Fantasia 2000

Fantasia 2000

Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' and adds seven new shorts.

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La traviata

La traviata

This “Traviata” became one of the most succesful of all opera films, especially in France, where 800,000 Parisian cinemagoers flocked to it in the...

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Il Trovatore

Il Trovatore

Luciano Pavarotti brings his spectacular voice and artistry to one of the most famous of all tenor roles—Manrico, the ardent troubadour, trapped in...

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La Bohème

La Bohème

Puccini’s heartbreaking story of young love in the garrets of Belle Epoque Paris has attracted many famous singers through the years. But with...

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Il Tabarro & Pagliacci

Il Tabarro & Pagliacci

Puccini's Il Tabarro & Leoncavallo's Pagliacci; Pavarotti and Domingo star in MET 1994-1995 season opener.

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Un Ballo in Maschera

Un Ballo in Maschera

Verdi's opera performed by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by James Levine.

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Don Carlo

Don Carlo

Ghiaurov, Freni, and Bumbry were great voices in their time, and they are still effective here -- good enough musicians to put over the quite heavy...

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Puccini: La Boheme

Puccini: La Boheme

"La Bohème" is one of Giacomo Puccini's most popular and timeless works and the second-most performed opera at New York's Metropolitan Opera. This...

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La Forza del Destino - The Met

La Forza del Destino - The Met

With James Levine at the helm, Verdi’s multi-faceted masterpiece is revealed as a drama of almost Shakespearean proportions. Superstar Plácido...

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Ariadne auf Naxos

Ariadne auf Naxos

Jessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera, opposite the passionate Bacchus of the great James...

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La Traviata - The Met

La Traviata - The Met

James Levine leads a remarkable cast in one of Verdi’s most enduringly popular operas and brings fresh insights to this beloved score. Ileana...

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The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued

The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued

A documentary on the making of Fantasia 2000.

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Rigoletto

Rigoletto

The opera's dramatic structure frames and enhances the characters. Scenes of magnificence regularly alternate with scenes of darkness and squalor...

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Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

This evocative production by Giancarlo Del Monaco sumptuously captures the look and feel of 14th century Genoa and is a perfect compliment to...

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Wagner: Das Rheingold

Wagner: Das Rheingold

Robert Lepage’s landmark staging of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, unveiled over the course of the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons, was the first...

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The Transformation of the World Into Music

The Transformation of the World Into Music

This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television. It depicts the behind-the-scenes manoeuvrings in...

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Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg

Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg

James Morris leads an all-star cast including Karita Mattila, Ben Heppner, Thomas Allen and René Pape, in this production of Wagner's comic opera...

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Falstaff

Falstaff

It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian Verdi that there remained within him one last great...

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L'Elisir d'Amore

L'Elisir d'Amore

John Copley’s colorful production, with designs by Beni Montresor, was created around the beloved superstar Luciano Pavarotti. As the simple...

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In Concert at The Met

In Concert at The Met

In Concert at the Met (DVD) - Highlights Five of the Met's greatest stars - Price, Horne, Troyanos, Domingo, and Milnes - joined James Levine for a...

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