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Legendary opera house, La Scala is more than just a stage— it’s a dream factory. And this year, over the course of four intensive months, 900 people will work relentlessly to incarnate Verdi’s opera masterpiece, ‘‘The Force of Destiny”. Under the masterful eyes of director Léo Muscato, we will follow set designer Federica Parolini, as...

Runtime

1h 32m

Director

Anissa Bonnefont

Cast

Riccardo Chailly, Anna Netrebko, Brian Jagde

37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, an emotional and passionate man, she finds herself drawn to him. She tries to resist, but Ronny, who bl...

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Norman Jewison

Cast

Cher, Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia

Prince Abesalom runs into an orphaned Eteri while hunting, falls for her and brings the woman to his palace as his fiancé. The Prince’s aid Murman loses his self-control at Eteri’s beauty and gives her a spelled necklace as a wedding gift. Eteri contracts a mysterious disease that only Murman is capable to heal.

Runtime

1h 29m

Director

Leo Esakia

Cast

Archil Metonidze, Lali Khabazashvili, Nugzar Sharia

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

Ageing misfit Sir Morosus lives alone in an old-style apartment in Charlottenburg in Berlin. He is wealthy, but also lonely and a bit grumpy. Then his nephew Henry moves in with him and his life takes a turn for the better. Director Jan Philipp Gloger homes in on two of the most pressing problems of the day: loneliness and the housin...

Runtime

2h 53m

Director

Davide Mancini

Cast

Peter Rose, Iris Vermillon, Samuel Hasselhorn