Fabio Luisi
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Birthday: January 17, 1959
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Wagner's Dream
2012-06-20
Wagner's Dream
Overview: The stakes could not be higher as visionary director Robert Lepage, the world's greatest singers, and the Metropolitan Opera tackle Wagner's Ring cycle. An intimate look at the enormous theatrical and musical challenges of staging opera's most monumental work, the film chronicles the quest to fulfill Wagner's dream of a perfect Ring.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-20
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Rigoletto - Semperoper Dresden
2008-06-21
Rigoletto - Semperoper Dresden
Overview: Both Florez and Diana Damrau brought their bel canto expertise and superb vocalism to the service of Verdi's music. The Rigoletto, Zeljko Lucic, ran the gamut from tenderness with his Gilda to thundering fury with everyone else. I also liked the production. At first, when Rigoletto was putting on his grease paint during the overture, I was afraid that it might be a typical "Euro-trash" production, with a bit of warmed over I Pagliacci. But the sets and dramatic action really served the music and libretto. I would have to say that I came to a deeper understanding and appreciation of the story and characters as a result of seeing this performance.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2008-06-21
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The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
2011-10-29
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
Overview: Imbuing the familiar Don Juan myth with a captivating combination of comedy, seductiveness, danger, and damnation, Mozart created an enduring masterpiece that has been a cornerstone of the repertory since its 1787 premiere. The opera offers a rare opportunity for two baritones to star alongside one another as the title Lothario and his faithful yet conflicted servant, Leporello, as well as three memorable female roles—multifaceted women who both suffer the Don’s abuses and plot their revenge.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-29
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In Search of Beethoven
2009-04-17
In Search of Beethoven
Overview: In Search of Beethoven offers a comprehensive documentary about the life and works of the great composer. Over 65 performances by the world's finest musicians were recorded and 100 interviews conducted in the making of this beautifully crafted film. Eleven interviews are included in the Extras and Six complete movements.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-17
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
2018-12-13
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Overview: The ambiguities of Verdi’s theatre are particularly clear in his baritone roles, among which is that of Boccanegra, corsair turned doge of Genoa and the troubled observer of the conflicts that tore apart 14th century landowners and peasants. An eminently political opera in which power struggles are interwoven with family conflicts, Simon Boccanegra echoes the life of its composer – the man who championed the cause of Italian unification and overcame the loss of his wife and children. Calixto Bieito, that most Shakespearean of opera directors, brings humanism and truth to a work haunted by gleaming images of the sea.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2018-12-13
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The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Manon Lescaut
2016-03-05
The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Overview: Kristine Opolais is the young woman whose conflicting desires for love and luxury lead to her tragic end, and Roberto Alagna plays the man who falls for her in Puccini’s early hit. Richard Eyre’s elegant production, which sets the action in 1940s occupied France, was one of the highlights of the Met’s 2015–16 season. Massimo Cavalletti as Manon’s brother and Brindley Sherratt as her aging admirer co-star, and Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-05
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The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
2016-10-22
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
Overview: Simon Keenlyside smolders dangerously in the title role of Mozart’s version of the legend of Don Juan, creating a vivid portrait of a man who is a law unto himself, and all the more dangerous for his eternally seductive allure. Adam Plachetka is his occasionally unruly servant Leporello. It’s when Giovanni tangles with Donna Anna (Hibla Gerzmava) that things start to unravel, aided by the reappearance of Donna Elvira (Malin Byström), who is determined not to let her seducer go. With Paul Appleby as Don Ottavio, Donna Anna’s eternally steadfast fiancé. Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads the Met Orchestra and Chorus.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-22
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Macbeth
2014-10-11
Macbeth
Overview: Star soprano Anna Netrebko created a sensation with her riveting performance as the malevolent Lady Macbeth, the central character in Verdi’s retelling of Shakespeare’s tragedy. She is joined by Željko Lučić, who brings dramatic intensity and vocal authority to the title role of the honest general driven to murder and deceit by his ambitious wife. The great René Pape is Banquo and Joseph Calleja gives a moving performance as Macduff. Adrian Noble’s powerful production provides an ideal setting for this dark drama, which is masterfully presided over by Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2014-10-11
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The Metropolitan Opera: Siegfried
2011-11-05
The Metropolitan Opera: Siegfried
Overview: Robert Lepage’s remarkable Met Opera production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, the 2013 Grammy Award Winner for Best Opera Recording, is now available as individual DVDs. Siegfried features Bryn Terfel, Jay Hunter Morris, and Deborah Voigt, with Fabio Luisi conducting.
Genres: Fantasy Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2011-11-05
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The Metropolitan Opera: Götterdämmerung
2012-02-11
The Metropolitan Opera: Götterdämmerung
Overview: Ring Cycle, pt 4. Siegfried is drugged and tricked into kidnapping his wife, since she has the Ring now. More double-crossings, Siegfried ends up dead. Brunnhilde has had enough of this, tosses the Ring into the river and torches the place.
Genres: Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-11
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