2020 OPERAS
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- DirectorLeslie MegaheyStarsRobert LloydElizabeth LaurenceJohn WoodvineJudith arrives at Bluebeard's dark castle hoping her love can convince him to reveal the secrets behind the locked interior doors.
- DirectorPeter SellarsStarsFrode OlsenDavid DanielsRichard Croft
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsRenée FlemingSophie KochDiana Damrau
- DirectorPeter SellarsStarsDominique BlancPavel CernochKhon ChansithykaIolanta is one act lyric opera by Tchaikovsky, sung in Russian. Princess Iolanta is born blind; her father, King René, forbids anyone to talk of beauty, light or the natural world hoping that she will not recognize her affliction. For Tchaikovsky, a fairytale was not an escape from reality but an opportunity to speak of forbidden reality. His imaginary kingdom is a place of secret remorse and private hurt, redeemed by an African Sufi healer and torrential, relentless, unlikely love. The intimate final opera is a spiritually charged Mozartian journey through darkness into light. Perséphone is a three act melodrama by Stravinsky, sung in French. In André Gide's Homeric poem, Perséphone goes into the underworld of her own free will, moved by compassion for those who must live there, poignantly evoking Christian sacrifice, and poetically suggesting a dawning awareness of the Stalin Terror of mass collectivization. A ritual drawn from the earliest agricultural myths of Western civilization, for Stravinsky it became a second "Rite of the Spring", a dance of renewal to music of unexpected tenderness and grace. This regeneration is felt in the delicate choreography of Cambodian dancers from Amrita Performing Arts.
- 2006– Not Rated8.0 (33)TV Episode
- 2006– Not Rated7.6 (31)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsDavid RobertsonJoyce DiDonatoBen BlissTwo men enter a bet with intriguer Alfonso that their women will stay true, but disguise themselves, switch partners, and regretfully seduce their targets.
- 2006– Not Rated8.2 (29)TV EpisodeDirectorMatthew DiamondStarsBertrand de BillyAnthony Roth CostanzoPlácido DomingoA young woman and her beloved have other marital obligations arranged by their fathers.
- 2006– Not Rated8.1 (23)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsMarco ArmiliatoSusanna PhillipsScott ScullyLa Fanciulla del West is a sweeping romance set during the California Gold Rush. Minnie, who runs a saloon for a camp of rambunctious miners. Dick Johnson, the mysterious outlaw who wins Minnie's heart despite his unsavory past.
- 2006– 2h 30mNot Rated7.6 (31)TV EpisodeDirectorHabib AzarStarsRobert SpanoAnthony Roth CostanzoMarie Te HapukuSerial office-safe thief is finally caught by her latest boss, who then blackmails her into marriage. The psychological underpinnings for her thievery and her rejection of men are revealed.
- 2006– 2h 36mNot Rated8.0 (30)TV Episode
- 2006– Not Rated8.0 (30)TV Episode
- DirectorGary HalvorsonStarsCarlo RizziSusanna PhillipsMatthew RoseTwo Druid priestesses fall for a fickle Roman proconsul, with tragic results.
- 2006– Not Rated8.4 (50)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsPatrick SummersBeverly SillsRenée FlemingEngland, 1640s. Civil war and politics interfere with Elvira's plans to marry Arturo, because he is helping Queen Elizabeth escape from the rebels. Elvira doesn't understand any of this, so she goes stark raving mad and sings a cadenza while lying flat on her back, her head hanging upside-down over the edge of the stage. Fearing that she might die of grief or fall over into the orchestra pit, Uncle Giorgio and Riccardo sing the complete version of "Suoni la tromba," including the repeats, and no cuts. Not to be upstaged by any of this, Arturo finally returns from his mission and explains everything by singing a high F above C, the highest note ever composed for tenor voice. There is much rejoicing. It's non-stop, nail-biting action, and Beverly Sills is on hand to provide commentary on the drama.
- DirectorHumphrey BurtonStarsLeonard BernsteinJerry HadleyJune AndersonAll's for the best in the best of all possible worlds. Isn't it?
- DirectorTiziano ManciniStarsMariana PentchevaGiorgia BertagniFabio Sartori(Verdi's first opera.) In 1228, defeated and in exile, Oberto returns to duel with Riccardo, who seduced and shamed Oberto's daughter Leonora, then proposed to Cuniza, the daughter of Oberto's rival.
- DirectorAndy SommerStarsLisette OropesaYosep KangErmonela Jaho