Opera Movies

  • 1985
    Bedřich Smetana: Braniboři v Čechách

    Bedřich Smetana: Braniboři v Čechách

    Bedřich Smetana: Braniboři v Čechách

    01985HD

    Bedřich Smetana: Braniboři v Čechách
  • 1981
    Les Contes d'Hoffmann

    Les Contes d'Hoffmann

    Les Contes d'Hoffmann

    6.91981HD

    Seeking to exorcise the failure of his current love affair, the poet Hoffmann tells the tales of his three past loves - the doll-like Olympia, the...

    Les Contes d'Hoffmann
  • 2024
    Chords of Change

    Chords of Change

    Chords of Change

    5.82024HD

    During the Turkish artistic revolution of the 1930s, a group of pioneers staged Özsoy Opera, the first opera in the history of Turkish Republic.

    Chords of Change
  • 2005
    Rossini: La cenerentola

    Rossini: La cenerentola

    Rossini: La cenerentola

    9.52005HD

    In late 18th-century Italy, in the mansion of Don Magnifico, the young and pretty Angelina works as a maid. Teased by her two frivolous half-sisters,...

    Rossini: La cenerentola
  • 2008
    The Minotaur

    The Minotaur

    The Minotaur

    62008HD

    This staging of Harrison Birtwistle's opera The Minotaur features John Tomlinson, Johann Reuter, Christine Rice, and Andrew Watts in the main roles....

    The Minotaur
  • 1982
    The Turn of the Screw

    The Turn of the Screw

    The Turn of the Screw

    71982HD

    Benjamin Britten’s opera of the Henry James novel. An inexperienced governess is sent to a country house to care for two children, whom she is...

    The Turn of the Screw
  • 2008
    Verdi: Otello

    Verdi: Otello

    Verdi: Otello

    02008HD

    In the 16th century, in Cyprus, at the port of Famagusta, General Otello arrives with his ship after defeating the Turkish navy in the Mediterranean...

    Verdi: Otello
  • 2008
    Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel

    Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel

    Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel

    02008HD

    As bright and colorful as penny candy, this visually arresting production of Engelbert Humperdinck's "Hansel und Gretel" puts a twist on the classic...

    Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel
  • 1978
    Amahl and the Night Visitors

    Amahl and the Night Visitors

    Amahl and the Night Visitors

    6.51978HD

    One night in Judea, a disabled shepherd boy-turned-beggar and his mother are visited by three strangers. They are the Three Kings, and they are on...

    Amahl and the Night Visitors
  • 2026
    The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin

    The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin

    The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin

    52026HD

    Tchaikovsky’s many moods—tender, grand, melancholy—are all given free rein in Eugene Onegin. The opera is based on Pushkin’s...

    The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin
  • 2016
    Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

    Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

    Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

    02016HD

    Every morning at dawn, in the Lammermuir hills in Southern Scotland, the beautiful Lucia meets Edgardo of Ravenswood, a mysterious young man with...

    Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
  • 1990
    Death in Venice

    Death in Venice

    Death in Venice

    01990HD

    Death in Venice was Britten's final opera--an extraordinarily atmospheric and haunting adaptation of Thomas Mann's novella, evoking the grandeur and...

    Death in Venice
  • 2013
    Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide / Iphigenie en Tauride

    Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide / Iphigenie en Tauride

    Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide / Iphigenie en Tauride

    82013HD

    Before the Trojan War, Agamemnon gathered the Greek armies at the port of Aulis. The goddess Diane sent unfavorable winds to prevent the Greeks from...

    Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide / Iphigenie en Tauride
  • 1990
    Giuseppe Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera

    Giuseppe Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera

    Giuseppe Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera

    01990HD

    Verdi - Un ballo in maschera / Domingo · Barstow · Quivar · Jo · Nucci · Rydl · Chaignaud · Wiener...

    Giuseppe Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera
  • 1988
    Guglielmo Tell

    Guglielmo Tell

    Guglielmo Tell

    71988HD

    Live from La Scala Wednesday 14 December 1988.

    Guglielmo Tell
  • 2016
    Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride

    Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride

    Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride

    02016HD

    In order to fulfil the oracle’s prediction, Iphigénie must kill any stranger landing on the shores of Tauride. Alas, it is Oreste,...

    Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
  • 2023
    From the House of the Dead & Glagolitic Mass

    From the House of the Dead & Glagolitic Mass

    From the House of the Dead & Glagolitic Mass

    02023HD

    Can the darkest moments of life also lift our souls? Drawing on his own experience in a Siberian prison in the company of misfits, murderers and...

    From the House of the Dead & Glagolitic Mass
  • 2025
    Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco - Arena di Verona 2025

    Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco - Arena di Verona 2025

    Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco - Arena di Verona 2025

    02025HD

    Verdi's opera Nabucco, recorded live at the Arena di Verona, June 2025. Stage direction: Stefano Poda. The cast include Anna Pirozzi as Abigaille....

    Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco - Arena di Verona 2025
  • 2006
    The Marriage of Figaro

    The Marriage of Figaro

    The Marriage of Figaro

    8.52006HD

    Diana Damrau, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Pietro Spagnoli, Marcella Orsatti Talamanca, and Monica Bacelli star in this La Scala production of the Mozart...

    The Marriage of Figaro
  • 2021
    The West is a Land of Infinite Beginnings

    The West is a Land of Infinite Beginnings

    The West is a Land of Infinite Beginnings

    02021HD

    Alone in the woods, a young man is pursued by a horrifying specter and by visions of his deceased sisters. A meditation on the precarious uncertainty...

    The West is a Land of Infinite Beginnings