L'incoronazione di Dario

In the early 19th century, in Seville and the surrounding area, Carmen seduces the sergeant Don José, who deserts the army to be with her. But the beautiful gypsy falls in love with the bullfighter Escamillo, much to Don José’s despair.

Runtime

2h 32m

Director

Francesco Rosi

Cast

Julia Migenes, Plácido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi

Cio-Cio-San, a young Japanese geisha, seeks to fulfill her dreams through marriage to an American naval officer. Her faith in their future is shattered by his empty vows and the loss she endures touches something deep within us all.

Runtime

2h 15m

Director

Frédéric Mitterrand

Cast

Ying Huang, Richard Troxell, Yoshi Oida

Recorded at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1995, this acclaimed presentation of composer Gioachino Rossini's epic opus ERMIONE is based on Jean Racine's play "Andromache." Set in Troy after the city fell to the Greeks, the production recounts the rancorous battle between widow Andromache and Helen of Troy's green-eyed daughter, Er...

Runtime

2h 18m

Cast

Anna Caterina Antonacci, Diana Montague, Jorge Lopez-Yañez

A look at the entire process of creating and developing Patrice Chéreau’s third staging of "In the Solitude of Cotton Fields" by Bernard Marie Koltès with Pascal Greggory and Chéreau himself. From the first reading around the table through the first contact with the performance space, rehearsals and lighting to opening night, the entir...

Runtime

1h 17m

Director

Stéphane Metge

Cast

Patrice Chéreau, Pascal Greggory, Bryn Terfel

Live performance from Zürich Opera House, 2001. “Vesselina Kasarova’s Rosina turned this Barber into a major event. Pearling coloratura, endless resources of vocal colour and nuance and phenomenal acting versatility became mere means to an end: that of making Rosina into a human being of flesh and blood, with heart, humour and conside...

Runtime

2h 41m

Cast

Vesselina Kasarova, Carlos Chausson, Reinaldo Macias