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1. The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
G | 112 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
After a young man leaves a band of pirates, hilarity ensues.
Director: Wilford Leach | Stars: Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt, George Rose
Votes: 3,912 | Gross: $0.69M
2. Porgy and Bess (1959)
Not Rated | 138 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A woman whose past is scorned by nearly everyone around her meets a man who'd love her regardlessly- if only everyone else would allow them to.
Directors: Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey
Votes: 1,918
3. 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: 3,953 | Gross: $0.09M
4. Carmen (1984)
PG | 152 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In 1820s Spain the soldier Don José falls in love with the fiery and charismatic factory worker Carmen. Conflicts and grievances multiply, however, as it becomes apparent their views on love and commitment are fundamentally incompatible.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Julia Migenes, Plácido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi, Faith Esham
Votes: 1,717
5. Madame Butterfly (1995)
134 min | Drama, Music
The story of a young geisha who falls madly in love with an american captain that travels all around the world collecting hearts.
Director: Frédéric Mitterrand | Stars: Ying Huang, Richard Troxell, Ning Liang, Richard Cowan
Votes: 645
6. 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
7. 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: 827
8. Don Giovanni (1979)
176 min | Drama, Music
Mozart's opera in lush sets: Don Giovanni, the infamous womanizer, kills Donna Anna's father. He is then chased by Donna Anna's fiancé, Don Ottavio, as well as Donna Elvira, one of his former conquests. But the real threat lies elsewhere.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Ruggero Raimondi, John Macurdy, Edda Moser, Kiri Te Kanawa
Votes: 1,317
9. 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
10. Otello (1986)
PG | 118 min | Drama, Music
Verdi's famous opera is brought to life in this production. The immortal tale of the noble Moor and his beautiful young wife, and of his lieutenant, whose jealousy and lust for power lead him to commit the ultimate treason.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Díaz, Petra Malakova
Votes: 621 | Gross: $0.19M
11. Parsifal (1982)
PG | 255 min | Drama, Music
Richard Wagner's last opera has remained controversial since its first performance for its unique, and, for some, unsavory blending of religious and erotic themes and imagery. Based on one ... See full summary »
Director: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | Stars: Edith Clever, Martin Sperr, Robert Lloyd, Michael Kutter
Votes: 334
12. 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
13. The Marriage of Figaro (1976)
181 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle | Stars: Hermann Prey, Mirella Freni, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Kiri Te Kanawa
Votes: 193
14. Turandot (1987 TV Movie)
134 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music
Director: Kirk Browning | Stars: James Levine, Éva Marton, Plácido Domingo, Leona Mitchell
Votes: 156
15. Pagliacci (1982 TV Movie)
72 min | Music
The story is set in southern Italy and recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clown in a commedia dell'arte troupe, his wife Nedda, and her lover, Silvio.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, Juan Pons, Florindo Andreolli
Votes: 265
16. Cavalleria rusticana (1982 TV Movie)
70 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
Turridu is spotted by his wife, Santuzza, returning from the home of his lover, Lola. He is also seen on the road by Lola's husband, Alfio. While he suspects nothing, Santuzza knows exactly... See full summary »
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Yelena Obraztsova, Plácido Domingo, Renato Bruson, Fedora Barbieri
Votes: 237
17. 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
18. Der Barbier von Sevilla (1973 TV Movie)
141 min | Comedy, Music
Directors: Ernst Wild, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle | Stars: Hermann Prey, Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Enzo Dara
Votes: 131
19. 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
20. 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
21. Lohengrin (1986 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 226 min | Music
Lohengrin is a Romantic opera in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner, first performed in 1850. The opera has inspired other works of art. King Ludwig II of Bavaria named his ... See full summary »
Stars: Peter Hofmann, John Macurdy, Éva Marton, Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Votes: 23
22. Der Rosenkavalier (I) (1994 TV Movie)
193 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Director: Horant H. Hohlfeld | Stars: Carlos Kleiber, Felicity Lott, Kurt Moll, Anne Sofie von Otter
Votes: 45
23. 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
24. 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
25. Lohengrin, Opera romantica in tre atti (2012 TV Movie)
245 min | Music
Director: Arnalda Canali | Stars: René Pape, Jonas Kaufmann, Annette Dasch, Tómas Tómasson
Votes: 9
26. Boris Godunov (1954)
110 min | Drama, Music
Action happens at the end of the 16th century, on the eve of "time of troubles". The main character of this historical tragedy - the Russian tsar Boris Godunov who has ascended to a throne ... See full summary »
Director: Vera Stroyeva | Stars: Aleksandr Pirogov, Nikandr Khanayev, Georgi Nelepp, Maksim Mikhaylov
Votes: 90
27. L'incoronazione di Poppea (1979)
164 min | Music, Drama
Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle | Stars: Rachel Yakar, Eric Tappy, Trudeliese Schmidt, Matti Salminen
Votes: 51
28. Die Frau ohne Schatten (1992 TV Movie)
204 min | Fantasy, Music
A year has passed since the young Emperor went hunting with his falcon and captured the Peri, who was in the form of a gazelle, and married her. She is still all light, neither human nor a ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Thomas Moser, Cheryl Studer, Marjana Lipovsek, Bryn Terfel
Votes: 28
29. Der Rosenkavalier (II) (1994 TV Movie)
198 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The Rosenkavalier delivers the rose to the Baron's intended, but she and the cavalier fall in love. When she meets the Baron, she enlists the cavalier's help to break the betrothal. The Princess helps the young lovers.
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Howells, Aage Haugland, Barbara Bonney
Votes: 42
30. Samson et Dalila (I) (1981 TV Movie)
122 min | Drama, Music
While the rest of the Hebrews bewail their fate, Samson alone trusts in God's promise of liberty. Abimelech, the Philistine satrap of Gaza, enters to mock the Hebrews' God, proclaiming the ... See full summary »
Director: Kirk Browning | Stars: Plácido Domingo, Shirley Verrett, Wolfgang Brendel, Kevin Langan
Votes: 33
31. Lucia di Lammermoor (I) (1983 TV Movie)
128 min | Drama, Music
Enrico wants sister Lucia to marry Arturo for political gain. Lucia loves his enemy Edgardo. When Edgardo is away, Enrico shows her a forged letter saying Edgardo is now married and to ... See full summary »
Director: Kirk Browning | Stars: Joan Sutherland, Alfredo Kraus, Pablo Elvira, Paul Plishka
Votes: 69
32. Beethoven's Fidelio (1980 TV Movie)
128 min | Music, Drama
Director: Dave Heather | Stars: Ian Caley, Elizabeth Gale, Curt Appelgren, Elisabeth Söderström
Votes: 13
33. Gloriana (1984 TV Movie)
146 min | Music
The Earl of Essex, Robert Devereux, is hot-blooded and jealous of anyone who might win the Queen's favour. He provokes a fight with the tournament victor, Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy, but... See full summary »
Director: Derek Bailey | Stars: Sarah Walker, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Jean Rigby, Neil Howlett
Votes: 20
34. The Bartered Bride (1960 TV Movie)
120 min | Musical
Television production of Bedrich Smetana's comic opera.
Director: Christopher Muir | Stars: Elsie Morrison, Victor Franklin, Raymond McDonald, Keith Nielson
36. Martha (1964 TV Movie)
90 min | Musical
Television production of Friedrich von Flotow's opera.
Stars: Alan Eddy, Victor Franklin, Brian Hansford, Norman Kaye
37. The Secret of Susanna (1961 TV Movie)
45 min | Musical
A television production of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's opera "Il segreto di Susanna".
Stars: Verona Cappadona, Norman Kaye, Morris Williams
38. Parsifal (2011)
Unrated | 240 min | Music
Parsifal is a strange and enigmatic work. At the end of his life, did Wagner wish to celebrate asceticism, which he himself had never practised? Did he fall upon his knees before the Cross,... See full summary »
Director: Romeo Castellucci | Stars: Thomas Johannes Mayer, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Andrew Richards, Tómas Tómasson
39. Szkola kochanków, czyli Cosi fan tutte (1987)
101 min | Music, Romance
The bachelor Don Alfonso has decided to prove to Guglielmo and Ferrando that their girlfriends, Fiordiligi and Dorabella, will not be faithful to them.
Director: Krzysztof Tchórzewski | Stars: Adam Kruszewski, Joanna Kubaszewska, Agnieszka Kurowska, Beata Morawska
40. Lucia di Lammermoor (1980 TV Movie)
88 min | Drama, Music, Romance
This is a Russian-language television adaptation of Donizetti's famous opera based on the novel by Sir Walter Scott.
Director: Oleh Biyma | Stars: Yevgenia Miroshnichenko, Anatoli Mokrenko, Viktor Yevgrafov, Anna Tveleneva
41.
The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode:
La Bohème
(1982)
123 min | Musical
Starving artist and consumptive seamstress fall in love, have trouble maintaining the relationship. His painter friend also has romantic troubles with his ambitious grisette.
Director: Kirk Browning | Stars: Richard Stilwell, José Carreras, James Morris, Allan Monk
Votes: 72
42.
The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode:
Aida
(1989)
158 min | Musical
Pharaoh's daughter Amneris loves general Radames, but he loves slave Aida. Aida's father leads the Ethiopian army to invade Egypt. When he's captured, he wants Aida to gain military secrets from Radames.
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Aprile Millo, Dolora Zajick, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes
Votes: 100
43.
The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode:
Parsifal
(1993)
265 min | Musical
Director: Brian Large | Stars: James Levine, Waltraud Meier, Siegfried Jerusalem, Bernd Weikl
Votes: 44
44.
The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode:
Hansel and Gretel
(1982)
104 min | Musical
A live Metropolitan Opera Christmas Day broadcast of Humperdinck's opera.
Director: Kirk Browning | Stars: Frederica von Stade, Judith Blegen, Jean Kraft, Michael Devlin
Votes: 29
45.
The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode:
Rigoletto
(1977)
137 min | Musical
His sarcasm has made many enemies for Rigoletto, court jester for the Duke of Mantua. They conspire to kidnap Rigoletto's mistress for the Duke, unaware that she is really his daughter. Rigoletto's plans for revenge go disastrously wrong.
Director: Kirk Browning | Stars: James Levine, Plácido Domingo, James Atherton, Loretta Di Franco
Votes: 43
46.
The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode:
Tosca
(1985)
127 min | Musical
An opera in three acts about an escaped political prisoner, a prima donna, and the brutal chief of the secret police.
Director: Kirk Browning | Stars: Hildegard Behrens, Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, James Courtney
Votes: 88
47.
The Alcoa Hour (1955–1957)
Episode:
Amahl and the Night Visitors
(1955)
46 min | Drama
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 their way to Bethlehem to visit the Christ Child, who has just been born.
Director: Kirk Browning | Stars: Bill McIver, Rosemary Kuhlmann, Andrew McKinley, David Aiken
Votes: 14