Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore

CARMEN is the classic tale of forbidden passion between a young man and a spoken-for woman, Carmen. From ORF and TDK Music, this release features a live performance of Georges Bizet's 19th century operatic masterwork Carmen. Directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Franco Zeffirelli, the production was shot on December 9, 1978, at...

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2h 51m

Director

Brian Large

Cast

Yelena Obraztsova, Plácido Domingo, Yuriy Mazurok

With this DVD and Blu-ray of Rodelinda, one of Handel’s most emotionally complex operas, conductor Emmanuelle Haïm adds to her impressive Erato catalogue of the composer’s works. The imaginative production, by Jean Bellorini, was seen at the Opéra de Lille in Autumn 2018, and the cast features soprano Jeanine De Bique in the title role...

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2h 48m

Cast

Jeanine De Bique, Tim Mead, Benjamin Hulett

A Victor Hugo play, haunting and scandalous, provided the inspiration for Verdi’s mid-career masterpiece. A vengeful but misguided court jester strives to save his daughter from a duke’s licentious clutches, but can't part with the feeling that a curse looms over all of his actions. In Rigoletto, the composer introduces several of his ...

Runtime

2h 17m

Director

Kirk Browning

Cast

Cornell MacNeil, Ileana Cotrubas, Justino Díaz

Starring the exquisite coloratura soprano Emma Matthews as the innocent girl priestess Lakmé, and superb tenor Aldo Di Toro as the love-struck Gerald, the story tackles religion and cross-cultural love against a backdrop of British rule in India in the mid-19th century. French conductor Emmanuel Joel-Hornak brings out the full depth o...

Runtime

3h

Director

Cameron Kirkpatrick

Cast

Emma Matthews, Aldo Di Toro, Stephen Bennett

Berlioz’s colossal masterpiece requires stupendous forces—dozens of soloists, enormous chorus, orchestra and ballet, a superb conductor who understands the uniqueness of the score—plus a production that does visual justice to the work. “A stupendous achievement” was one critic’s assessment of Peter Wexler’s inventive production. And wi...

Runtime

4h 10m

Director

Brian Large

Cast

Tatiana Troyanos, Jessye Norman, Plácido Domingo

Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her future beyond school, an unexpected romance blossoms between them.

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

James Ponsoldt

Cast

Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Masam Holden

A young tech worker takes a job at a powerful Internet corporation, quickly rises up the company's ranks, and soon finds herself in a perilous situation concerning privacy, surveillance and freedom. She comes to learn that her decisions and actions will determine the future of humanity.

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

James Ponsoldt

Cast

Emma Watson, Alicia Vikander, Tom Hanks

Kate and Charlie like to have a good time. Their marriage thrives on a shared fondness for music, laughter… and getting smashed. When Kate’s partying spirals into hard-core asocial behavior, compromising her job as an elementary schoolteacher, something’s got to give. But change isn’t exactly a cakewalk. Sobriety means she will have to...

Runtime

1h 25m

Director

James Ponsoldt

Cast

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Octavia Spencer

An aging, disillusioned alcoholic gets a younger friend and wants him to pose as his son at a school reunion.

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

James Ponsoldt

Cast

Nick Nolte, Trevor Morgan, Rosemarie DeWitt