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- A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
- A stage performance of the Shostakovich opera, filmed in Barcelona.
- A Verdian masterpiece: Aida, in the famous settings created for the Barcelona Opera House in 1945! Filmed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Daniela Dessì, Elisabetta Fiorillo, Fabio Armiliato, Juan Pons and Roberto Scandiuzzi lead the cast in this renowned period production filmed in 2003.
- "Tannhauser" is an opera by Richard Wagner divided in three acts and based on the fight between pure and carnal love. This modern version changes the original medieval story to the present days.
- This project is undoubtedly Gaetano Donizetti's best known work, even if its production was prolific. It has also been the most performed and staged since its premiere in 1835 at the San Carlo Theater in Naples. It is one of the beacons of Italian Bel Canto and also one of the most typically romantic Italian operas. In 16th century Scotland, torn by the wars of religion and succession between the Catholics of Mary Stuart and the reformist Protestants of James VI, two families, the Ravenswoods and the Ashtons, quarrel. In the middle is an impossible love between Lucia, Ashton's daughter, and Edgardo, Ravenswood's son and nemesis of Enrico, Lucia's brother. It is performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona in an original staging by Damiano Michieletto.
- In a tavern in Nuremberg, the young poet Hoffmann recounts his three unfortunate love stories to his friend Nicklausse. The Tales of Hoffmann, here in the fairy production of Giancarlo del Monaco, illustrates the Romantic quest of an idealized Love that should be transcended in the research of an artistic absolute. Aquilles Machado embodies brilliantly the main character of this fantastic opera.
- Opera in five acts. At the Court of Gonzaga, La Musica, with her golden zither, sings the tragic tale of Orpheus, the legendary musician who witnessed twice the death of his beloved bride Euridice.
- A documentary about the international renown theater company Comediants. Paying tribute to the traditional techniques that Comediants popularized in Spain, the documentary digs into the inevitable clash between dreams and reality.
- This opera deals with the liberation of women through its main character, Isabella, who is able to stand up to Mustafà, Bey of Algiers. At the age of 21, Rossini achieved a total triumph with this comic farce in two acts. Despite his youth, the Italian musician consolidated his personal style as a legitimate heir to 18th-century opera buffa. The score requires great skill and volubility from the singers. After 36 years of absence. The Italian in Algiers returns to the Liceu to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the death of its composer: Gioachino Rossini.
- Obsessive in gambling and in love, Soldier Hermann is smitten with the aristocratic Lisa and fixated on learning the winning secret of her grandmother, the Countess. At a masked ball, Lisa gives Herman the key to her grandmother's room.
- The striking aspect of this production of Wagner's Das Rheingold is the unique and offbeat staging by Robert Carsen, who plunges us into a world of darkness. For that, Patrick Kinmonth designed a basic set of blocks of concrete and cranes.
- Il Burbero di buon cuore is a dramma giocoso in two acts composed by Vicente Martín y Soler to a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on one of the most popular and amusing French comedies by Carlo Goldoni, Le bourru bienfaisant. The opera was premièred to a triumphant success in Vienna's Burgtheater on 4th January 1786. The gruff Ferramondo must deal with a nephew who has been ruined by his spendthrift wife, and who would like to have his sister sent to a convent so that he can get his hands on her dowry. The girl, of course, has other plans. A brilliant libretto, music that can be both graceful and captivating, and a first rate cast make of this opera a welcome rediscovery. Vicente Martín Y Soler was known in Europe during his lifetime as Vincenzo Martini,an Italian name that appears at the time to have been considered an advantage in the operatic world. When he met Lorenzo Da Ponte in 1785, Vicente Martín Y Soler, born in Valencia in 1754 already had to his credit a dozen operas, but decisive leap to his career was due to the collaboration with Da Ponte who wrote the librettos for: Il burbero di buon cuore (1786), Una cosa rara (1786) and L'arbore di Diana (1787). These were operas which shared the favour of the public in the imperial capital with Mozart's masterpieces, likewise on librettos by Da Ponte, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni , and Così fan tutte. When Il Burbero di buon cuore was first staged in Vienna in 1786 it was warmly received by the audience. The music is simple, charming, orchestrated tastefully and with a wealth of colours. The handling of the situations is impeccable and the mechanism works perfectly, with suitable theatrical timings, so that the scenes follow one another with an urgent rhythm, giving the development of the plot a sensation of fresh naturalness up to the final dénouement. The Da Ponte - Martín Y Soler partnership collaborated again on the opera, Una cosa rara, ossia bellezza e onestà.
- 1941 nahm sich Sergej Prokofjew während des 2. Weltkriegs Tolstois "Krieg und Frieden" zur Vorlage für ein monumentales Opernprojekt. Die komplexe Geschichte handelt von Liebe und Leid zur Zeit von Napoleons Feldzug in Russland. Erstmals führt die Bayerische Staatsoper mit einem internationalen Team um Dmitri Tcherniakov und Vladimir Jurowski die Vertonung des Klassikers der Weltliteratur in München auf. Erstmals in München wird Sergej Prokofjews Monumentaloper "Krieg und Frieden", zum 70. Todestag des Komponisten aufgeführt. Das gewaltige Werk basiert auf Leo Tolstois Klassiker der Weltliteratur gleichen Namens. Allein die rund 40 Solistinnen und Solisten verdeutlichen die beachtlichen Ausmaße dieser Oper. Verantwortlich für die Inszenierung zeichnet Dmitri Tcherniakov mit Vladimir Jurowski am Dirigentenpult. Leo Tolstoi schuf mit seinem Roman "Krieg und Frieden" einen Weltklassiker des russischen Realismus. Tolstoi verwebt für seine Erzählung die Einzelschicksale verschiedener Familien der russischen Gesellschaft zur Zeit der napoleonischen Kriege in Russland und schafft damit ein detailreiches und dokumentarisches Sittenbild einer ganzen Epoche. Prokofjews Adaption fokussiert sich im ersten Teil auf die amourösen Verstrickungen rund um die Hauptfigur Natascha. Fürst Andrei Bolkonski verliebt sich während einer Ballnacht in sie, doch ihre Verlobung steht unter keinem glücklichen Stern. Die verheiratete Helene Besuchow macht Natascha mit ihrem Bruder Anatol Kuragin bekannt, der Natascha seine Liebe gesteht. Während er ihre Flucht plant, stürzt Natascha in eine Krise. Doch der Plan scheitert. Durch Helenes Mann Pierre Besuchow erfährt Natascha, dass Anatol bereits verheiratet ist und gesteht ihr seinerseits, dass er in sie verliebt ist. Als Pierre Anatol zur Rede stellt und ihn auffordert, Moskau zu verlassen, werden sie jäh von den aufmarschierenden französischen Truppen unterbrochen. Der zweite Teil verfolgt die Geschehnisse um die Schlacht bei Borodino, aus der Napoleon als Sieger hervorgeht. Um Napoleon zum Rückzug zu zwingen, beschließen die Bürger Moskaus im dritten Teil, ihre Stadt anzuzünden. Pierre wird als Brandstifter gefasst und entgeht knapp seiner Hinrichtung. Seine Frau Helene und Nataschas Verlobter Andrei kommen in den Wirren ums Leben, doch erfährt Pierre, dass Natascha am Leben sei. Ein General verkündet schließlich den Sieg Russlands. 1941 machte sich Sergej Prokofjew den Roman nach dem deutschen Überfall auf die damalige Sowjetunion zur Vorlage eines gewaltigen nationalen Opernprojektes. Das Werk galt wegen seiner Vielschichtigkeit lange Zeit als ungeeignet für eine Opernadaption. Prokofjew widmete sich dem ehrgeizigen Versuch, die verflochtenen Handlungsstränge in eine musikalische Essenz zu überführen. Die Parallelen zwischen der Handlung zur Zeit der napoleonischen Kriege und dem 2. Weltkrieg führten zur Entstehungszeit der Oper zu einem öffentlichen Diskurs. Nachdem Prokofjew seine erste Version der Komposition 1943 beendet hatte, musste das Werk durch politische Beschlüsse immer wieder umgearbeitet, Szenen gestrichen oder ergänzt und Texte umgeschrieben werden. Noch bis zu seinem Tod 1953 arbeitete Prokofjew an der Oper, eine vollständige Uraufführung zu Lebzeiten blieb aus. Ein Jahr nach dem russischen Angriff auf die Ukraine hat das Werk, das als russisches Nationalwerk gilt, an Brisanz nicht verloren; eine Herausforderung, mit der sich das Team um Regisseur Dmitri Tcherniakov und den Musikalischen Leiter Vladimir Jurowski intensiv beschäftigt hat.
- Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
- Recorded live on July 18th and 21st, 2017, at the Gran Teatre del Liceu (Spain). Chorus director: Conxita Garcia.
- ENO's revival of Calixto Bieito's hugely successful production of Carmen. Steeped in the political and historical influences of his native Spain, Bietito's Carmen reveals a modern, uncompromising approach to this masterpiece.
- "If we weep from emotion on hearing it, it's nothing to be ashamed of", Richard Wagner about Vincenzo Bellini's most famous opera. In Roman-dominated Gaul, the high priestess Norma has broken her vow of chastity by entering a relationship with the Roman pro-consul Pollione and the birth of their two children has been kept secret. But when she discovers she has a rival, jealousy sets in. Norma is a classical heroine, passionate and revengeful, and her dilemma provides the starting point for the most successful work by the last and greatest composer of bel canto.
- Recording: April 10, 2019 - Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
- Venice was ruled by a Council of Ten (CX) made up of members of the highest aristocracy, co-opted among themselves and under the theoretical authority of the Doge who in fact had no power other than representative and was a plaything. in their hands. The C.X exercised absolute authority over the country, neglecting nothing to establish it, as shown by the institution of the famous "lion's mouth" still visible in the Doge's Palace, and the all-powerful spies he maintained urbi et orbi. Venice designated itself under the title of Serenissima Republic, we measure the irony of the title at the time when the facts of the opera unfolds: a republic, it was one in its beginnings, also serene, to establish, in defiance of all rules and ethics, its trade in the Mediterranean basin. But the hour of forfeiture was about to strike in the 15th century: the improvements in long-distance navigation methods, the discoveries that were to result (America, passage of the Cape of Good Hope, etc.), would revolutionize world trade, ruin that of Venice and lead the country towards a rapid decline with the excesses, political, social, financial and artistic that one encounters in these ends of regimes and which Bonaparte was going to try to remedy.
- Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain.
- In the centenary year since the founding of the Ballets Russe, this documentary looks back at Sergei Diaghilev and the company he created, what they did and the influence they had, even a 100 years later. There were no films made of the Ballets Russe themselves, Diaghilev didn't want their work filmed. But the documentary shows many other companies performing works first introduced by the Ballets Russe. Interviews with people talking about what they did, some archive interviews with those no longer with us and many new interviews. They talk about the dancers, the choreographers, the composers, the designers, all brought together by the maestro Diaghilev. The company only survived for about 20 years, until Diaghilev's death, but it is the root of nearly every dance company in the world.
- by Giacomo Puccini at Gran Teatre del Liceu
- Opera by Verdi, based on Shakespeare's play Othello. The jealous general Otello believes the lie that his wife Desdemona, is adulterous, strangles her and commits suicide.
- At the Gran Teatre del Liceu