Louis Riel

A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.

Runtime

2h 31m

Director

Terrence Malick

Cast

Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer

This all-star cast is framed by Peter Hall’s gritty, realistic production and conducted by James Levine, who brings out all the surging emotion and gripping drama in Bizet’s score. At the center of the story is Agnes Baltsa, whose smoky mezzo is tailor-made for the gypsy Carmen, an independent woman who glories in obeying only her own ...

Runtime

2h 52m

Cast

Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras, Samuel Ramey

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

The Zurich Opera gathered a superb cast for this production: Italian soprano Eva Mei sings the Countess Violante, known as Sandrina, the feigned gardener of the title. Spanish soprano Isabel Rey is her opponent Arminda, and Arminda's former lover, the melancholy Cavaliere Ramiro, is sung by Romanian mezzo Liliana Nikiteanu. Moretti's s...

Runtime

3h 7m

Cast

Rudolf Schasching, Eva Mei, Christoph Strehl