キーワード Opera

19世紀のフランス、ブルターニュ地方。身寄りの無い子どもたちを育てる養護施設で暮らす11歳の少女フェリシーは、オペラ座のバレリーナになることを夢見ていた。そんなある日、彼女は発明家を夢見る親友ヴィクターとともに施設を抜け出し、夢を叶えるため花の都パリへと向かう。オペラ座で掃除係として働くオデットと出会い、彼女の助手として働きだしたフェリシーは、あることからバレエ学校に潜り込むことに成功する。

天才音楽家モーツァルトの早過ぎた死は、何者かによる暗殺だったのか。“音楽史上最大のミステリー”に迫ったP・シェーファーの戯曲を、「カッコーの巣の上で」の名匠M・フォアマン監督が豪華絢爛に映画化。第57回アカデミー賞で作品賞など計8部門を受賞。 1823年11月のある晩、ウィーンの街でひとりの老人が発狂して自殺を図り、病院へ運ばれた。この老人は、かつてウィーンで最も尊敬された宮廷音楽家、アントニオ・サリエリ。数週間後、サリエリの告白を聞くために若年の神父・フォーグラーが病室を訪れた。サリエリは自分がかつて若き音楽家“アマデウス”モーツァルトを殺したと告白する…。18世紀のオーストリア。イタリアに生まれたサリエリは、作曲家として優れた才能を持っていた。やがて音楽の都ウィーンへ赴き、皇帝ヨーゼフ2世付きの宮廷音楽家になった。そんな順調なサリエリの人生も、音楽の神童と噂されるヴォルフガング・アマデウス・モーツァルトに出会ったことで狂わされていく…。

「サスペリア」などで知られるイタリアンホラーの巨匠ダリオ・アルジェントが1988年に監督・脚本を手がけ、オペラ座の新人舞台女優をめぐって巻き起こる惨劇を描いたサイコホラー。 前衛演出家マークは、不幸を招くと噂される舞台劇「マクベス」の演出を担当することに。稽古中に主演女優が事故に遭って重傷を負い、新人女優ベティを代役に抜てきして公演は無事成功したものの、ベティは何者かにつきまとわれるようになってしまう。やがて犯人に襲われ拘束された彼女は、まぶたを閉じられないように目の下に針を貼りつけられ、目の前で恋人が容赦なく痛めつけられる姿を見せられる。

ニューヨークのダウンタウンに住むロレッタを中心に、人の心を狂わす満月の夜に起こるイタリア人一家のさまざまな出来事をユーモアを交えて描くドラマ。この作品でシェールはオスカーに輝いた。

将来有望な若きファンドマネージャーが、満たされない仕事と長年の恋人との関係に別れを告げ、スコットランド高地でオペラ歌手になるという生涯の夢を追い求める物語。

Count de Chagnie has discovered Christine's singing talent on a market place and sent her to his friend Carriere, the director of the Parisian opera. However just when she arrives Carriere's dismissed. His arrogant successor refuses to let a woman of low birth sing in his opera, but graciously employs Christine as gadrobiere for his wife Charlotta, who's installed as first singer. He also fights the phantom, an unknown guy who lives since many years in the catacombs below the opera and was granted privileges by Carriere. However the phantom knows how to defend himself and at the same time helps Christine to her career. The Phantom of the Opera is a 1990 NBC two-part drama television miniseries. It is adapted from Arthur Kopit's book for his then-unproduced stage musical Phantom, which is based loosely on Gaston Leroux's novel.

An exploration of opera in unconventional ways attempting to attract not just existing opera fans, but also those less familiar with the art form. The host guides the viewer to the places of origin of each opera, and explores the culture, history—and modern and current trends and how they apply to opera.

The Metropolitan Opera's series of live performance transmissions to movie theaters around the world.

More than 20 years since OG reality icons Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie first took the world by storm, the life-long friends reunite in a new special. Follow the dynamic duo as they try to produce a once-in-a-lifetime operatic performance based on their self-coined phrase, "Sanasa."

Looks at Mozart's extraordinary short life and revolutionary music through a distinctive mix of costume drama and documentary.

Sarah is a young autistic woman with an extraordinary ability for lyrical singing. She begins taking lessons with renowned soprano Leonor Delise, but there is tension in the relationship. Sarah will learn to turn her silences into emotions; Leonor will have to restore her faith in humanity and reconcile with her daughter. Music will be the bond that transforms their lives.

A behind-the-scenes look at the Royal Opera House.

For centuries in western culture, opera has been the greatest show on earth. Historian Lucy Worsley explores how history and opera go hand in hand. She visits the great European cities where some of the most famous operas were written, tells the stories of the colourful characters who composed them, and shows how they reflected the turbulent times they were composed in and the lives, hopes and fears of the people who lived in them. Whilst Lucy visits the cities and European opera houses, Antonio Pappano, music director of London's Royal Opera, helps us understand some of those operas' greatest musical moments.

Spanish maestro Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (1933-2014) concluded his acclaimed international conducting career spanning nearly six decades with two memorable years as the revered Principal Conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Recorded live at Copenhagen's new DR Koncerthuset, Koncertsalen from 2012 to 2014, this exclusive recording combines Fruhbeck de Burgos's powerful interpretation of Ludwig van Beethoven's complete symphonies with his spectacular renditions of Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique and Richard Strauss's Eine Alpensinfonie, as well as Joaquin Rodrigos's popular Concerto de Aranjuez, with world-renowned Spanish guitarist Pepe Romero.

Three zany puppets bring to life our greatest opera treasures, as Joan Sutherland, the world’s most famous soprano, performs their highlights. The puppets make up the audience: Sir William, a wise old goat; Little Billy, his nephew; and Rudi, a rather boisterous lion. Sutherland first introduces them to the story of each opera. Then, backed by the London Symphony Orchestra and a first-rate cast, she moves onto the opera stage, complete with elaborate sets and elegant costumes. After each exquisite aria, the diva comes back to her inquisitive friends and unfolds the plot.

Newly appointed inspector Shi Jiangchengzhou and head constable Meng Jiu'an are drawn into a series of perplexing cases, with the city’s information hub, Baihua Fang, and its enigmatic owner Baihua Wuming, playing a central role. As threats loom over the city, their investigation becomes increasingly unpredictable and dangerous.

Opera singer Carina Henriksson, who has lived and worked in several world metropolises, takes the lure of the fine arts and opera to one of Sweden's most sparsely populated areas.