Christopher Ventris Movies

  • 2016
    The Ring of the Nibelung: The Valkyrie

    The Ring of the Nibelung: The Valkyrie

    The Ring of the Nibelung: The Valkyrie

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    Frank Castorf’s staging of the Ring, premiered in 2013 and filmed in 2016, provoked controversy right from the beginning. For Castorf, the...

    The Ring of the Nibelung: The Valkyrie
  • 2007
    Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

    Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

    Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

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    Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, a lurid tale of sex, murder, and corruption, premiered in 1934 and was a success until Stalin saw it two...

    Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
  • 2009
    Pfitzner: Palestrina

    Pfitzner: Palestrina

    Pfitzner: Palestrina

    02009HD

    Requiring 38 soloists, chorus, and large orchestra, Hans Pfitzner's "Palestrina" is a challenging opera to stage. In Munich, the city in which it was...

    Pfitzner: Palestrina
  • 2005
    Parsifal's Progress

    Parsifal's Progress

    Parsifal's Progress

    02005HD

    A documentary about Nikolaus Lehnhoff's 2004 production of Wagner's last opera, Parsifal, at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. Interviews,...

    Parsifal's Progress
  • 2002
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

    02002HD

    A stage performance of the Shostakovich opera, filmed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.

    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
  • 2017
    Parsifal: Dutch National Opera (Fischer)

    Parsifal: Dutch National Opera (Fischer)

    Parsifal: Dutch National Opera (Fischer)

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    Iván Fischer makes his DNO debut. He conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Pierre Audi, artistic director of DNO and the Holland...

    Parsifal: Dutch National Opera (Fischer)
  • 2005
    Parsifal

    Parsifal

    Parsifal

    02005HD

    Recorded live at the Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, Germany, August 2004. Kent Nagano, conductor. Nikolaus Lehnhoff, stage director.

    Parsifal