Rodney Gilfry Movies

  • 2022
    The Metropolitan Opera: Hamlet

    The Metropolitan Opera: Hamlet

    The Metropolitan Opera: Hamlet

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    When Australian composer Brett Dean’s Hamlet had its world premiere at the Glyndebourne Festival in 2017, The Guardian declared, “New opera doesn’t of...

    The Metropolitan Opera: Hamlet
  • 2005
    The Merry Widow

    The Merry Widow

    The Merry Widow

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    Zurich Opera House production of Franz Léhar's operetta, with Dagmar Schellenberger, Rodney Gilfry, and Ute Gfrerer in lead roles. Baron Zeta is desp...

    The Merry Widow
  • 2009
    Saint François d'Assise

    Saint François d'Assise

    Saint François d'Assise

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    Messiaen's breathtakingly intense opera on the life of St Francis of Assisi stars Rod Gilfry as the charismatic visionary, beguiled by the glory of cr...

    Saint François d'Assise
  • 1992
    Così fan tutte

    Così fan tutte

    Così fan tutte

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    Mozart and Da Ponte use the theme of "fiancée swapping", which dates back to the 13th century; notable earlier versions are found in Boccaccio's Decam...

    Così fan tutte
  • 1993
    The Marriage of Figaro

    The Marriage of Figaro

    The Marriage of Figaro

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    This is a good video of "Figaro", but there are a couple of better ones available. The Bohm and the Pappano are better still due to the female members...

    The Marriage of Figaro
  • 2001
    Mozart: Don Giovanni (Zurich Opera House)

    Mozart: Don Giovanni (Zurich Opera House)

    Mozart: Don Giovanni (Zurich Opera House)

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    Live 2001 production from the Zurich Opera House of the classic Mozart/Da Ponte opera, with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting and directed for televisio...

    Mozart: Don Giovanni (Zurich Opera House)
  • 2007
    Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac

    Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac

    Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac

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    While best known today for having composed the ending to Puccini's unfinished Turandot, Franco Alfano wrote some dozen operas, including Cyrano de Ber...

    Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac
  • 2001
    Iphigénie en Tauride

    Iphigénie en Tauride

    Iphigénie en Tauride

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    The eighteenth century German composer Christoph Willibald Gluck strove for the ideal of pairing poetry - in its purest form - with operatic score, an...

    Iphigénie en Tauride
  • 2004
    Pelléas et Mélisande

    Pelléas et Mélisande

    Pelléas et Mélisande

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    Claude Debussy's fairy tale-based opera Pelléas et Mélisande is by now well known; at once a tale of doomed love and a meditation on the cycle of crea...

    Pelléas et Mélisande
  • 2017
    The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel

    The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel

    The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel

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    After the acclaimed Met premiere of Thomas Adès's "The Tempest" in 2012, the composer returned with another masterpiece, this time inspired by filmmak...

    The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
  • 2010
    Maw: Sophie's Choice

    Maw: Sophie's Choice

    Maw: Sophie's Choice

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    In 2002, Nicholas Maw's opera Sophie's Choice, based on the novel by William Styron, was given its premiere at the Royal Opera House. The subject had...

    Maw: Sophie's Choice
  • 2018
    Glyndebourne: Hamlet

    Glyndebourne: Hamlet

    Glyndebourne: Hamlet

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    Brett Dean's multi-award-winning opera received its world premiere at Glyndebourne Festival 2017. The world premiere recording of Brett Deans new oper...

    Glyndebourne: Hamlet
  • 1998
    A Streetcar Named Desire - The San Francisco Opera World Premiere

    A Streetcar Named Desire - The San Francisco Opera World Premiere

    A Streetcar Named Desire - The San Francisco Opera World Premiere

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    Recorded live with the San Francisco Opera, the world premiere production of Andre Previn's A Streetcar Named Desire. For his first-ever opera, Previn...

    A Streetcar Named Desire - The San Francisco Opera World Premiere