Giacomo Puccini
83) La Bohème
Language
Italiano
Description
Puccini's bittersweet tale of high-spirited bohemians and doomed love.
85) Turandot
Language
Italiano
Description
Puccini's Turandot based on an outstanding MET production from 1988 with Eva Marton and Placido Damingo.
88) Tosca
Language
Italiano
Description
An opera in three acts about an escaped political prisoner, a prima donna, and the chief of the secret police.
94) Manon Lescaut
Language
Italiano
Description
The Chevalier des Grieux meets and seduces the young Manon when she is being escorted by her brother to a convent. Manon lives with des Grieux in Paris, but leaves him for a rich admirer. She is later arrested, charged with prostitution, and deported to Louisiana. Des Grieux accompanies her and during an escape attempt she dies in his arms.
Language
Italiano
Description
This film tells the story of one of the most magic moments of music. The beginning of 1964 held a great surprise for the music world: Maria Callas returns to the opera stage as prima donna. Her Tosca at the Royal Opera House becomes a sensation. Not even the Beatles received more press coverage. All this, for an artist whose glorious career was said to be over, with the singer herself passing over to legend. It is no longer her performances, but her...
100) Opera hits
Language
Italiano
Description
A superb compilation of opera's best-loved performances by Domingo, Carreras, Vickers, and more.