Turnage: Greek

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Runtime

2h 40m

Director

Miloš Forman

Cast

F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge

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

A musician is offered a job in Vienna as stage director, but his disagreements with the aristocratic opera manager end in abrupt firing in spite of a mutual attraction. He's quickly engaged by another theatre and becomes famous for his lavish stage productions and fine acting, which begins their golden age with Suppé and Strauss.

Runtime

1h 47m

Director

Willi Forst

Cast

Maria Holst, Dora Komar, Paul Hörbiger

This telecast offers a rare opportunity to see the legendary Joan Sutherland in the role that first catapulted her to international stardom. She drove audiences wild by the way her opulent voice caressed the music’s long phrases and sprinted effortlessly through the fiendish runs, trills, embellishments and stratospheric high notes. On...

Runtime

2h 16m

Director

Richard Bonynge, David Stivender

Cast

Joan Sutherland, Alfredo Kraus, Pablo Elvira