Charles Anthony

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Samson et Dalila
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Samson et Dalila

Sep 28, 1998

Samson et Dalila
1998 148 min 1 vues
Elijah Moshinsky's production of Saint-Saëns's "Samson et Dalila", recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera 28 September 1998. Plácido Domingo and Olga Borodina star as Samson and Dalila with Sergei Leiferkus as Grand-prêtre de Dagon, Richard Paul Fink as Abimélech, and René Pape as Un vieillard hébreu. James Levine conducts.
Music
Otello
4.5

Otello

Oct 01, 1995

Otello
1995 142 min 2 vues
Verdi’s monumental score is fully the equal of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy—and both demand great actors. This is one performance where both playwright and composer are well served. Plácido Domingo’s Otello is one of the glories of the operatic world, beautifully sung and so commandingly acted that audiences are devastated by the end. Renée Fleming’s ravishingly beautiful Desdemona is deeply moving, and as Iago, James Morris is as beguiling as he is menacing. Under James Levine’s conducting the Met orchestra and chorus are vital characters in the drama.
Music
Turandot - The Metropolitan Opera
5.5

Turandot - The Metropolitan Opera

Nov 07, 2009

Turandot - The Metropolitan Opera
2009 129 min 4 vues
La cruelle Princesse Turandot offre sa main au prince qui saura résoudre trois énigmes, les concourants défaits étant livrés au bourreau et mis à mort. Malgré le nombre immense de princes ayant perdu la vie dans ce concours, le Prince Calaf, fou amoureux de la Princesse, décide de tenter sa chance.
Music
Fedora
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Fedora

Apr 26, 1997

Fedora
1997 100 min 1 vues
Princess Fedora, who is to marry the Count the following day, arrives and sings of her love for him, unaware that the dissolute Count has betrayed her with another woman. The sound of sleigh-bells is heard, and the Count is brought in mortally wounded. Doctors and a priest are summoned, and the servants are questioned. It is proposed that Count Loris Ipanov, a suspected Nihilist sympathiser, was probably the assassin. De Siriex (a diplomat), and Grech (a police inspector) plan an investigation. Fedora swears on the jewelled Byzantine cross she is wearing that Count Andrejevich's death will be avenged.
Music
Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg
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Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg

Dec 08, 2001

Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg
2001 137 min 1 vues
James Morris leads an all-star cast including Karita Mattila, Ben Heppner, Thomas Allen and René Pape, in this production of Wagner's comic opera, recorded live at New York's Metropolitan Opera in 2001. James Levine conducts.
Music
Rigoletto
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Rigoletto

Dec 15, 1981

Rigoletto
1981 125 min 1 vues
The opera's dramatic structure frames and enhances the characters. Scenes of magnificence regularly alternate with scenes of darkness and squalor. From sumptuous interiors, we move to a dark street, a lonely inn. The secondary figures are astutely counterpoised: the plotting courtiers against the plotting Sparafucile and Maddalena (also ambiguously tender-hearted). When Rigoletto says "Pari siamo", he could be expressing the motto of the whole work: the beautiful and the ugly can be equally good, equally evil.
Idomeneo
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Idomeneo

Jan 01, 1982

Idomeneo
1982 185 min 1 vues
Opera royalty Luciano Pavarotti brings dignity and power to the title role in this 1982 production. During a squall at sea, Idomeneo -- the king of Crete -- swears to Neptune that if the monarch survives, he'll sacrifice the first person he encounters onshore. Tragically, that person ends up being his son, Idamante (Frederica Von Stade). Maestro James Levine masterfully conducts the orchestra and chorus of the Metropolitan Opera. A musical production that was designed for the "Live From the Met" series, this program was produced by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.
Music
The Metropolitan Opera - Wagner: Tannhäuser
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The Metropolitan Opera - Wagner: Tannhäuser

Dec 20, 1982

The Metropolitan Opera - Wagner: Tannhäuser
1982 189 min 1 vues
As renowned for its harmonious overture as for its romantic storybook characters, this three-act masterwork features some of the composer’s most groundbreaking and unforgettable music, as well as a theme the young Wagner would revisit again and again later in his career—the redemptive and transcendent power of a woman’s love. The enchanting plot harks back to medieval history: Wolfram is a lovesick troubadour who desires the virtuous Elisabeth. She, however, has eyes for another: the rebellious knight Tannhäuser, who in turn cannot get over an overwhelming sensual experience in the realm of the goddess Venus, and is banished for singing her praises at court. Only saintly Elisabeth’s death can atone for his misdeeds.
Music
La Fanciulla del West
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La Fanciulla del West

Apr 08, 1992

La Fanciulla del West
1992 140 min 1 vues
Giancarlo Del Monaco’s atmospheric production brings to colorful life a 19th-century mining camp during the California Gold Rush. At the center of the action is the good-hearted bar owner Minnie, sung by Barbara Daniels, who takes a motherly interest in the miners. Plácido Domingo is Dick Johnson, also known as the bandit Ramerrez, who falls in love with Minnie. Sherrill Milnes sings Jack Rance, the sheriff who is not only determined to capture Ramerrez but also wants Minnie for himself. Bloodshed, a crooked poker game, a snowstorm, and a near lynching ensue before Minnie and her bandit-turned-lover can ride off to start a new life. Leonard Slatkin conducts one of Puccini’s most colorful scores.
Ariane à Naxos
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Ariane à Naxos

Jan 01, 1988

Ariane à Naxos
1988 131 min 1 vues
Ariane a été abandonnée par Thésée, sur l'île de Naxos. Elle passe le plus clair de son temps à dormir et désespère du sort que son amour lui a réservé. Les acteurs italiens issus de la comédie prévue en même temps se trouvent également sur l'île. Ils déplorent le sort d'Ariane et l'injustice qui lui est faite, tandis que celle-ci attend que la mort vienne la délivrer. Les italiens tentent de la divertir, quand Zerbinette survient et entreprend de parler directement à Ariane. Elle lui vante son mode de vie, la liberté et les infidélités, son amour immodéré des hommes. Mais la princesse n'entend pas. L'arrivée inopinée de Bacchus réveille Ariane, qui le prend pour Thésée et part avec lui dans un nouvel amour.
Music
Lohengrin [The Metropolitan Opera]
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Lohengrin [The Metropolitan Opera]

Jan 10, 1986

Lohengrin [The Metropolitan Opera]
1986 223 min 1 vues
L’opéra romantique de Wagner exige des acteurs chanteurs capables de véritablement occuper leur rôle, et c’est exactement ce que nous avons ici. Est-il possible pour un chevalier du Saint Graal d'avoir l'air plus séduisant que Peter Hofmann ? Pas étonnant qu'Elsa (Eva Marton) tombe amoureuse au premier regard. L’héroïne de Marton est innocente, mais c’est aussi une jeune femme passionnée et réelle – ce qui est une bonne chose, car Leonie Rysanek est positivement démente dans le rôle d’Ortrud, la sorcière qui accuse Elsa et Lohengrin d’utiliser la magie. Sous la superbe direction de James Levine, l’orchestre et le chœur sont tout aussi magiques.
Music
Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
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Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Jan 26, 1995

Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
1995 140 min 1 vues
This evocative production by Giancarlo Del Monaco sumptuously captures the look and feel of 14th century Genoa and is a perfect compliment to Verdi’s setting of this story of searing conflict between public duty and private grief. Plácido Domingo is Gabriele Adorno, sworn enemy of the doge of Genoa, Simon Boccanegra (Vladimir Chernov). Gabriele is in love with the beautiful Amelia (Kiri Te Kanawa at her most affecting) who turns out to be none other than the long-lost daughter the doge. James Levine’s authoritative conducting of the Met orchestra and chorus reveals the dark power of Verdi’s score. Performed January 26th, 1995.
Drama
Ernani
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Ernani

Dec 17, 1983

Ernani
1983 140 min 1 vues
Verdi's early masterpiece is based on a Victor Hugo play with a complicated plot concerning a young woman and the three men vying for her affections—her elderly uncle, a king destined to become Holy Roman Emperor, and a bandit who is actually an overthrown nobleman. Though there is plenty of action arising from the various passions and grudges scattered among these characters, the opera is best appreciated as a feast of beautiful and dramatic Italianate singing. With virtuosic roles for a quartet of principals, the opera delivers one feat of heroic vocalism after another.
Stiffelio - The Met
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Stiffelio - The Met

Nov 13, 1993

Stiffelio - The Met
1993 137 min 1 vues
Giuseppe Verdi's opera of religion, revenge and redemption gets the star treatment in this 1993 Metropolitan Opera production conducted by James Levine and starring Plácido Domingo as the cuckolded man of God at the center of the tale. Sharon Sweet sings the role of Domingo's adulteress wife and Vladimir Chernov plays the vengeful father in this rarely staged gem directed by Giancarlo del Monaco and filmed by Brian Large.
Music
Love in Ambush
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Love in Ambush

Feb 28, 1997

Love in Ambush
1997 100 min 1 vues
An Australian woman searches for her soldier brother in Cambodia during the civil breakdown from which Pol Pot would emerge.
Drama