Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD

  • : 2006
  • : 162
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  • PBS
  • Musical

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5x1
Das Rheingold
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09, 2010
Wotan, king of the Norse gods, hired the giants Fafner and Fasolt to build a new palace in the sky for his family and friends. Now the palace is finished, escrow is set to close, but .. show full overview
5x2
Boris Godunov
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23, 2010
Boris might have been a good Tsar, even a great one, except for that little incident in his past... when he murdered the child who was the rightful heir to Russia's throne. Now his .. show full overview
5x3
Don Pasquale
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13, 2010
After disinheriting his nephew Ernesto, Don Pasquale, an elderly bachelor, is intent on marrying in order to produce an heir. Dr. Malatesta, his physician, sympathizes with Ernesto, who .. show full overview
5x5
La Fanciulla del West
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08, 2011
Operatic version of a spaghetti-western, and unusual in Puccini's output - the hero and heroine are both still alive at the end! Set during the California Gold Rush, this tells the .. show full overview
5x6
Nixon in China
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12, 2011
Richard Nixon's historic trip to visit Chairman Mao re-established relations between the USA and China. Both sides wonder if this will prove to be beneficial to either country. Only time and history will be able to answer that.
5x7
Iphigénie en Tauride
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26, 2011
One of Gluck's so-called "reform" operas. For decades leading up to this period, it was the singers (primarily the castrati) who ruled the opera world, and vocal showmanship overruled .. show full overview
5x10
Capriccio
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23, 2011
The age-old question for opera: which is more important, the words or the music? Strauss' last opera doesn't really answer the question, but there's some elegant singing to be heard .. show full overview
5x11
Il Trovatore
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30, 2011
Plot-wise, everything important already happened 30 years ago, but now all those events from the past play out in a brutal aftermath. Azucena, the gypsy mother to Manrico, has been .. show full overview
5x12
Die Walkure
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14, 2011
When we last saw him, Wotan had just moved into Valhalla, having offered the Ring to the giants as payment. Fricka, his wife (goddess of marriage), learns that Wotan's illegitimate .. show full overview

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