James Courtney Movies
- 1997
Billy Budd
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John Dexter’s brilliant production of Britten’s searing opera stars Dwayne Croft in the title role of the handsome young sailor whose...
- 1943
Around the World
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Bandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl singers on a tour around the world to entertain the troops...
- 2015
Verdi: Macbeth
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Star soprano Anna Netrebko created a sensation in her first Met performances as the malevolent Lady Macbeth, the central character in Verdi’s...
- 2008
The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth
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Verdi’s admiration for Shakespeare led to such masterpieces as Othello and Falstaff, and if the earlier Macbeth isn’t on their exalted...
- 2009
The Met — Tosca
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Puccini’s musical thriller of lust, murder, and politics is one of the most dramatically riveting operas in the repertoire. Luc Bondy’s...
- 1996
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...
- 1992
The Ghosts of Versailles
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What happened to Figaro and his friends after the events told in Rossini’s and Mozart’s operas? One possible sequel is told in John...
- 1955
Air Strike
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Tasked with training a group of untested new recruits, a no-nonsense Navy commander faces a host of challenges as he attempts to transform the...
- 2008
Strauss: Salome
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It is no wonder that Met audiences have gone wild over Karita Mattila’s sizzling Salome. Indisputably one of the greatest Salomes of our time,...
- 1985
Tosca
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Live Metropolitan Opera performance March, 1985.
- 1988
Ariadne auf Naxos
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Jessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera, opposite the passionate Bacchus of the great James...
- 1993
Falstaff
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It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian Verdi that there remained within him one last great...
- 1984
Simon Boccanegra
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Live from the Metropolitan Opera: Simon Boccanegra
- 2008
Manon Lescaut – The Met
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One of today’s most compelling singing actresses, Karita Mattila takes on the irresistible role of Manon Lescaut, the headstrong young woman...
- 2010
The Met — Der Rosenkavalier
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This production of Strauss’s most sumptuous work by director Nathaniel Merrill and designer Robert O’Hearn is almost as beloved as the...
- 1999
Tristan und Isolde
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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...
- 2008
The Met - Tristan und Isolde
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James Levine’s love for this monumental opera shimmers throughout this exciting performance. It was an afternoon to remember: Met favorite...
- 1982
Idomeneo
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Opera royalty Luciano Pavarotti brings dignity and power to the title role in this 1982 production. During a squall at sea, Idomeneo -- the king of...
- 1992
La Fanciulla del West
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Giancarlo Del Monaco’s atmospheric production brings to colorful life a 19th-century mining camp during the California Gold Rush. At the center...