The Singing City

In the depths of the Rhine, the three Rhinemaidens guard the Rhinegold, a treasure of immeasurable value. The Nibelung dwarf Alberich is dazzled by the sight of it. The girls explain that whoever wins the gold and forges it into a ring will gain power over the world, but must first renounce love. Frustrated by his unsuccessful attempts...

Runtime

3h 3m

Director

Gary Halvorson

Cast

Bryn Terfel, Eric Owens, Richard Croft

NORMA tells the tragic story of a supposedly chaste druidic priestess, who is driven to murderous jealousy by her lover's inconstancy. But she forgoes vengeance, protects innocence, and sees to it that the guilty atone for their crimes. Fiorenza Cedolins, Sonia Ganassi, Vincenzo La Scola, and Andrea Papi star in this 2007 Gran Theatre ...

Runtime

2h 49m

Director

Pietro d'Agostino

Cast

Fiorenza Cedolins, Vincenzo La Scola, Andrea Papi

Politics and love leads to a love triangle between father, son and stepmother.

Runtime

4h 7m

Director

Anton Reitzenstein

Cast

Alastair Miles, Ramón Vargas, Bo Skovhus

Verdi’s admiration for Shakespeare led to such masterpieces as Othello and Falstaff, and if the earlier Macbeth isn’t on their exalted level it’s still a powerfully dramatic opera that hews closely to the original’s story line. The MET’s production retains the dark aura of the opera while updating it to a vaguely post-modern context. S...

Runtime

2h 37m

Director

Gary Halvorson

Cast

Željko Lučić, John Relyea, Maria Guleghina

The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.

Runtime

1h 47m

Director

Rupert Julian

Cast

Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Mary Philbin