MET Orchestra Movies

  • 2014
    The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

    The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

    The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

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    Richard Eyre’s elegant production, which opened the Met’s 2014–15 season, sets the action of Mozart’s timeless social comedy...

    The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro
  • 2010
    Bizet: Carmen

    Bizet: Carmen

    Bizet: Carmen

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    Richard Eyre’s stunning new production of Bizet’s opera was the talk of the town when it was unveiled on New Year’s Eve 2009....

    Bizet: Carmen
  • 1982
    Puccini: La bohème

    Puccini: La bohème

    Puccini: La bohème

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    "La Bohème" is one of Giacomo Puccini's most popular and timeless works and the second-most performed opera at New York's Metropolitan Opera....

    Puccini: La bohème
  • 1999
    The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera]

    The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera]

    The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera]

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    Elijah Moshinsky’s atmospheric production, designed by Mark Thompson, sets the stage for this gripping performance of Tchaikovsky’s...

    The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera]
  • 1985
    Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met

    Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met

    Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met

    01985HD

    From the "James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years at the Met" DVD box set. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s landmark production of Mozart’s most human...

    Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met
  • 2017
    Verdi: Nabucco

    Verdi: Nabucco

    Verdi: Nabucco

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    The legendary Plácido Domingo brings another new baritone role to the Met under the baton of his longtime collaborator James Levine. Liudmyla...

    Verdi: Nabucco
  • 2011
    Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]

    Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]

    Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]

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    When this sumptuous production by Giancarlo del Monaco opened in 1995, legendary tenor Plácido Domingo gave a riveting performance as the...

    Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]
  • 1994
    Il Tabarro & Pagliacci

    Il Tabarro & Pagliacci

    Il Tabarro & Pagliacci

    6.41994HD

    Puccini's Il Tabarro & Leoncavallo's Pagliacci; Pavarotti and Domingo star in MET 1994-1995 season opener.

    Il Tabarro & Pagliacci
  • 1991
    Un Ballo in Maschera

    Un Ballo in Maschera

    Un Ballo in Maschera

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    Verdi's opera performed by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by James Levine.

    Un Ballo in Maschera
  • 2001
    Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg

    Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg

    Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg

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    James Morris leads an all-star cast including Karita Mattila, Ben Heppner, Thomas Allen and René Pape, in this production of Wagner's comic...

    Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg
  • 1984
    Francesca da Rimini

    Francesca da Rimini

    Francesca da Rimini

    101984HD

    Live performance at the Metropolitan Opera, 1984. James Levine conducting Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Stage direction by Piero Faggioni.

    Francesca da Rimini
  • 2012
    The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche

    The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche

    The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche

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    A contemporary take on the 17th-century genre of the pastiche, this delightful Baroque fantasy brings together some of the greatest arias and...

    The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche
  • 1996
    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary

    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary

    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary

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    This tribute to James Levine, first shown on PBS, was only part of that glorious evening. Here we have the whole performance, up to three hours. I...

    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
  • 1980
    Strauss: Elektra

    Strauss: Elektra

    Strauss: Elektra

    01980HD

    It's hard to imagine confirmed Straussians not wanting this starry Metropolitan Opera performance of Elektra. Strauss and his librettist, Hugo von...

    Strauss: Elektra
  • 1982
    Der Rosenkavalier

    Der Rosenkavalier

    Der Rosenkavalier

    01982HD

    In this stunning performance from 1982, Strauss’s enchanting fairy tale for adults is blessed with a cast, conductor, and production that have...

    Der Rosenkavalier
  • 2010
    In Concert at The Met

    In Concert at The Met

    In Concert at The Met

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    In Concert at the Met (DVD) - Highlights Five of the Met's greatest stars - Price, Horne, Troyanos, Domingo, and Milnes - joined James Levine for a...

    In Concert at The Met
  • 1981
    Verdi: Rigoletto

    Verdi: Rigoletto

    Verdi: Rigoletto

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    The opera's dramatic structure frames and enhances the characters. Scenes of magnificence regularly alternate with scenes of darkness and squalor....

    Verdi: Rigoletto
  • 1994
    Arabella

    Arabella

    Arabella

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    Arabella, Op. 79, is a lyric comedy or opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, their sixth and last...

    Arabella
  • 1999
    Tristan und Isolde

    Tristan und Isolde

    Tristan und Isolde

    8.71999HD

    Inspired by Wagner’s own tortured affair with the wife of his patron, this searing masterwork is based on Arthurian legend and tells of an...

    Tristan und Isolde
  • 2003
    Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio

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    Two years prior to the opening scene, the nobleman Florestan has exposed or attempted to expose certain crimes of the nobleman Pizarro. In revenge,...

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio