maybe not opera performance
These titles have "libretto" or "librettist" on their Cast/Crew page, but are not operas. Or they are exceptions on the filmog of an opera cast member. Or they are a concert version of an opera. Or I just couldn't say they _were_ opera.[wip]
from Wikipedia:
"The Spanish words libretista (playwright, script writer or screenwriter) and libreto (script or screen play), which are used in the Hispanic TV and cinema industry, derived their meanings from the original operatic sense." The English spelling is used on IMDb crew credits.
Ballet also uses the term libretto for the written story of the work.
from Wikipedia:
"The Spanish words libretista (playwright, script writer or screenwriter) and libreto (script or screen play), which are used in the Hispanic TV and cinema industry, derived their meanings from the original operatic sense." The English spelling is used on IMDb crew credits.
Ballet also uses the term libretto for the written story of the work.
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- DirectorVictor JansonStarsMártha EggerthHans SöhnkerEry Bos
- DirectorRobert WieneStarsTino PattieraTina EilersLudwig Stössel
- DirectorGeorg WildhagenStarsHans OldenJeanette SchultzePeter PasettiCrossover love during the Carnival of Venice. Annina, a fisher girl, is in love with Coramello, the personal barber and handyman of the Duke of Urbino, but she suspects that he cheats on her. On the other hand, old senator Delaqua, who hopes for a better position from the Duke, hides his young wife Barbara from him, insofar as Urbino is an unrepentant Don Juan. But he sends him Ciboletta, his servant, whom he introduces to him as his wife. Many other trysts take place and, of course, confusion ensues - until a happy ending in which the right couples find each other again.
- DirectorKena Tangi DorseyStarsRenée Elise GoldsberryBrandon DeShazerLamman RuckerJUMP THE BROOM is a narrative musical film short about a beautiful, fun loving, free spirited young women named AYANA, who is finally settling down and getting married today. She has chosen the all around perfectly, geeky-handsome man SEAN to do it with. When Ayana goes to the church to get ready, SHAMAR, her tall, dark, five o'clock shadow wearing ex-flame pays her a visit. Shamar reminds Ayana of the wild passionate, flings that they once shared and invites her to join him again for one last good time. Now Sean, Shamar, family, friends, and even Ayana herself doesn't know if she will 'Jump the Broom' today.
- DirectorGerbert RappaportStarsOlga ZabotkinaVladimir VasilyevMarina KhotuntsevaThe title of the film (literally "Cherry Town") refers to new towns or neighborhoods based on middle-class urban development, where every block of houses looks exactly the same as the next. In the Soviet Union of the late 1950s this was thought to be equivalent to the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. This musical involves the tribulations of four couples whose lives humorously intersect. It opens with Sergei, a driver, meeting up with his good friend Boris. After lamenting being alone, Boris falls head over heals for a museum guide, Lida. She resists his advances but that doesn't stop Boris. She leads him to her friends, Masha and Sasha, who are planning to get married and are elated to have recently received permission to move into an apartment in the Moscow Cheryomushki. On her way home (with Boris constantly tagging along), Lida discovers along with her father that the roof of their apartment has collapsed and is now uninhabitable. After some amazingly quick work, they receive permission to move into the same Cheryomushki. Working as a steam shovel engineer at this Cheryomushki is Lyusya, who is Sergei's girlfriend. She also has just obtained an apartment there and is waiting to hear the question that Sergei is too shy to ask. Sergei takes Boris, Lida, and her father to the Cheryomushki, ignoring the job for which he was hired, being a taxi to Vava, a Fellini-esque no-nonsense but playful buxom woman and her husband, Drebednev. Drebednev is the corrupt real estate manager who gives (or more often doesn't give) permission for people to take an apartment in the Cheryomushki. Additionally, Vava is a friend of Boris. To make Vava happier, Boris convinces Drebednev to expand their 2-bedroom apartment into a 4-room apartment. But when he breaks down the walls, he has to evict the tenants in the next apartment, Lida and her father. They are heartbroken and have to now worry about going through the long process of receiving another apartment. Meanwhile, as Masha and Sasha move in, they discover that none of their neighbors have keys, so they all spend an evening of singing and dancing in Masha's and Sasha's apartment. Realizing Lida's plight, Boris suggests to Vava that two 2-bedroom apartments are better than one 4-bedroom apartment. Drebednev returns the aparment to Lida and her father, is unmasked as a bureaucrat, and Vava chooses to get a divorce. Finally, through the help of a bench, Sergei gets the courage to ask Lyusya to marry him. In the end of the film, Lida still rejects Boris, who is one of the crewmen detonating Drebednev's old office. He picks the petals of a daisy ("she loves me, she loves me not") when the detonation goes off, thrusting him up several floors on to Lida's terrace, and presumably to a happy end for all.
- DirectorJordi Garcia RodriguezStarsSoheyla BanahanSascha BaridharaPatrick BaumhöferAn online documentary available on Vimeo portraying the process of creating "Der Hauptbahnhof", a temporary art installation built by the Wanderzirkus collective for the AfrikaBurn Festival in the Tankwa Karoo, South Africa.
- DirectorVictor SchertzingerStarsKenny BakerJohn BarclayMartyn GreenThe son of the Mikado of Japan, a wandering minstrel, falls for a girl who is engaged to her guardian.
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenHans H. ZerlettStarsLída BaarováHans SöhnkerFriedl CzepaFilm adaptation of Johann Strauß's operetta "Die Fledermaus" transposed to the year 1937.
- StarsJean MaraisUdo KierGuy TréjanBalsamo, a scoundrel with the gift of mesmerism, seeks to gain power in the French court in the days before the Revolution.
- DirectorGéza von BolváryStarsMarte HarellJohannes HeestersWill DohmThe plot from the famous Johann Strauss operetta adapted as a comedy film with most of the songs left out.
- DirectorRoger GilliozStarsJean BrunoMikael MelbyeBarry McCauley
- DirectorAmleto PalermiStarsIsa PolaCarlo NinchiDoris DurantiYoung Tiruddu returns home to his Sicilian village after completing his military service to find his fiancée, Lola, married to a rich and possessive businessman. But Lola soon provokes her former beau and Tiruddu succumbs to her charms. Santuzza, who is in love with Tiruddu is quick to inform the husband of Lola's infidelity.
- DirectorCarl KochJean RenoirStarsImperio ArgentinaMichel SimonRossano BrazziNon-musical account of Puccini's opera: Tosca and Cavaradossi are in love, but the tyrant Scarpia desires Tosca and oppresses Cavaradossi who is fighting for freedom.
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsNorman FosterAna Raquel SatreBased on the Bela Bartok opera. Bluebeard woos his women and then swiftly disposes of them.
- DirectorRoss MacGibbonStarsDarcey BussellRoberto BolleThiago SoaresDarcey Bussell and Roberto Bolle star in Frederick Ashton's Sylvia, restored to the splendour of its elegant and opulent three-act form for the 75th anniversary celebrations of The Royal Ballet. With origins in Greek mythology, Sylvia was loved by Aminta, abducted by Orion and eventually rescued by Eros.
- DirectorBengt Wennehorst-NorrmanStarsJohanna BjörnsonMartin LeanderGerd AnderssonAbout a young woman's struggle to save student Gunnar Hede from his mental illness, where he is trapped behind depression and angst.
- DirectorVladimir GorikkerStarsEvgeniya SimonovaValentina SmelkovaAleksandr KaydanovskiyBased on an operetta by Kálmán, Emmerich "Das Veilchen vom Montmartre" which in turn was inspired by Puccini's "La bohème". This is a story of three struggling artists: a painter, a poet, and a composer, living in a bohemian Montmartre district of Paris. They help a poor flower girl, Violette, to find shelter, when she is thrown out by her landlord.
- DirectorHans SteinhoffStarsAnny AhlersWalter JanssenErnö Verebes
- DirectorManfred R. KöhlerStarsUta SaxRex GildoGene Reed
- DirectorYvon GéraultStarsLarisa LezhninaViktor BaranovPiotr RussanovThis is a revival of a production first staged in Russia in 1934, before the complete "Nutcracker" was ever performed in the United States. It was choreographed by Vassili Vainonen, and was, from several accounts, highly influential. Despite what a user review says about this production, there are no real children in it; all the boys, including Masha's brother Fritz, are played by adult women in male drag. The costumes are from the 1954 revival of the Vainonen production. Mikhail Baryshnikov borrowed many of Vainonen's ideas for his famous staging of the ballet, such as the puppet show at the Christmas Party in Act I. Like Vainonen and another choreographer before him, Baryshnikov borrowed the idea of having the Nutcracker and Clara (Masha in this case) played by adult dancers rather than children, and letting them dance the final Pas de Deux instead of it being danced by the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier, who do not appear in this version. Vainonen's idea of Masha touching the dancers at the Prince's court in order to bring them to life was also borrowed by Baryshnikov, as was some of Vainonen's actual choreography.
- DirectorPaul StreitzStarsNicole SislianBill GoodmanChrysten PeddieAlice enters the wacky world of advertising and meets the secretary extraordinaire, Honeydew Plushbottom and her boss, J. Quinby IV, as they pursue the new business account Leonard's Lemonade.
- DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsSabine AzémaIsabelle NantyAudrey TautouA romantic musical story having the vibes both France and USA.
- DirectorClark JonesStarsEthel MermanBruce YarnellRufus Smith
- DirectorThomas EngelStarsPaul HubschmidInge EggerPaul Klinger
- DirectorAleksandr PtushkoStarsSergey StolyarovAlla LarionovaNinel MyshkovaArriving home to find his native land under the yoke of corrupt merchants, an adventurer named Sadko sets sail in search of a mythical bird of happiness.
- DirectorKlaus ÜberallStarsTatjana IwanowHorst NiendorfGaby Jacoby
- StarsMariela AlcaláVíctor CámaraFranklin VírgüezThe spoiled and insensitive Estrella de Rossi comes across a humble girl, Virginia, who is her spitting image; almost immediately she comes up with a game and, as a bit of mischief, she pays the girl to impersonate her. When she pulls this off successfully and no one notices the change, Estrella goes further and decides to take a year off to go out and live her life. She forces her double to accept this pact and the young village girl is left to assume the role of a rich and married woman, with a husband who is not really hers but who she ends up falling in love with. She will also face an alcoholic mother-in-law, stepchildren in need of attention and love, a company teetering on bankruptcy and above all, the eminent danger of being discovered.
- StarsStephanie CayoMimi MoralesJuan Alfonso BaptistaColombian soap opera in which five women share the same fate and curse, inflicted by the wife of their unfaithful father.
- StarsSarah MintzGregorio PerníaEdmundo TroyaMiguel Abril is a womanizer who just married gets into trouble and fleeing to a town takes the identity of a murdered priest. In town he falls in love with a beautiful widowed mother named Milagros and she from him.
- CreatorMariano CalassoStarsAlberto GuerraMaria LeónAlejandro de la MadridTake a look at Telemundo's highly-anticipated new drama, 'Guerra de Ídolos' (Price of Fame), the brand-new Telemundo musical drama series that tells the story of superstar Julian César Solar, an idol of Mexican music, and ignites this story of betrayal, rivalry, love, and the pursuit of fame at any cost.
- DirectorWerner JacobsStarsPeter AlexanderKarin HübnerGunther PhilippFranz Lehár's Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) has, since its premier in Vienna in 1905, remained one of the most popular, entertaining repertoire operetta mainstays to have graced the opera stages of the world. To a wealth of fine past performances available for listening or viewing may be added this live staging recorded during the 2005 Seefestspiele Moerbisch Austria Festival with a cast headed by Harald Serafin, Mathias Hausmann, Margarita De Arellano and Elisabeth Starzinger, Rudolf Bibl conducting.
- DirectorJon ElseStarsJohn AdamsPeter SellarsGerald FinleyA documentary on the making of Dr. Atomic, a modern opera about the making of the atomic bomb.
- DirectorGeorg JacobyStarsMarika RökkJohannes HeestersHubert MarischkaFamous star Sylva Varescu turns her adorers heads in great numbers, leaving them behind with broken hearts. But when she falls for Edwin von Weylersheim and he for her, his family objects because they want him to marry another woman. So Sylva has to fight for him.
- StarsRuggero RaimondiBarbara HendricksKatia RicciarelliTop opera stars pick their favourite opera.
- DirectorJohn PriceStarsPoul ReichhardtBirgitte PriceEllen Winther LembournGrand TV-adaptation of Johan Strauss' famous operetta with a plentiful of passionate dances, ballet and waltz.
- DirectorNina GühlstorffStarsSabine BrohmBarabara HoehneStefanie JonasAn art and music performance presenting fragments from the pop art icon Nico's life. Muse and goddess. Blending fact with fiction.
- StarsLarisa TuisovaGennady GorbanevAlexander RumyantsevAram Khachaturyan's ballet about a love story on a kolkhoz (collective farm) in Soviet Armenia.
- StarsZharick LeónFabián RíosMarcelo BuquetBella Cepeda is a beautiful young woman who is in love with her childhood friend, Antonio Segovia, a member of a prominent conservative family. As a consequence of her unequal social station, Bella has to contend with the inevitable heartaches caused by the Segovia family's distrust and contempt of her relationship with Antonio. The central character's life worries are amplified when she becomes the target of desire of an unscrupulous, yet powerful businessman, Román Montero, who is lured to the banana exporting region from the capital city with the hopes of tapping into the underdeveloped local economy. Infatuated by Bella, Señor Montero intends to make her his lover, however, upon rejection by the maiden, he abducts her and secludes her in his grand estate. During her captivity, nobody, particularly her beloved Antonio, comes to her rescue. On the contrary, Antonio is led to believe that Bella willingly initiates a romance with Montero, motivated by avarice. Further compounding the heroine's misfortune is the loss of her remaining family member, effectively becoming deprived of family and love. Abandoned by loved ones and abused by a degenerate, a young Bella's heart is poisoned with bitterness. Notwithstanding, she refuses to suffocate under her calamity and determines to take back charge of her life. She accomplishes her goal by engaging in the sex trade, soon being able to amass wealth and a particular prestige. As a whole new woman, she returns to her home village, Agua Hermosa, with a singular aim in mind: to take revenge against those that did her wrong. At the top of her list are her former lover Antonio and her former tormentor Román.
- DirectorCurtis HansonStarsAnnabella SciorraRebecca De MornayMatt McCoyAfter her sex offender husband gets caught in the act and kills himself, an embittered pregnant widow loses her child, and embarks on a mission of vengeance against one of her husband's victims and the woman's family.
- DirectorClaude Autant-LaraStarsSimone BerriauRobert BurnierDranemDuparquet is the controller of Les Halles, and plays matchmaker between the young farm-girl Ciboulette and Antonin, a young spoiled aristocrat.no opera singers
- DirectorKarel LamacStarsChristl MardaynHermann ThimigWilli SchaeffersSeveral guests arrive during high season at the Weissen Rössl (White Horse) Inn, a picturesque Austrian inn by a lake. Josefa, the landlady, is particularly pleased to see one of them again, lawyer Dr. Siedler. Her chief waiter Leopold is unhappy about this because he has unrequited love for her. Dr. Siedler is more interested in businessman Giesecke's daughter Ottilie, but one of Siedler's clients has a legal fight with Giesecke. On top of all this, a telegram arrives announcing the arrival of Fürst, which is a nobility title in Germany, and the entire village prepares to give him a proper reception.no opera singers
- StarsErin AveryRyan CampbellJason CarpenterHenry Decker discovers that his entire life is a musical and he's the only one who knows it. When he accidentally causes the death of the lead, he must stop the evil Lord Volcano from turning the town into his foot fetish palace.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsPeter AutyMary PlazasPart of a series of opera shorts by different directors. Herzog combines O Soave Fanciulla ("Oh you vision of beauty" from Puccini's La Boheme) with images of harsh life in Africa.no: single song
- DirectorLionel BarrymoreHal RoachStarsLawrence TibbettCatherine Dale OwenNance O'NeilIn tsarist Russia, a princess falls for a dashing bandit leader, but their romance proves a stormy one.no: musical
- StarsJencarlos CanelaMónica SpearRoberto VanderA young woman married to a wealthy old man falls in love with his young son.
- DirectorGeorg JacobyStarsMártha EggerthHans SöhnkerPaul KempSylva Varescu is an operetta singer performing Kálmán's Die Czardasfürstin through Europe with great success. Before going to Vienna she meets handsome Prinz Weylerstein and they fall in love. Offered a contract for America, she doubts until she finds out that he is already engaged to a countess.
- DirectorWerner JacobsStarsPeter AlexanderWaltraut HaasKarin DorIn the white Rössl.
- DirectorFarid ShamsStarsJim MurphyBatia ParnassJulian Hernandezno. 2 cast last name Libretto.
- DirectorMatthew DiamondStarsBruce AdlerLori AlexanderJeb BrownBobby Child, scion of a New York banking family (and also a talented song-and-dance man), is sent by his mother to foreclose the Gaiety Theatre in Deadrock, Nevada. Once there, however, he falls in love with the daughter of the theatre's owner, and becomes involved in a scheme to save the day by putting on a magnificent show.no. Gershwin musical
- DirectorRichard OswaldStarsDorothea WieckHubert MarischkaCharlotte AnderWhen Gräfin Mariza visits her country estate it is certainly an event. She gives a party to celebrate her engagement to a certain Koloman Zsupan, who unexpectedly shows up. Her authoritarian ways collide with Török, her manager. Based on Emerich Kálmán operetta.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsMaurice ChevalierJeanette MacDonaldEdward Everett HortonWhen a small kingdom's main taxpayer leaves for Paris, its king dispatches a dashing count to win back her allegiance.
- DirectorRoss MacGibbonStarsMariinsky BalletValery GergievMariinsky Theatre OrchestraA spectacular special event edition of Swan Lake in 3-D starring Ekaterina Kondaurova and Natalia Vodianova, model, actress, and storyteller, was recorded and broadcast live from the historic Mariinsky Theatre St. Petersburg, Russia, the city where the world's most loved ballet was created. This was a 3-D live screening celebrating two hundred seventy-five years since Russian ballet started in the exquisite splendor of the Winter Palace. There will be opportunity to see the original unique version in a restored new cut for world audiences in 2016/2017. Ekaterina Kondaurova, star of Mariinsky Ballet, is Odette-Odile, a beautiful Swan Maiden who falls in love with Prince Siegfried (Timur Askerov). Odette is controlled by the wicked magician Von Rothbart and Prince Siegfried is fascinated by her charm. Romantic drama. In stunning 3-D by the makers of Avatar (2009), accompanied by Tchaikovsky's glorious score conducted by one of the world's greatest, Valery Gergiev. Also in high definition.
- DirectorSuzie TempletonAn animated retelling set to Prokofiev's suite.
- DirectorDominique MonferyStarsLouise ChekaKevin SommierAriane AggiageWhen his Granny comes down with a mysterious ailment, Franklin and his friends must search for the treasure of Turtle Lake. This is said to be a talisman that can cure the illness.
- DirectorPat GavinJeremy NewsonStarsUte LemperDavid ThomasJulian GloverA loose and fantastical story dealing with the relationship between Mozart and his father, and at one point, also pokes fun at the charges of plagiarism leveled against him by some of his critics.
- DirectorChristopher SwannStarsKaren BeardsleyBernard BennetPerry DaveyAn operatic adaptation of the 1963 Caldecott-winning classic book.
- DirectorJared HessStarsJack BlackAna de la RegueraHéctor JiménezBerated all his life by those around him, a monk follows his dream and dons a mask to moonlight as a Luchador (Mexican wrestler).
- DirectorJames W. HorneCharley RogersHal RoachStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyThelma ToddA band of Gypsies is camped outside the walls of Count Arnheim's palace. Oliver's wife kidnaps the Count's daughter Arline, then leaves the child and runs off with her lover, Devilshoof. Not knowing her true identity, Oliver, with "Uncle" Stanley's help, raises the girl as his own. Years later, Arline, still unaware of her noble birth, is caught trespassing on the Count's grounds and thrown into the dungeon. Meanwhile, Stanley and Oliver pass the time playing "fingers" and bumblingly ply their trade picking pockets. Finally, just when Oliver needs his help to rescue Arline, Stanley gets drunk while siphoning wine into bottles.
- DirectorWilford LeachJoshua WhiteStarsKevin KlineG. Eugene MooseRex SmithA young man named Frederick leaves the zany band of pirates he was raised by to find true love and respectability, but when the Pirate King turns up to call on an old debt, Frederick must choose between the girl he loves and his sense of duty.
- DirectorBrett SullivanSimon PhillipsStarsBen LewisAnna O'ByrneMaría Mercedes10 years has passed since a fire broke out in Paris, leaving only a mask behind - As the love story continues in Coney Island, NY, The Phantom's undying love has grown for the soprano singer, Christine Daae. Christine, her 10-year-old son Gustave, and her husband Raoul, the Vicomte de Changy, travel to Coney Island where Christine is scheduled to sing for Hammerstein, but ends up singing for the mysterious Mister Y. They don't know what lies ahead. Christine and Erik confess about their past, Christine and Raoul reunite with old friends, and Christine sings for her mysterious masked man once more.
- DirectorDave HeatherStarsEric ShillingAnne CollinsFrancis EgertonMarco 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 bridegrooms is really the King of Barataria, but nobody knows which. Gianetta and Tessa are delighted with the idea of one of them being Queen, but upset when they are told that women are not allowed to accompany their husbands to Barataria and that they will have to stay behind in Venice.
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsRobert TaylorEleanor PowellGeorge MurphySteve Raleigh wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee, however his wife Caroline Whipple forces Steve to use a known star, not a newcomer. Sally purchases a horse she used to train when her parents had a farm before the depression and with two ex-vaudevillians, Sonny Ledford and Peter Trott she trains it to win a race, providing the money Steve needs for his show.
- DirectorRob MarshallStarsRenée ZellwegerCatherine Zeta-JonesRichard GereTwo death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer's attention.
- DirectorWolfgang StaudteStarsCurd JürgensHildegard KnefGert FröbeThe Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds out, he instructs the police chief Brown to arrest and hang Macheath. If not, all the beggars of Soho will disturb the upcoming coronation.
- DirectorMiguel M. DelgadoStarsCantinflasÁngel GarasaRosa María VázquezA new priest comes to a little town causing discomfort to parishioners.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsDick PowellJoan BlondellAdolphe MenjouDick 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.
- StarsAlba RoversiCarlos OlivierElluz PerazaHispanic TV
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsMoe HowardLarry FineShemp HowardSet in Arthurian times, the Stooges decide to help their friend Cedric the Blacksmith win the hand of the fair princess Elaine. At night the group sneaks into the castle to serenade Elaine, but pick the wrong window and are caught by the King. Tossed in the dungeon, the boys escape with Cedric's help and manage to foil the plans of the Black Prince who was plotting against the King. All turns out well when the grateful King allows Cedric to marry Elaine.
- DirectorHal RoachCharley RogersStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyDennis KingTwo wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman who secretly masquerades as notorious outlaw Fra Diavolo.
- DirectorWilli ForstStarsWilly FritschMaria HolstHans MoserCount Wolkersheim attends the 1815 Vienna Congress to negotiate,to the Countess joy. Political concerns and music mix in a waltzing city, their apparently opposite attitudes testing their love. Will she behave or will he learn to waltz?
- StarsNatalia MakarovaAnthony DowellMichael ColemanThe Royal Ballet's 1980 production of Tchaikovsky's classic ballet.