Einstein on the Beach

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

Ida's friend Miriam visits the school for three months, but a secret threatens to tear them apart. Miriam is entrusted with the tarsier Fitzgeraldo, while Max, deeply in love, is given the owl Muriel. Meanwhile, the sale of the school is imminent, and the future of the magical community is in peril.

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Bernhard Jasper, Maggie Peren

Cast

Emilia Maier, Loris Sichrovsky, Marleen Lohse

After years working as a border patrolman, José has developed a salty crust of cynicism about his work, which places him in a position to decide the fates of many. José's weary attitude is put to the test when he encounters Nathalie, a German tourist assisting a boatload of refugees she discovered landing on the Canary shores. One of t...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Maggie Peren

Cast

Álex González, Hubert Koundé, Nathalie Poza

Director

Maggie Peren

Cast

Karoline Herfurth, Julia Jentsch, Emilia Maier