Brian Large Movies
- 2007
Norma
Norma92007HD
This new production of Bellinis Norma by Jürgen Rose (sets, costumes, stage direction, and lighting) to honor Edita Gruberovas first staged...
- 1986
Die Fledermaus
Die Fledermaus7.51986HD
Performances from Pamela Coburn, Brigitte Fassbaender, Janet Perry, Eberhard Wachter, the Choir und Ballet der Bayerischen Staatsoper, and the...
- 1994
Il Tabarro & Pagliacci
Il Tabarro & Pagliacci71994HD
Puccini's Il Tabarro & Leoncavallo's Pagliacci; Pavarotti and Domingo star in MET 1994-1995 season opener.
- 2007
The First Emperor
The First Emperor02007HD
The incomparable Plácido Domingo began a new chapter in his legendary Met career when he created the role of Emperor Qin in the world premiere...
- 2000
Mozart: Così Fan Tutte (Zurich Opera House)
Mozart: Così Fan Tutte (Zurich Opera House)02000HD
A production of Mozart's opera recorded live at Zurich Opera House in 2000. Cecilia Bartoli leads an all-star cast including Roberto Saccà,...
- 2005
La traviata
La traviata7.92005HD
Violetta, a courtesan much wooed by Parisian society, organizes a grand party that is attended, amongst others, by the young Alfredo Germont. He...
- 1988
La Boheme
La Boheme81988HD
Giacomo Puccini's bittersweet opera of high-spirited bohemians and the doomed love between Rodolfo, the idealistic poet and Mimi, the consumptive...
- 1986
Horowitz in Moscow
Horowitz in Moscow5.21986HD
A recording of Horowitz's historic 1986 recital in Moscow, the program also includes highlights of his return to his native Soviet Union--his first...
- 2001
Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg
Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg102001HD
James Morris leads an all-star cast including Karita Mattila, Ben Heppner, Thomas Allen and René Pape, in this production of Wagner's comic...
- 1986
Lohengrin
Lohengrin01986HD
Wagner’s Romantic opera demands singing actors who can truly inhabit their parts, and that’s just what we have here. Is it possible for a...
- 2013
Capriccio
Capriccio02013HD
Richard Strauss' last stage work is an opera about opera as an art form, depicting the creation of a music drama in a wise and witty way. Which came...
- 2008
1984
198462008HD
Inspired by one of the twentieth century's greatest novels, composer Lorin Maazel evokes Orwell's totalitarian nightmare, where "Big Brother" is...
- 2006
The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro6.32006HD
This release contains the celebrated 2006 production of Mozart's Nozze di Figaro that was directed for the stage by Claus Guth at that year's...
- 1987
Horowitz in Vienna
Horowitz in Vienna01987HD
Vladimir Horowitz's piano recital in 1987 at the Musikvereinssaal in Vienna.
- 2004
Der Rosenkavalier
Der Rosenkavalier02004HD
This 2004 production of Richard Strauss's three-act comic opera Der Rosenkavalier (1911) emerged from the efforts of the Grosses Festspielhaus...
- 1996
Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary01996HD
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...
- 2014
Arabella
Arabella02014HD
2014 marks a year of celebration recognizing the 150th birthday year of the German late-Romantic orchestral, operatic and lied master composer,...
- 1992
The Ghosts of Versailles
The Ghosts of Versailles01992HD
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...
- 1984
I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata
I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata5.81984HD
Set during the Crusades, the story of Lombardi opens with the rivalry of two brothers -- Arvino and Pagano -- who vie with one another for the love...
- 1990
Spirituals in Concert
Spirituals in Concert01990HD
"Spirituals in Concert" featuring Jessye Norman and Kathleen Battle.