Top opera films- Page 2
Top opera films
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#25re: Top opera films
Posted: 8/19/10 at 4:54pm
Anyone seen the La Traviata film with Anna Moffo? It's not as opulent as the Zeffirelli film, but Moffo is said to be excellent in it.
Anna Moffo in La Traviata
"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter
#26re: Top opera films
Posted: 8/19/10 at 6:02pmCan I add La Belle et la Bête with Philip Glass score?
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#27re: Top opera films
Posted: 8/19/10 at 6:16pmI can also recommend Julie Taymor's film of Stravinsky's OEDIPUS REX. Basically a film of her stage production, with Jessye Norman as Jocasta and Philip Langridge as Oedipus, and I think Bryn Terfel as Creon. A remarkable production, ably captured on film. It is on DVD.
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#28re: Top opera films
Posted: 8/19/10 at 6:54pm
I saw this once many many years ago on the fabled Z Channel in Los Angeles. It's a film of Aida with the prettiest people they could find acting the parts on film, and the voices recorded (and dubbed) by the finest singers of the day.
Sophia Loren was Aida, and was sung by Renata Tebaldi. Lois Maxwell (Miss Moneypenny in all the early Bond films) was Amneris, and was sung by Ebe Stignani. And so on.
I don't know if it's available in any sort of commercial form, but if you can find it, it's quite a treasure.
Aida
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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#29re: Top opera films
Posted: 8/20/10 at 10:37am
Anyone remember this? 23 years later and I'm still not sure how I felt about it....
Aria- 1987
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#30re: Top opera films
Posted: 8/20/10 at 5:18pm
(segment features nudity/blood) Wagner - Liebestod - Aria (1987)
"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter
#31re: Top opera films
Posted: 8/21/10 at 12:36am
"La Cenerentola"--which, yes, you can watch on YT--with a lovely, younger Frederica von Stade playing the Cinderella role. It was filmed in and around La Scala as well, so the backdrop is gorgeous too.
La Cenerentola
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#32re: Top opera films
Posted: 8/21/10 at 9:26pmYeah I watched the Liebestod and Nessun Dorma clips the other night- still very powerful.
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