Brian Large Movies
- 1992
The Ghosts of Versailles
The Ghosts of Versailles01992HD
What happened to Figaro and his friends after the events told in Rossini’s and Mozart’s operas? One possible sequel is told in John...
- 2007
Norma
Norma92007HD
This new production of Bellinis Norma by Jürgen Rose (sets, costumes, stage direction, and lighting) to honor Edita Gruberovas first staged...
- 2013
Parsifal live at the Salzburg Easter Festival
Parsifal live at the Salzburg Easter Festival02013HD
Christian Thielemann conducts the Staatskapelle Dresden in this performance of Wagner's opera recorded live in 2013. The performance was held for the...
- 2001
Mozart: Don Giovanni (Zurich Opera House)
Mozart: Don Giovanni (Zurich Opera House)102001HD
Live 2001 production from the Zurich Opera House of the classic Mozart/Da Ponte opera, with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting and directed for...
- 2005
La traviata
La traviata7.92005HD
Violetta, a courtesan much wooed by Parisian society, organizes a grand party that is attended, amongst others, by the young Alfredo Germont. He...
- 1988
Il Trovatore
Il Trovatore01988HD
Luciano Pavarotti brings his spectacular voice and artistry to one of the most famous of all tenor roles—Manrico, the ardent troubadour,...
- 1994
Il Tabarro & Pagliacci
Il Tabarro & Pagliacci71994HD
Puccini's Il Tabarro & Leoncavallo's Pagliacci; Pavarotti and Domingo star in MET 1994-1995 season opener.
- 2002
Il Trovatore
Il Trovatore82002HD
José Cura, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Verónica Villarroel and Yvonne Naef lead the star cast of Verdi's blazingly passionate opera IL...
- 1986
Nabucco
Nabucco101986HD
Live performance from La Scala in Milan. Nabucco was the first production of the theatre's 1986-87 season.
- 1983
Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut71983HD
"Manon", wrote Puccini to his publisher Giulio Ricordi in 1889, "is a heroine I believe in and therefore she cannot fail to win the heart of the...
- 1989
Elektra
Elektra01989HD
Recorded at the Vienna State Opera house in 1989, this staging of Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s Elektra is one of the glories of...
- 1998
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny51998HD
Depicts the consumerism of the mythical city of Mahagonny, conveying all its ripe decadence. A Hollywood Babylon full of pyramidal towers, carved...
- 1990
Semiramide
Semiramide01990HD
In ancient Babylon, SEMIRAMIDE (Anderson) encourages her lover Assur (Ramey) to murder her husband, King Ninus. Her son, Ninius, disappears, believed...
- 1988
Ariadne auf Naxos
Ariadne auf Naxos01988HD
Jessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera, opposite the passionate Bacchus of the great James...
- 1982
Falstaff
Falstaff01982HD
This first-rate 1982 production of Verdi’s Falstaff marked the great 20th century Italian maestro Carlo Maria Giulini's return to opera...
- 2008
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Mozart: Don Giovanni02008HD
A striking interpretation of Mozart's opera that became a sensation at the 2008 Salzburg Festival. This is not only a rethinking of the place and...
- 2007
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin02007HD
The pain of unrequited love is portrayed unforgettably by two of today’s greatest stars. Renée Fleming is musically and dramatically...
- 1986
Die Fledermaus
Die Fledermaus7.51986HD
Performances from Pamela Coburn, Brigitte Fassbaender, Janet Perry, Eberhard Wachter, the Choir und Ballet der Bayerischen Staatsoper, and the...
- 2004
Der Rosenkavalier
Der Rosenkavalier02004HD
This 2004 production of Richard Strauss's three-act comic opera Der Rosenkavalier (1911) emerged from the efforts of the Grosses Festspielhaus...
- 2012
La Bohème
La Bohème82012HD
Live performance of Puccini's opera at the Salzburg Festival in Austria. Piotr Beczala stars as Rodolfo with Anna Netrebko as Mimi, Massimo...