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1. The Royal Opera House: Madama Butterfly (2017)
165 min | Musical
Director: Matt Woodward | Stars: Elizabeth DeShong, Scott Hendricks, Ermonela Jaho, Marcelo Puente
Votes: 37
2.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Bizet: Carmen
(2010)
Not Rated | 188 min | Musical
It's a familiar story: Act 1, boy meets girl, goes to jail for her. Act 2, boy is out of jail, girl rewards him with special favors. Act 3, girl is bored already, moving on. Act 4, boy kills girl for ruining his life. We've all been there.
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Renée Fleming, Trevor Scheunemann, Barbara Frittoli
Votes: 85
3. The Mikado (II) (1983 TV Movie)
150 min | Comedy, Musical
In a mythical Japan, Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor, has been appointed Lord High Executioner and must find someone to execute before the arrival of the ruling Mikado. He lights upon Nanki-Poo, a ... See full summary »
Directors: Norman Campbell, Brian Macdonald | Stars: Gidon Saks, Henry Ingram, Eric Donkin, Richard McMillan
Votes: 133
4. The Callas Conversations (1968)
91 min | Documentary
Stars: George Earl of Harewood, Maria Callas
5. Maria By Callas (2017)
PG | 119 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
An intimate look at the life and work of Greek-American opera singer Maria Callas, as told in her own words.
Director: Tom Volf | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Joyce DiDonato, Maria Callas, David Frost
Votes: 2,121 | Gross: $1.27M
6.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Verdi: La Traviata
(2018)
Not Rated | 205 min | Musical
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Anita Rachvelishvili, Diana Damrau, Kirstin Chávez
Votes: 41
7.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Thomas Adès: The Exterminating Angel
(2017)
Not Rated | Musical
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Thomas Adès, Susan Graham, Joseph Kaiser, Audrey Luna
Votes: 36
8. Viva Vivaldi (2000 TV Special)
106 min | Music
The spectacular mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli is joined by the ensemble Il Giardino Armonico in a program of baroque music from composer Antonio Vivaldi, "The Red Priest". The concert ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Cecilia Bartoli, Giovanni Antonini, Enrico Onofri, Mario Bianchi
Votes: 47
9. Il barbiere di Siviglia (1988 TV Movie)
159 min | Music
Director: Claus Viller | Stars: Gino Quilico, Cecilia Bartoli, David Kuebler, Carlos Feller
Votes: 51
10. Le Nozze di Figaro - Wiener Staatsoper (2014)
223 min | Musical
Director: Jean-Louis Martinoty | Stars: Anita Hartig, Adam Plachetka
11.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Puccini: La bohème
(2014)
Not Rated | Musical
Director: Barbara Willis Sweete | Stars: Stefano Ranzani, Joyce DiDonato, Massimo Cavalletti, Vittorio Grigòlo
Votes: 19
12. Carmen (2007 TV Movie)
152 min | Drama, Music
Director: Jonathan Haswell | Stars: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Jonas Kaufmann, Jacques Imbrailo, Norah Amsellem
Votes: 54
13. Lucy Worsley's Nights at the Opera (2017)
59 min | Documentary, History, Music
Historian Lucy Worsley explores the history behind some of the world's greatest operas and how they reflected the cities in which they were written.
Stars: Lucy Worsley, Antonio Pappano, Vincenzo Borghetti, Danielle de Niese
Votes: 35
14.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Lehár: The Merry Widow
(2015)
Not Rated | 162 min | Musical
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Andrew Davis, Joyce DiDonato, Jeffrey Mattsey, Thomas Allen
Votes: 43
15. Carmina burana (1975)
63 min | Music, Drama
A very visual and profound dramatization of the various sections of Carmina Burana, a symphonic piece composed by Carl Orff about medieval poetry by an anonymous author.
Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle | Stars: Lucia Popp, John van Kesteren, Hermann Prey, Meryl Craser
Votes: 177
16.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
(2010)
Not Rated | Musical
The aristocratic Marschallin is increasingly aware of things: middle-age is approaching, her beauty is fading, and her young lover Octavian has fallen in love with someone younger and prettier than she. She knew this would happen one day.
Director: Barbara Willis Sweete | Stars: Edo de Waart, Plácido Domingo, Mary Jo Heath, Susan Graham
Votes: 24
17.
Great Performances (1971– )
Episode:
Dido & Aeneas
(1995)
TV-G | 56 min | Music, Musical
Director: Peter Maniura | Stars: Maria Ewing, Karl Daymond, Rebecca Evans, Sally Burgess
Votes: 36
18. Pavarotti (2019)
PG-13 | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Life, works and achievements of opera legend Luciano Pavarotti.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Griminelli, Nicoletta Mantovani, Plácido Domingo
Votes: 3,850 | Gross: $4.60M
19. Jonas Kaufmann: Tenor for the Ages (2017 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, Music
Intimate behind-the-scenes documentary about the handsome German tenor Jonas Kaufmann, one of the hottest properties in the opera world, and his triumphant return after illness.
Director: John Bridcut | Stars: Jonas Kaufmann, Antonio Pappano
20. L'elisir d'amore (2018)
126 min | Music
Directors: Otto Schenk, Anna Gettel | Stars: Aida Garifullina, Benjamin Bernheim, Orhan Yildiz, Paolo Rumetz
21. Janet Baker: Full Circle (1982 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary
Follows Janet Baker's final year in Opera as she performs with the ENO, ROH and Glyndebourne.
Director: Bob Bentley | Star: Janet Baker
22. Siegfried (1990 TV Movie)
253 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music
In the third opera of Wagner's Ring Cycle, a young man named Siegfried, raised by the dwarf Mime, finds the pieces of a magic sword and goes on a quest to experience fear for the first time, all part of a plan set forth by the god Wotan.
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Siegfried Jerusalem, Hildegard Behrens, James Morris, Heinz Zednik
Votes: 74
23. Così fan tutte (2006 TV Movie)
210 min | Comedy, Musical
A philosopher demonstrates his theory by entrapping 2 sisters to abandon their recently departed soldier fiances for new men, really their fiances in disguise. Their maid assists in multiple roles, and by encouraging them to stray.
Director: Francesca Kemp | Stars: Miah Persson, Topi Lehtipuu, Luca Pisaroni, Nicolas Rivenq
Votes: 28
24. Amadeus (1984)
R | 160 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice
Votes: 427,927 | Gross: $51.97M
25. The Mikado (I) (1983 TV Movie)
116 min | Comedy, Musical
Escaping from a distasteful marriage, Nanki-Poo, the son of the Mikado, arrives in the town of Titipu - disguised as a musician. He has chosen Titipu because a beautiful girl, Yum-Yum, with... See full summary »
Director: Rodney Greenberg | Stars: William Conrad, Clive Revill, Kate Flowers, John Stewart
Votes: 104
26. The Magic Flute (1975)
G | 135 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
The story of the prince Tamino and his zestful sidekick Papageno, who are sent on a mission to save a beautiful princess from the clutches of evil.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Ulrik Cold, Josef Köstlinger, Irma Urrila, Håkan Hagegård
Votes: 5,249
27. Opera (1987)
R | 107 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charleson, Urbano Barberini, Daria Nicolodi
Votes: 19,480
28. 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
29. Royal Opera House Live Cinema Seasion 2018/2019: Macbeth (2018)
Musical
Director: Phyllida Lloyd | Stars: Zeljko Lucic, Anna Netrebko
30.
The South Bank Show (1978– )
Episode:
Cecilia Bartoli: A Portrait
(1992)
107 min | Documentary
Directors: David Thomas, Les Young | Star: Cecilia Bartoli
Votes: 21
31. Elvira Madigan (I) (1967)
PG | 91 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The Danish tightrope dancer Elvira Madigan meets Lieutenant Sixten Sparre, a Swedish officer who is married and has two children. They both decide to run away.
Director: Bo Widerberg | Stars: Pia Degermark, Thommy Berggren, Lennart Malmer, Cleo Jensen
Votes: 3,223
32. Carmen Jones (1954)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Contemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, Olga James
Votes: 5,917
33. Tosca Live from the Royal Opera House (2011)
131 min | Drama, Music
ACT I Rome, June 1800. Cesare Angelotti, an escaped political prisoner, rushes into the Church of Sant'Andrea della Valle. After finding the key his sister has hidden for him, he hides in ... See full synopsis »
Director: Jonathan Haswell | Stars: Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, Lukas Jakobski
Votes: 47
34. Das Rheingold (1990 TV Movie)
163 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music
'Das Rheingold' tells the story about Alberich's theft of the gold from the Rhine, the forging of the Ring of power and sets off a cascade of events that further develop in the subsequent operas of the Ring Cycle.
Director: Brian Large | Stars: James Morris, Siegfried Jerusalem, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Christa Ludwig
Votes: 100
35. Madama Butterfly (1983 TV Movie)
145 min
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Nazzareno Antinori, Gianni Brunelli, Mario Ferrara, Bruno Grella
Votes: 27
36. The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
Not Rated | 128 min | Fantasy, Music, Musical
A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Moira Shearer, Robert Rounseville, Ludmilla Tchérina, Ann Ayars
Votes: 3,943 | Gross: $0.09M
37. Die Walküre (1990 TV Movie)
244 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music
In the second part of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle, two mortal strangers meet, pulled together by Wotan, king of the gods, until a decree from his wife forces his Valkyrie daughter Brünnhilde to step in and try to save the mortals.
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Hildegard Behrens, James Morris, Jessye Norman, Christa Ludwig
Votes: 101
38. Götterdämmerung (1990 TV Movie)
281 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music
In the final opera of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle, the lovers Siegfried and Brünnhilde are torn apart by a pair of royal siblings who use magic and deception to gain their love and the magic ring.
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Hildegard Behrens, Siegfried Jerusalem, Matti Salminen, Christa Ludwig
Votes: 161
39. Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Music
An acid-scarred composer rises from the Paris sewers to boost his favorite opera understudy's career.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains, Edgar Barrier
Votes: 8,307 | Gross: $3.49M
40. The Magic Flute (2003 TV Movie)
185 min | Fantasy, Romance, Music
One of the most iconic operas of all time; "The Magic Flute" (Die Zauberflöte) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is about a Prince, Tamino, conquering all odds to be wise and to rescue the ... See full summary »
Director: Sue Judd | Stars: Will Hartmann, Dorothea Röschmann, Diana Damrau, Franz-Josef Selig
Votes: 194
41. The Gondoliers (1990 TV Movie)
Comedy, Music
After gondoliers, Marco and Giuseppe, marry their sweethearts Gianetta and Tessa, they are informed that one of them is really the King of Barataria. However, there is a problem - nobody ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Coombes | Stars: Robert Gard, Graeme Ewer, David Hobson, Roger Lemke
Votes: 25
42. English National Opera: The Pirates of Penzance (2015)
135 min | Musical
Mike Leigh directs ENO's comic opera The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan.
Director: Andrew Morahan | Stars: Joshua Bloom, Andrew Shore, Jonathan Lemalu, Claudia Boyle
Votes: 27
43. Gilbert and Sullivan (1953)
Not Rated | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
The common career of W.S. Gilbert,a barrister turned comic writer, and Arthur Sullivan, a classic composer turned converted against his will to light music, who wrote fourteen operettas between 1871 and 1896, to great public acclaim.
Director: Sidney Gilliat | Stars: Robert Morley, Maurice Evans, Eileen Herlie, Martyn Green
Votes: 270
44. Death in Venice (1981 TV Movie)
132 min | Drama, Music
Gustav Von Aschenbach, a passionate composer, arrives in Venice as a result of wanderlust and there meets a young man by whose beauty he becomes obsessed.
Director: Tony Palmer | Stars: Robert Gard, John Shirley-Quirk, James Bowman, Vincent Redmon
Votes: 68
45. La Bohème (2008)
115 min | Music, Musical, Romance
The opera "La Bohème" is about the tragic love story of Mimí and Rodolfo, set in Paris in the year 1830.
Director: Robert Dornhelm | Stars: Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Nicole Cabell, Tiziano Bracci
Votes: 400
46. The Gondoliers (1982 TV Movie)
Comedy, Musical
Marco and Giuseppe marry their sweethearts Gianetta and Tessa, but neither couple is allowed to leave for their honeymoon, because there is a problem. They are informed that one of the ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Heather | Stars: Eric Shilling, Anne Collins, Francis Egerton, Tom McDonnell
Votes: 41
47.
The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode:
Dialogues des Carmélites
(1987)
Musical
Blanche joined a convent to escape the Reign of Terror. Convent life challenges her.
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Maria Ewing, Régine Crespin, Jessye Norman, Florence Quivar
Votes: 7
48.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Puccini: Turandot
(2016)
Not Rated | Musical
Director: Barbara Willis Sweete | Stars: Paolo Carignani, Renée Fleming, Nina Stemme, Anita Hartig
Votes: 30
49. La Traviata (2011 TV Movie)
139 min | Drama, Musical
Director: Don Kent | Stars: Natalie Dessay, Ludovic Tézier, Charles Castronovo, Adelina Scarabelli
Votes: 7
50. Becoming Traviata (2012)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Musical
Natalie Dessay prepares to take on the role of Violetta in this documentary about the staging of Verdi's masterwork at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in France.
Director: Philippe Béziat | Stars: Natalie Dessay, Jean-François Sivadier, Louis Langrée, Charles Castronovo
Votes: 119 | Gross: $0.06M
51.
Great Performances (1971– )
Episode:
Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing
(1999)
TV-G | 129 min | Music, Musical
Turandot at the Forbidden City is a 1998 live production of Puccini's opera Turandot directed by Zhang Yimou, with Zubin Mehta conducting the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
Directors: Hugo Käch, Ruth Käch | Stars: Giovanna Casolla, Sergej Larin, Barbara Frittoli, Carlo Colombara
Votes: 153
52. Die lustige Witwe (2005 TV Movie)
125 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Zurich Opera House production of Franz Léhar's operetta, with Dagmar Schellenberger, Rodney Gilfry, and Ute Gfrerer in lead roles. Baron Zeta is desperate that the fabulously wealthy widow ... See full summary »
Director: Anton Reitzenstein | Stars: Dagmar Schellenberger, Rodney Gilfry, Ute Gfrerer, Rudolf A. Hartmann
Votes: 33
53. Iolanthe (1982 TV Movie)
Comedy, Musical
Strephon, a shepherd (the son of a Fairy, Iolanthe, and a mortal), is in love with Phyllis, a shepherdess. He wants to marry her, but, although Phyllis also loves Strephon, she has a ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Heather | Stars: Derek Hammond-Stroud, Beverley Mills, Anne Collins, Alexander Oliver
Votes: 28
54. Nutcracker (1986)
G | 89 min | Family, Fantasy, Music
The colorful holiday classic is brought to the big screen, designed by famed children's story author and artist Maurice Sendak, and written to be as close to the original story. Based on the Pacific Northwest Ballet's original production.
Director: Carroll Ballard | Stars: Hugh Duncan Bigney Mitchell, Vanessa Sharp, Patricia Barker, Wade Walthall
Votes: 1,386 | Gross: $0.78M
55. Denyce Graves: Breaking the Rules (2004 TV Special)
83 min | Music
Director: Alan Skog | Stars: Denyce Graves, Teresa Hui, Patti LaBelle, Take 6
56.
The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode:
Idomeneo
(1982)
183 min | Musical
Returning home from the Trojan Wars during a storm, Idomeneo, the king of Crete, vows to sacrifice to Neptune (the Greek god Poseidon) the first living creature he meets ashore in return ... See full summary »
Director: Kirk Browning | Stars: Ileana Cotrubas, Frederica von Stade, Loretta Di Franco, Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
Votes: 38
57.
Sternstunden der Musik (2018–2024)
Episode:
Jessye Norman und Kathleen Battle singen Spirituals
(2021)
44 min | Documentary, Music
Director: Dag Freyer | Stars: Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman
58.
The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode:
Manon Lescaut
(1980)
133 min | Musical
The Chevalier des Grieux meets and seduces the young Manon when she is being escorted by her brother to a convent. Manon lives with des Grieux in Paris, but leaves him for a rich admirer. ... See full summary »
Director: Kirk Browning | Stars: Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, Pablo Elvira, Renato Capecchi
Votes: 41
59. Opera No. 1 (1994)
Not Rated | 8 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Two charming but inept agents of the supernatural (sort of like cupid goddesses) decide to interfere in human affairs. Mini Musical Comedy. Like one of those Shakespeare situation comedies ... See full summary »
Director: Hal Hartley | Stars: Patricia Dunnock, Parker Posey, Adrienne Shelly, James Urbaniak
Votes: 274
60. Dancing the Nutcracker: Inside the Royal Ballet (2016 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
The magical world of The Nutcracker. For the first time in many years, the Royal Ballet has given full access behind the scenes for a landmark 90-minute documentary as they prepare for this season's yuletide production.
Director: Hugo Macgregor | Stars: Francesca Hayward, Peter Wright
Votes: 29
62. Manon Lescaut (1983 TV Movie)
129 min | Drama, Romance, Music
A story of doomed romance between a chivalrous noble man, Chevalier Des Grieux and his working class lover, Manon Lescaut.
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Kiri Te Kanawa, Plácido Domingo, Thomas Allen, Forbes Robinson
Votes: 45
63. Il trovatore (2002 TV Movie)
139 min | Music, Drama
Director: Brian Large | Stars: José Cura, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Yvonne Naef, Verónica Villarroel
Votes: 40
64. Tár (2022)
R | 158 min | Drama, Music
Set in the international world of Western classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer-conductors and the very first female director of a major German orchestra.
Director: Todd Field | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss, Sophie Kauer
Votes: 93,722
65. The Nutcracker Prince (1990)
G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
An adaption of the classic tale of a girl's dreams turned reality when her new toy turns out to be a young man placed under a curse.
Director: Paul Schibli | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Megan Follows, Peter O'Toole, Mike MacDonald
Votes: 2,660 | Gross: $1.78M
66. Roberto Devereux (1975 TV Movie)
145 min | Drama, Music
Director: Kirk Browning | Stars: Beverly Sills, John Alexander, Richard Fredricks, John Lankston
Votes: 23
67. Wagners Meistersänger, Hitlers Siegfried (2008 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
Documentary about the famous Heldentenor Max Lorenz.
Directors: Eric Schulz, Claus Wischmann | Stars: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Walter Herrmann, Waldemar Kmentt, René Kollo
Votes: 15
68. Anna Bolena (1984 TV Movie)
157 min | Drama, Music
King Henry VIII (Enrico VIII) of 16th century England falls in love with his queen's lady-in-waiting, Jane Seymour (Giovanna Seymour). The queen, Anne Boleyn (Anna Bolena) has a former ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Campbell | Stars: Joan Sutherland, James Morris, Judith Forst, Michael Myers
Votes: 17
69. Yes, Giorgio (1982)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Famous opera singer Giorgio Fini loses his voice during an American tour. He goes to female throat specialist Pamela Taylor and falls in love with her.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Luciano Pavarotti, Kathryn Harrold, Eddie Albert, Paola Borboni
Votes: 808 | Gross: $2.28M
70. H.M.S. Pinafore (2001 TV Movie)
Comedy, Musical, Romance
A sailor falls for the daughter of his captain, while being unaware of the love a young country girl holds for him.
Stars: Janet Fairlie, Joseph Shovelton, Richard Suart, Patricia Leonard
71. Orfeo ed Euridice (1982 TV Movie)
130 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music
Director: Rodney Greenberg | Stars: Janet Baker, Elisabeth Speiser, Elizabeth Gale
Votes: 23
72. Norma (1974)
160 min | Drama, Musical
Director: Pierre Jourdan | Stars: Montserrat Caballé, Jon Vickers, Josephine Veasey, Agostino Ferrin
Votes: 52
73. The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)
94 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life and music of Johann Sebastian Bach as presented by his wife, Anna.
Directors: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub | Stars: Gustav Leonhardt, Christiane Lang, Paolo Carlini, Ernst Castelli
Votes: 1,585 | Gross: $0.02M
75.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
(2011)
Not Rated | 180 min | Musical
A reprise of 2009's production with cast changes, including Natalie Dessay and Joseph Calleja. The famous Mad Scene is orchestrated with a glass harmonica per Donizetti's original score, and not a flute, which is more commonly used today.
Director: Barbara Willis Sweete | Stars: Patrick Summers, Renée Fleming, Mary Jo Heath, Philip Webb
Votes: 31
76. I puritani (2001 TV Movie)
159 min | Drama, Musical
Director: Toni Bargalló | Stars: Friedrich Haider, Konstantin Gorny, Simón Orfila, José Bros
77. The Mikado (1939)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Musical
The son of the Mikado of Japan, a wandering minstrel, falls for a girl who is engaged to her guardian.
Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Kenny Baker, John Barclay, Martyn Green, Sydney Granville
Votes: 825
78. Maria Callas: La Divina - A Portrait (1988 TV Movie)
91 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A decade after his original film on her, Tony Palmer returns to the subject of Maria Callas, this time for ITV's flagship arts show.
Director: Tony Palmer | Stars: Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Carlo Maria Giulini, Tito Gobbi
Votes: 81
79. The Mikado (2019)
144 min | Music
The son of the Mikado of Japan, a wandering minstrel, falls for a girl who is engaged to her guardian.
Director: Andrew Morahan | Stars: Richard Suart, Anthony Gregory, Mary Bevan, Graeme Danby
Votes: 7
80. La forza del destino (1997 TV Movie)
170 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Donna Leonora on the verge of eloping with her lover Don Alvaro is party to the accidental shooting of her father. Fleeing from her brother Don Carlo who swears to kill her and avenge his ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Galina Gorchakova, Nikolai Putilin, Gegam Grigorian, Marianna Tarasova
Votes: 10
81. Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh Beach (2013)
145 min | Music
PETER GRIMES is probably Benjamin Britten's most famous and admired opera, appreciated around the globe for its visceral beauty and portrayal of a small community which struggles to ... See full summary »
Director: Margaret Williams | Stars: Alan Oke, Christopher Gillett, Gaynor Keeble, Stephen Richardson
Votes: 17
82. La Traviata (2009 TV Movie)
135 min | Drama, Music
Director: Rhodri Huw | Stars: Renée Fleming, Joseph Calleja, Thomas Hampson, Eddie Wade
Votes: 26
83. Swan Lake (2007 Video)
128 min | Music
Director: Ross MacGibbon | Stars: Uliana Lopatkina, Danila Korsuntev, Irina Golub, Alexandra Gronskaya
Votes: 40
84.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Puccini: La Bohème
(2008)
Not Rated | 150 min | Musical
Imagine a world where taste and sensitivity have been overrun by gaudy excess and marketing hyperbole, where Puccini's quiet, intimate love-story can at last be told with A Cast of Thousands and a Real, Live Military Marching Band.
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Nicola Luisotti, Renée Fleming, Ludovic Tézier, Ramón Vargas
Votes: 45
85. HMS Pinafore (2022 TV Movie)
107 min | Comedy, Music
Josephine, the daughter of Captain Corcoran, falls for lowly sailor Ralph Rackstraw. However, she's torn between her true love, and her father's desire for her to marry Sir Joseph Porter, the First Lord of the Admiralty.
Stars: Les Dennis, John Savournin, Elgan Llyr Thomas, Henry Waddington
Votes: 15
86. La Sonnambula (2011 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama, Music
La Sonnambula was first performed with enormous success at the Teatro Carcano, Milan on 6th March 1831 with Giuditta Pasta and Giambattista Rubini in the roles of Amina and Elvino, the most... See full summary »
Director: Matteo Ricchetti | Stars: Eglise Gutiérrez, Antonino Siragusa, Simone Alaimo, Sandra Pastrana
Votes: 7
87. Billy Budd (2017 TV Movie)
175 min | Drama, Musical
Director: Jérémie Cuvillier | Stars: Jacques Imbrailo, Toby Spence, Brindley Sherratt, Thomas Oliemans
88. Maestro (2023)
R | 129 min | Biography, Drama, History
This love story chronicles the lifelong relationship of conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein and actress Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.
Director: Bradley Cooper | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper, Matt Bomer, Vincenzo Amato
Votes: 60,639
89. Royal Opera House: Faust (2019)
225 min | Thriller
Stars: Erwin Schrott, James Unsworth, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Michael Fabiano
Votes: 15
90. La forza del destino (1958 TV Movie)
Music
Verdi's grand tale of ill-fated love, deadly vendetta, and family strife.
Stars: Franco Corelli, Renata Tebaldi, Ettore Bastianini, Oralia Dominguez
Votes: 12
91.
Great Performances (1971– )
Episode:
Little Women
(2001)
TV-G | 115 min | Music, Musical
Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg... See full summary »
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Stephanie Novacek, Chad Shelton, Margaret Lloyd, Stacey Tappan
Votes: 28
92.
Live from Lincoln Center (1976– )
Episode:
New York City Opera: The Barber of Seville
(1976)
156 min | Music, Musical
Director: Kirk Browning | Stars: Beverly Sills, Henry Price, Alan Titus, Donald Gramm
Votes: 19
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