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1. The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Not Rated | 128 min | Musical
Live performances of operas from New York's Metropolitan Opera.
Stars: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Renée Fleming
Votes: 172
2. La Traviata (1982)
G | 109 min | Drama, Music
Violetta meets Alfredo and quickly falls for him. After the lovers run away together, they live in bliss for a short time. However, Alfredo's father, Giorgio, starts to interfere, concerned... See full summary »
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Allan Monk
Votes: 1,514 | Gross: $3.78M
3. The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
180 min | Musical
This is the 1977 television recording of the Rise and Fall of Managing by Kurt Weill
Stars: Metropolitan Opera Chorus, James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Charles Anthony
Votes: 48
4. Broadway Gondolier (1935)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Dick Purcell is an American taxi driver who wants to become a singer promoting cheese products. Oddly he thinks the way to do it is to become a gondolier from Venice. Along the way he sings and woos a sassy secretary Alice.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Adolphe Menjou, Louise Fazenda
Votes: 351
5. Rigoletto (1987)
128 min | Drama, Music
The Duke lives the high life. The court jester taunts too well. Revenge has unintended consequences both times it is attempted.
Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle | Stars: Ingvar Wixell, Edita Gruberova, Luciano Pavarotti, Ferruccio Furlanetto
Votes: 368
6. Macbeth (II) (2011)
170 min | Drama, Music
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
Director: Sue Judd | Stars: Simon Keenlyside, Raymond Aceto, Liudmyla Monastyrska, Elisabeth Meister
Votes: 32
7. La Traviata (2007 TV Movie)
134 min | Drama, Music, Musical
In this live performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, Violetta, a courtesan much wooed by Parisian society, organizes a grand party that is attended, amongst others, by the young Alfredo ... See full summary »
Director: Maria Paola Longobardo | Stars: Angela Gheorghiu, Ramón Vargas, Roberto Frontali, Natascha Petrinsky
Votes: 23 | Gross: $0.20M
8. Operavox (1995– )
28 min | Animation, Musical
Six famous operas beautifully brought to screen with various animation techniques. Cell animation, stop motion etc. Each opera a different artist and all lasts half an hour.
Stars: John Connell, Julie Gossage, Julie Higginson, David Barrell
Votes: 65
9. Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth - Salzburger Festspiele 2023 (2023 TV Movie)
167 min | Music
Salzburger Festspiele 2023: Giuseppe Verdis "Macbeth" ähnelt einer griechischen Tragödie und einem Thriller. Eine solche Oper verlangt außergewöhnliche Sängerdarsteller. In der Regie von ... See full summary »
Director: Henning Kasten | Stars: Vladislav Sulimsky, Tareq Nazmi, Asmik Grigorian, Caterina Piva
10. Miss April (1958)
98 min | Comedy, Romance
The banker Marcus falls in love with the young ballet-dancer Maj who works at the opera. To meet her he takes a job there but Maj is in love with Osvald Berg, the big star of the opera. To ... See full summary »
Director: Göran Gentele | Stars: Gunnar Björnstrand, Lena Söderblom, Jarl Kulle, Gaby Stenberg
Votes: 162
11. The Lively Arts (1969– )
Documentary
Documentary series taking a serious and wide-ranging look at the arts, encompassing intellectual subject matter and popular culture.
Stars: Robin Ray, Melvyn Bragg, Richard Baker, André Previn
12. Rigoletto (1946)
105 min | Drama, Music, Romance
This tragic story revolves around the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto's beautiful daughter Gilda.
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Tito Gobbi, Marcella Govoni, Lina Pagliughi, Mario Filippeschi
Votes: 48
13. La Traviata (2005 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 150 min | Drama, Music, Romance
La Traviata stands or falls on its lead singers and in Norah Amsellem and Rolando Villazon this 2005 Salzburg Festival performance has a pair whose electric interactions and brilliant ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Anna Netrebko, Helene Schneiderman, Diane Pilcher, Rolando Villazón
Votes: 232
14. Rigoletto a Mantova (2010 TV Movie)
125 min | Drama, Music
Guiseppi Verdi's opera about Rigoletto, the unattractive, hunchbacked jester in the court of the Duke of Mantua. The Duke has noticed a young lady going to church each Sunday and he plans ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Cavassilas | Stars: Plácido Domingo, Julia Novikova, Vittorio Grigòlo, Nino Surguladze
Votes: 74
15. La Traviata (1994 TV Movie)
134 min | Drama, Music
Courtesan falls in love, lives with her man, but his father convinces her to give him up. Some time after they parted, they have an ugly public confrontation. Ultimately, consumption decides her fate, and her lover regrets his actions.
Directors: Humphrey Burton, Peter Maniura | Stars: Angela Gheorghiu, Frank Lopardo, Leo Nucci, Richard Van Allan
Votes: 109
16. Verdi: La Traviata (2005 TV Movie)
PG | 175 min | Music
Alfredo Germont has met his femme fatale in the body of the rich and famous courtesan Violetta. When he is invited to one of her parties he does not waste a second letting her know he loves... See full summary »
Director: Ángel Luis Ramírez | Stars: Norah Amsellem, José Bros, Renato Bruson, María Espada
17. NBC Television Opera Theatre (1949– )
Family, Music
Televised broadcasts of performances by NBC Opera Theatre. an opera company owned and operated by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). The company had been formed for the purpose of ... See full summary »
Stars: Virginia Haskins, Ralph Herbert, Leon Lishner, Elaine Malbin
Votes: 24
18. English National Opera: La Traviata (2015)
110 min | Musical
La Traviata tells the moving story of how the beautiful but fragile courtesan Violetta is coerced into sacrificing her one hope of personal happiness for the sake of her lover's reputation.
Director: Andrew Morahan | Stars: Elizabeth Zharoff, Ben Johnson, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Clare Presland
Votes: 10
19. La Traviata (2006)
144 min | Music
Verdi's famous opera sung by the best at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles by the LA Opera.
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Renée Fleming, Suzanna Guzmán, Anna Alkhimova, Rolando Villazón
Votes: 40
20. La traviata (2019 Video)
140 min | Music
Director: Ross MacGibbon | Stars: Ermonela Jaho, Aigul Akhmetshina, Jeremy White, Germán E. Alcántara
Votes: 6
21. Masked Ball (1917)
Nothing is known of the plot of this film. Bela Lugosi portrayed Rene, the Secretary-Govener
Director: Alfréd Deésy | Stars: Annie Góth, Bela Lugosi, Norbert Dán, Gyula Fehér
Votes: 15
22. Macbeth (I) (1987)
133 min | Music
The Verdi opera, based on Shakespeare's play.
Director: Claude d'Anna | Stars: Leo Nucci, Shirley Verrett, Samuel Ramey, Johan Leysen
Votes: 56
23. Rigoletto (1982 TV Movie)
130 min | Drama, Music
Director: John Michael Phillips | Stars: John Rawnsley, Marie McLaughlin, Arthur Davies, John Tomlinson
Votes: 19
24. La Traviata (1993 TV Movie)
130 min | Drama, Music
Director: Derek Bailey | Stars: Edita Gruberova, Neil Shicoff, Giorgio Zancanaro, Mariana Pentcheva
Votes: 25
25. La Traviata (1967)
110 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Anna Moffo in Verdi's La traviata. Mario Lanfranchi's film version of this beloved opera classic is faithful to the Dumas story, bringing to life the tragic story of Camille (here called ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Lanfranchi | Stars: Anna Moffo, Gino Bechi, Franco Bonisolli, Mafalda Micheluzzi
Votes: 86
26. Stiffelio (1993 TV Movie)
123 min | Drama, Music
Director: Brian Large | Stars: José Carreras, Gwynne Howell, Gregory Yurisich, Adele Paxton
Votes: 34
27. La forza del destino (1950)
100 min | Drama, Musical
The love of Don Alvaro for Leonora. He accidentally kills her father, who while dying calls upon his son for vengeance. Eventually the two meet with dramatic results.
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Nelly Corradi, Caterina Mancini, Gino Sinimberghi, Tito Gobbi
Votes: 36
28. Musical TV Theater (1970– )
Musical
Stars: Sándor Palcsó, György Melis, Péter Korcsmáros, Dénes Gulyás
Votes: 15
29. Rigoletto (II) (2001 TV Movie)
167 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A disfigured court jester named Rigoletto seeks vengeance for his daughter who fell in love with the Duke of Mantua, and for his own humiliation, with tragic results.
Director: Sue Judd | Stars: Paolo Gavanelli, Christine Schäfer, Marcelo Álvarez, Eric Halfvarson
Votes: 36
30. La Traviata (2000 TV Movie)
Music, Romance
Director: Pierre Cavassilas | Stars: Eteri Gvazava, José Cura, Rolando Panerai, Raphaëlle Farman
Votes: 79
31. The Royal Opera: Rigoletto (2022)
180 min | Musical
Director of The Royal Opera Oliver Mears brings Verdi's masterpiece into the modern world. Verdi's thrilling Rigoletto pits power against innocence, beauty against ugliness.
Stars: Lisette Oropesa, Carlos Álvarez, Liparit Avetisian, Louise Armit
32. La Traviata (2009 TV Movie)
135 min | Drama, Music
Director: Rhodri Huw | Stars: Renée Fleming, Joseph Calleja, Thomas Hampson, Eddie Wade
Votes: 26
33. Rigoletto e la sua tragedia (1956)
91 min | Musical, Romance
A musical drama based on Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto.
Director: Flavio Calzavara | Stars: Aldo Silvani, Tito Gobbi, Janet Vidor, Pina Arnaldi
Votes: 31
34. Attila (2013 TV Movie)
Music
Stars: Dmitry Belosselskiy, George Petean, Lucrecia García, Nikolai Schukoff
35. Rigoletto (2019 TV Movie)
128 min | Drama, Music
Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece compelling blood-curdling and beautiful, will delight audiences with a powerhouse combination of entertainment and emotional intensity from the spectacular shore of Lake Constance, Bregenz.
Directors: Philipp Stölzl, Felix Breisach | Stars: Stephen Costello, Vladimir Stoyanov, Mélissa Petit, Miklós Sebestyèn
Votes: 22
36. La traviata (2017 Video)
147 min | Music
Director: Robert Wilson | Stars: Nadezhda Pavlova, Airam Hernández, Dimitris Tiliakos, Natalya Buklaga
37. Verdi: La traviata (2014 Video)
132 min | Music
Director: Tiziano Mancini | Stars: Ermonela Jaho, Francessco Demuro, Vladimir Stoyanov, Chiara Fracasso
38. La Traviata (2006 TV Movie)
128 min | Drama, Musical
Director: Felix Breisach | Stars: Eva Mei, Piotr Beczala, Thomas Hampson, Katharina Peetz
39. Ernani (1982 TV Movie)
138 min | Drama, Music
Director: Preben Montell | Stars: Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Renato Bruson, Nicolai Ghiaurov
Votes: 31
40. The Royal Opera House: La Traviata (2016)
204 min | Drama, Music
Director: Matt Woodward | Stars: Yves Abel, Simon Callow, Daniel Dooner, David Galea
Votes: 14
41. La Traviata (2008 TV Movie)
126 min | Music
Director: Felix Breisach | Stars: Eva Mei, Liuba Chuchrova, Vittorio Grigòlo, Katharina Peetz
Votes: 9
42. La Traviata (2002 TV Movie)
139 min | Music
Director: Fausto Dall'Olio | Stars: Stefania Bonfadelli, Annely Peebo, Paola Leveroni, Scott Piper
Votes: 32
43. Macbeth (I) (2018 TV Movie)
155 min | Music
Die Regielegende der deutschen Operngeschichte, Harry Kupfer, verstarb 2019 mit 84 Jahren in Berlin. Der langjährige Operndirektor und Chefregisseur der Komischen Oper Berlin brachte mehr ... See full summary »
Director: Tiziano Mancini | Stars: Plácido Domingo, Kwangchul Youn, Anna Netrebko, Evelin Novak
44. Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto Story (2005 Video)
126 min | Music
Despite its odd title, this is a filmed performance of the opera performed at Piazza del campo, Siena. Court jester Rigoletto takes things too far, and suffers dire consequences.
Director: Gianfranco Fozzi | Stars: Roberto Servile, Inva Mula, Marcelo Álvarez, Andrea Silvestrelli
Votes: 34
45. Verdi: Macbeth (2005 Video)
Not Rated | 164 min | Music
Macbeth undoubtedly marked a turning point in Verdi's operatic writing, i.e., the foregrounding of the characters' introspective, psychological aspects.This DVD/Blu-ray captures the ... See full summary »
Director: Toni Bargalló | Stars: Roberto Scandiuzzi, Maria Guleghina, Begoña Alberdi, Marco Berti
Votes: 9
46. La Traviata on Sydney Harbour (2012)
150 min | Music
Stars: Emma Matthews, Gianluca Terranova, Jonathan Summers, Margaret Plummer
Votes: 13
47. La traviata (2015 TV Movie)
136 min | Music
Director: Pilar Ávila | Stars: Ermonela Jaho, Francessco Demuro, Juan Jesus Rodriguez, Marifé Nogales
48. Verdi: La traviata (2007 TV Movie)
133 min | Music
Ailing courtesan Violetta allows herself to fall for Alfredo, but when word of their domestic bliss reaches his father, he convinces her to save the family honor, and leave Alfredo. Complications ensue.
Director: Tiziano Mancini | Stars: Svetla Vassileva, Massimo Giordano, Vladimir Stoyanov, Daniela Pini
Votes: 7
49. Verdi: La Forza Del Destino (2022 Video)
190 min | Music
Director: Tiziano Mancini | Stars: Nicola Alaimo, Roberto Aronica, Leonardo Cortellazzi, Valentina Corò
50. Macbeth (2002 TV Movie)
140 min | Music, Drama
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
Director: Thomas Grimm | Stars: Thomas Hampson, Paoletta Marrocu, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Luis Lima
Votes: 37