Mary Dunleavy

Les derniers mois tumultueux du mandat du 16ème Président des États-Unis. Dans une nation déchirée par la guerre civile et secouée par le vent du changement, Abraham Lincoln met tout en œuvre pour résoudre le conflit, unifier le pays et abolir l'esclavage. Cet homme doté d'une détermination et d'un courage moral exceptionnels va devoir faire des choix qui bouleverseront le destin des générations à venir.

Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 25 March 1997.

This all-star cast is framed by Peter Hall’s gritty, realistic production and conducted by James Levine, who brings out all the surging emotion and gripping drama in Bizet’s score. At the center of the story is Agnes Baltsa, whose smoky mezzo is tailor-made for the gypsy Carmen, an independent woman who glories in obeying only her own rules, but who is haunted by fate. Superstar tenor José Carreras is Don José, the solider from a small town who catches Carmen’s eye and is destroyed by his growing obsession with her. Samuel Ramey is the charismatic matador Escamillo, who lures Carmen away from Don José with tragic result. Leona Mitchell is Micaëla, the simple girl from Don José’s hometown who cannot save him. March 21, 1987 Matinee Broadcast.

A faithful adaptation of the micro-opera A Hand of Bridge (1958) by Samuel Barber. Two couples reveal their deepest desires, darkest fears, and wildest fantasies during an evening playing bridge.

The lecherous Falstaff, with his infamous roving eye, finally meets his match when his underhand plans to solve money troubles have the three merry wives of Windsor conspiring to teach him a lesson. After Macbeth and Otello, Verdi breathes life into Shakespeare’s great comic character in this, his spectacular final opera. Conductor Richard Farnes makes his Garsington Opera debut in this new production directed by Prix de la critique Claude Rostand winner Bruno Ravella.

Après une soirée à l’opéra, des invités se retrouvent pour dîner chez l’aristocrate Edmundo Nóbile. Une fois le repas terminé, les convives se rendent compte qu’ils ne peuvent quitter la demeure. La porte est ouverte, mais une force invisible empêche qui que ce soit d’entrer ou de sortir…

Filmed performance of the opera, "Cinderella", composed by Alma Deutscher.