Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti
BBC television program exploring Visconti’s mastery of cinema, theater, and opera direction.
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In 1879 Paris, a young orphan dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.
Christmas in Vienna
Jess, a concert violinist whose heart just isn’t in it anymore, goes to Vienna for a performance. While there, she finds the inspiration she has been missing, and a new love.
Birth
It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving on. However, on the night of her engagement party, a young boy named Sean turns up, saying he is her dead husband reincarnated. At first she ignores the child, but his knowledge of her former husband's life is uncanny, leading her to believe that he might be telling the truth.
The Phantom of the Opera
A London opera house is haunted by tragic events on its opening night, but when its star is kidnapped, a producer tracks down the Phantom who is intent on seeking his revenge.
Margaret
A young woman witnesses a bus accident, and is caught up in the aftermath, where the question of whether or not it was intentional affects many people's lives.
Love Never Dies
Set ten years after the events at the Paris Opera House, the Phantom has fled to New York, where he lives amongst the joyrides and freak shows of Coney Island. He has finally found a place for his music to soar, all that is missing is his love Christine Daaé. In a bid to win back her love, the Phantom lures Christine, her husband Raoul, and their young son Gustave from Manhattan, to the glittering and glorious world of Coney Island... they have no idea what lies in store for them...
Florence Foster Jenkins
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Requiem for a Killer
Lucretia is a killer for hire. Specialised in poisoning and passionate about opera, she'll have to fulfill a difficult contract in the heart of the Swiss alps. Posing as a singer, Lucretia will have to appear on the scene of the higly exclusive Festival d'Ermeux and try to kill one of her partners: British bariton Alexander Child. Having recently acquired a Scottish distillery, he remains the only obstacle to a strategic pipeline project with considerable economic stakes; having recently won a tough legal battle against British Oil, their last resort is to eliminate him. Complicating everything is Rico, sent by the French contra-espionage, who tries to infiltrate the orchestra and stop the plot against Alexander Child.
For the First Time
In this musical, a tempermental opera singer falls in love with a hearing-impaired young woman.
Cyrano de Bergerac
While best known today for having composed the ending to Puccini's unfinished Turandot, Franco Alfano wrote some dozen operas, including Cyrano de Bergerac (1936) with a libretto by Henri Cain based on Edmond Rostand's drama of the same name. It is a moving tale of romantic misunderstanding, swashbuckling bravado and heartbreaking loyalty, in which the eloquent Cyrano feels unable to express his love for Roxane because of his famously protuberant nose except on behalf of his handsome but inarticulate friend, Christian.
Phantom of the Opera
Following a tragic accident that leaves him disfigured, crazed composer Erique Claudin transformed into a masked phantom who schemes to make beautiful young soprano Christine Dubois the star of the opera and wreak revenge on those who stole his music.
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
A disfigured musical genius, hidden away in the Paris Opera House, terrorises the opera company for the unwitting benefit of a young protégée whom he trains and loves. The 25th anniversary of the first public performance of Phantom of the Opera was celebrated with a grand performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Bir Cumhuriyet Sarkisi
During the Turkish artistic revolution of the 1930s, a group of pioneers staged Özsoy Opera, the first opera in the history of Turkish Republic.
A Night at the Opera
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
Strangler vs. Strangler
When it comes to crime, Belgrade is same as any other modern metropolis, except for having its own serial killers. That blank is filled when a flower salesman begins strangling women. A popular, but very disturbed rock star soon becomes telepathically connected with the killer.
La Traviata
Violetta, a courtesan much wooed by Parisian society, organizes a grand party that is attended, amongst others, by the young Alfredo Germont. He confesses his feelings to Violetta, who is already suffering from consumption. She vacillates between genuine affection and a realistic assessment of her situation as a "fallen woman", which precludes any lasting relationship with a man. The Willy Decker production of La Traviata, recorded live at the Salzburger Festspiele in August, 2005. Anna Netrebko stars as Violetta Valéry, with Rolando Villazón as Alfredo Germont and Thomas Hampson as Giorgio Germont. Carlo Rizzi conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker.
Amadeus
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Maria
Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life.
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Riccardo Aragno
Director
Eric Summer
Director
Maddie Ziegler
as
Camille Le Haut
Elle Fanning
as
Félicie Milliner
Sheb Wooley
as
Luteau's Scream
Dane DeHaan
as
Victor
Maclain Nelson
Director
Sarah Drew
as
Jess Waters
Brennan Elliott
as
Mark Olson
Jonathan Glazer
Director
Nicole Kidman
as
Anna
Arliss Howard
as
Bob
Peter Stormare
as
Clifford
Ted Levine
as
Mr. Conte
Thorley Walters
as
Lattimer
Michael Ripper
as
Longfaced Cabbie
Liam Redmond
as
Police Insp. Ward
John Harvey
as
Sgt. Vickers
Mark Ruffalo
as
Maretti
Matt Damon
as
Mr. Aaron
Jean Reno
as
Ramon
Krysten Ritter
as
Salesgirl
Anna O'Byrne
as
Christine Daaé
María Mercedes
as
Madame Giry
Stephen Frears
Director
Simon Helberg
as
Cosmé McMoon
John Sessions
as
Dr. Hermann
Meryl Streep
as
Florence Foster Jenkins
Rebecca Ferguson
as
Kathleen
Tchéky Karyo
as
l'Arménien
Geoffrey Bateman
as
Le PDG British Oil
Michel Bouis
as
Le remplaçant d'Ottmar
Mélanie Laurent
as
Lucrèce
Rudolph Maté
Director
Manfred Inger
as
Servant at the Vienna State Opera
John Roy
as
Actor in Play
Susanna Foster
as
Christine DuBois
Edgar Barrier
as
Raoul Daubert
Sierra Boggess
as
Christine
Nick Holder
as
Joseph Buquet
John Savident
as
Monsieur Firmin - Original Company
Michael Crawford
as
The Phantom - Original Company
Melis Sezen
as
Mediha
Bensu Soral
as
Miti Kovaçeva
Ahmet Rifat Sungar
as
Münir Hayri
Sifanur Gül
as
Nükhet
Robert Emmett O'Connor
as
Police Sergeant Henderson
Sidney D'Albrook
as
Stagehand
Jonathan Hale
as
Stage Manager in Opera Box Who Announces Gottlieb's Disappearance
Pavle Mincic
as
Dr. Dobrica Kopicl
Sonja Savic
as
Sofija Mackic
Petar Lupa
as
Sumnjivac
Ljubomir Cipranic
as
Vozac Djoka
Anna Netrebko
as
Violetta Valéry
Douglas Seale
as
Count Arco
Charles Kay
as
Count Orsini-Rosenberg
John Tomlinson
as
Dr. Bartolo in 'The Marriage of Figaro' / Commendatore in 'Don Giovanni'
Christine Ebersole
as
Katerina Cavalieri
Haluk Bilginer
as
Aristotle Onassis
Angelina Jolie
as
Maria Callas
Valeria Golino
as
Yakinthi Callas
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