retirement by his publisher for a new opera; Verdi agreed after meeting librettist Boito, and the two of them settled on Shakespeare for their subject.Version MET NY
Played: 26-2-2013 (DVD 297/165) - DirectorGary HalvorsonStarsJames LevineRenée FlemingCarlo BosiThe story of Sir John Falstaff, a portent womanizer down on his luck, and the "Merry Wives of Windsor" whom he is trying to woo.Version: MET NY
Played: 28-4-2014 (DVD 1176/727M) - 2006– Not Rated7.8 (23)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsJames LevineSusan GrahamMichelle DeYoungVersion: MET NY
Played: 2-4-2016 (DVD 552/3454M) - 2006– 4h 9mNot Rated7.4 (16)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsJames LevineEike Wilm SchulteMatti SalminenWagner's supporters say that he took music to new heights of expression here; his detractors say it's the death-knell for melody and structure. It's four hours of aching yearning that does not rest until the last few minutes of the opera.Version: MET NY
Played: 21-7-2008 (TAPE VL1986)
DUB DVD AVAILABLE - V266 - 2006– 5h 9mNot Rated8.4 (21)TV EpisodeDirectorMatthew DiamondStarsJames LevineRenée FlemingJohan BothaVersion MET NY
Played: 23-5-2015 (DVD 1642/1230M) - 2006– 3h 3mNot Rated8.9 (73)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsJames LevineDeborah VoigtLisette OropesaWhen Wotan, king of the gods, hired the Giants to build a palace, he didn't have the money to pay them. What to do? Plunder and steal: there is a Ring with limitless power, and that will be his solution. He doesn't know the Ring is cursed.Version MET NY
Played: 21-10-2012 (DVD 257/147) - 2006– 4h 3mNot Rated8.8 (71)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsJonas KaufmannEva-Maria WestbroekHans-Peter KönigRing Cycle part 2, where we learn that two of Wotan's kids are having an incestuous affair, his wife is furious, so Valkyrie Brunnhilde is sent to fix things (ie, kill them). But she lets them escape instead, and oh boy, is Wotan angry now.Version MET NY
Played: 29-10-2012 (DVD 54/3073) - 2006– 4h 2mNot Rated8.6 (58)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsFabio LuisiRenée FlemingMary Jo HeathRing Cycle, pt 3. Years later, the twins' baby is a man; he goes forth to do manly things, like kill his guardian, slay dragons, steal the Ring and talk to animals. He finds a woman imprisoned by a wall of fire; they fall instantly in love.Version MET NY
Played: 4-11-2012 (DVD 2653/2326) - 2006– 4h 32mNot Rated8.6 (55)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsFabio LuisiDeborah VoigtJay Hunter MorrisRing Cycle, pt 4. Siegfried is drugged and tricked into kidnapping his wife, since she has the Ring now. More double-crossings, Siegfried ends up dead. Brunnhilde has had enough of this, tosses the Ring into the river and torches the place.Version: MET NY
Played: 21-11-2012 (DVD 573/1048) - DirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsDaniele GattiEric OwensRené PapeMany arguments have been made about Wagner's last opera: claims of racism, anti-Semitism, misogyny. The story is simple, really: the Knights who were supposed to guard the Holy Relics managed to lose one; now God wants it back, or else.Version: MET NY
Played: 8-9-2013 (DVD 2815/2493) - 2006– Not Rated8.8 (27)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsWilliam ChristieDeborah VoigtDavid DanielsA loose adaptation of Shakespeare's Tempest and Twelfth Night with some of the most beautiful pieces by baroque composers such as Haendel and Vivaldi.Version: MET NY
Played: 25-6-2012 (DVD 3300/2983) - 2006– Not Rated7.9 (18)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsMarco ArmiliatoSondra RadvanovskyJohn MooreFrancesca waits to be fetched to her wedding; her new husband's brother arrives, and they fall instantly in love. The groom happens to be a fierce and remorseless warrior, fresh from battle. Moral: don't sleep with your brother's new bride.Version: MET NY
Played: 22-9-2013 (DVD 343/206M) - 2006– Not Rated8.4 (50)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsPatrick SummersBeverly SillsRenée FlemingEngland, 1640s. Civil war and politics interfere with Elvira's plans to marry Arturo, because he is helping Queen Elizabeth escape from the rebels. Elvira doesn't understand any of this, so she goes stark raving mad and sings a cadenza while lying flat on her back, her head hanging upside-down over the edge of the stage. Fearing that she might die of grief or fall over into the orchestra pit, Uncle Giorgio and Riccardo sing the complete version of "Suoni la tromba," including the repeats, and no cuts. Not to be upstaged by any of this, Arturo finally returns from his mission and explains everything by singing a high F above C, the highest note ever composed for tenor voice. There is much rejoicing. It's non-stop, nail-biting action, and Beverly Sills is on hand to provide commentary on the drama.Version: MET NY
Played: 11-5-2008 (TAPOWE SL 744)
Played: 8-2-2015 (DUB DVD from above V 157) - 1977– 2h 37mNot Rated9.0 (15)TV EpisodeDirectorBrian LargeStarsMarilyn HorneDouglas AhlstedtAllan MonkA typical rescue opera involves a kidnapped young woman who faces torture or death - until her heroic lover shows up. But in this one, the roles are reversed: it's a man in desperate trouble, and his clever girlfriend gets him out of it.Version: MET NY
Played: 13-10-2014 (Purchased DVD) - 2006– Not Rated7.9 (17)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsFabio LuisiJoyce DiDonatoRichard BernsteinBerlioz' last large-scale work was an attempt to rise above what he viewed as shallow, crowd pleasing "grand" operas in vogue at the time. This is his retelling of nothing less than the Trojan Wars of antiquity; the style hints at Wagner.Version: MET NY
Played: 22-7-2013 (DVD V54) - DirectorKirk BrowningStarsRenata ScottoPlácido DomingoSherrill MilnesA wealthy youth, betrothed to a duchess, falls in love with a country girl - Luisa Miller. To remain incognito he disguises himself. The girl betrays her lover, so he tricks her and they drink poison, and then die together.Version: MET NY
Played: 5-8-2013 (Purchased DVD) - 2006– 2h 41mNot Rated8.9 (31)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsMaurizio BeniniDeborah VoigtElza van den HeeverAccusations and hostilities are hurled back and forth between Mary, Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth.Version: MET NY
Played: 28-7-2013 (DVD 2525C/3137) - DirectorFrank ZamaconaStarsEric OwensLaquita MitchellLester LynchGeorge Gershwin miraculously melded classical music, popular song, jazz, blues and spirituals in this quintessentially American masterpiece that tells the poignant story of a crippled beggar, the headstrong woman he loves, and the community that sustains them both. San Francisco Chronicle praised Francesca Zambello's production as a "powerful Porgy and Bess...persuasively led by conductor John DeMain and sung by a strong cast headed by Eric Owens and Laquita Mitchell in the title roles.... Owens brought vocal heft and dramatic sensitivity to the part of Porgy. Mitchell gave an evocative performance as Bess, compounded of tempestuous need and penitence." "Dazzling and remarkable!" -San Jose Mercury News "Triumphant! A top-notch, sold-out Porgy and Bess." -San Francisco ExaminerVersion: Film
Played: 23-1-2016 (Purchased DVD) - DirectorKirk BrowningStarsPlácido DomingoShirley VerrettWolfgang BrendelWhile the rest of the Hebrews bewail their fate, Samson alone trusts in God's promise of liberty. Abimelech, the Philistine satrap of Gaza, enters to mock the Hebrews' God, proclaiming the superiority of Dagon, and the Hebrews are afraid of him. But calls them to show some defiance, so Abimelech attacks Samson with his sword. Samson seizes the sword and strikes him dead. The Hebrews scatter and the High Priest of Dagon appears, cursing the Hebrews. When a messenger reports that the Hebrews are ravaging the harvest, the High Priest forms a plan to use Delilah to overcome Samson's strength. Delilah's beauty is such that Samson can't resist her for long. She begs to know the secret of his supernatural strength, but he refuses, though he says he loves her. Delilah betrays Samson by having some Philistine soldiers seize him and throw him into a prison in Gaza, where his hair is cut off.Version: Covent Garden
Played: 7-11-2001 (TAPE SL206)
AVAILABLE DUB DVD - 2688/2361) - 2006– 2h 54mNot Rated8.0 (25)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsDonald RunniclesNatalie DessayDean PetersonPeter Grimes, an unmarried, eccentric fisherman, can't keep an apprentice: they disappear mysteriously every time. In the absence of OSHA laws or child-protective services, the townspeople gather to conduct an inquest into the matter.Version: MET NY
Played: 17-7-2011 (DVD 2474/2125) - DirectorJoachim HessStarsRaymond WolanskyPeter HaageHans SotinPlayed: 16-12-2023 (YouTube - 10 Parts)
- DirectorJérémie CuvillierStarsJavier CamarenaDiana DamrauAntonio LozanoPlayed: 23-3-2024 (YouTube)
- DirectorTiziano ManciniStarsAlbert DohmenAdrian ErödSara JakubiakVersion: Semperoper Dresden
Played: 13-4-2024 (YouTube)