Opera

Featuring arias and duets from operas which have been landmarks in the careers of Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti, including: La Traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor, Pagliacci and Tosca.

The voice of Danish tenor Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973) has come to be regarded as the standard by which all other Wagnerian tenors are judged. 'Without him we would have a limited notion how well Wagner's tenor roles can sound,' wrote J.B. Steane about...

Actress and soprano Jeanette MacDonald captivated world-wide audiences and won millions of loyal devotees through her appearances on stage, screen, opera, concert, radio, recordings, and television. Among her many record-breaking films are such American...

The Tsar's Bride was composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1899. It tells the story of a beautiful young girl who is chosen-quite against her will-by Tsar Ivan the Terrible to be his bride. The actors, singers and musicians of the Bolshoi Opera &...

American soprano Anna Moffo achieved instant stardom with a performance of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" for Italian television. Her performance earned her phenomenal acclaim, and with good reason. It was not long before Miss Moffo established herself as...

Live from Mission Dolores in San Francisco, Jose Carreras performs Argentinean composer Ariel Ramirez's Misa Criolla, a unique piece that combines South American folk music and classical music. In addition, Jose Carreras performs Berlioz's Te Deum and...

Tito Gobbi, Mario del Monaco, Pian Arnaldi are featured in this film version of Verdi's opera.

This 1954 feature film used stop-animation and hand-sculpted dolls to create a fantasy land of unearthly beauty. Set to Englbert Humperdinck's classic 1892 opera, ung by some of the most acclaimed performers of the 1950s.

This acclaimed film pairs the composer Gioachino Rossini's operatic retelling of the Cinderella fairy tale with the theatrical panache & lush voice of Italian mezzo-soprano opera star Fedora Barbieri. Sung in Italian with English narration between arias.

Sophia Loren stars in this film version of the Donizetti opera with the voices of Paolo Silveri, Franca Tamantini, and Gino Sinimberghi with the Rome Opera and La Scala conducted by Nicola Rucci.

Siegfried Kurz conducts this Dresden State Opera production of the Rimsky-Korsakov opera. Lidija Rushizkaja, Rolf Wollard, Barbara Hocne, Stephan Spiewok, Elenore Elstermann, Barbara Gubisch, Ise Ludwig, Ingrid Schuh, and Friederike Riedel star.

Nicolai Ghiaurov was an opera singer from Bulgaria who rose to become one of the predominant bass singers of the 20th Century. He performed alongside virtually all of opera's superstars, including Pavaroti, Sutherland, Domingo, Tebaldi, Corelli, Caballe.