Ariadne auf Naxos

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Runtime

2h 40m

Director

Miloš Forman

Cast

F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge

An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for the enslaved Ethiopian princess Aida, and his loyalty to the Pharaoh. To complicate the story further, the Pharaoh's daughter Amneris is in love with Radamès, although he does not return her feelings.

Runtime

2h 43m

Cast

Margaret Price, Luciano Pavarotti, Stefania Toczyska

A Ukrainian comic opera with spoken dialogue in three acts with music and libretto by the composer Semen Hulak-Artemovsky (1813–1873). The orchestration has subsequently been rewritten by composers such as Reinhold Glière and Heorhiy Maiboroda. This is one of the best-known Ukrainian comic operas depicting national themes.

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

V. Larpoknysh

Cast

Ivan Patorzhinsky, Mariia Lytvynenko-Volhemut, Yelizaveta Chavdar

Adapted from the opera written by the composer Semen Hulak-Artemovsky.

Runtime

1h 12m

Director

Ivan Kavaleridze

Cast

Stepan Shkurat, A. Levitska, N. Glukhonina

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 or...

Runtime

4h 5m

Cast

René Kollo, Matti Salminen, Johanna Meier