Brian Large Movies
- 1987
Wozzeck
Wozzeck01987HD
1987 recording of Wozzeck by the Vienna State Opera with Claudio Abbado conducting. Based upon Georg Büchner's 1837 play, Alban Berg's Wozzeck...
- 1981
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Les Contes d'Hoffmann6.61981HD
Seeking to exorcise the failure of his current love affair, the poet Hoffmann tells the tales of his three past loves - the doll-like Olympia, the...
- 1983
In Concert at The Met
In Concert at The Met61983HD
In Concert at the Met (DVD) - Highlights Five of the Met's greatest stars - Price, Horne, Troyanos, Domingo, and Milnes - joined James Levine for a...
- 1983
Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut61983HD
The sets and costumes by Ponnelle are truly reflective of the 'grand style'. Plus the fact that the two lead characters are portrayed by top singers...
- 2009
Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic: The Inaugural Concert
Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic: The Inaugural Concert02009HD
A world-class pairing, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and their charismatic new Music Director Gustavo Dudamel, mark the start of their partnership...
- 2002
Il Trovatore
Il Trovatore82002HD
José Cura, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Verónica Villarroel and Yvonne Naef lead the star cast of Verdi's blazingly passionate opera IL...
- 2014
Arabella
Arabella02014HD
2014 marks a year of celebration recognizing the 150th birthday year of the German late-Romantic orchestral, operatic and lied master composer,...
- 1994
Arabella
Arabella01994HD
Arabella, Op. 79, is a lyric comedy or opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, their sixth and last...
- 1993
Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Richard Wagner: Parsifal101993HD
The Met production easily has the most beautiful staging, designed by Otto Schenck, who also produced the fabulous set for the Met's previous Ring...
- 1992
Carlos Kleiber New Year’s Concert 1992
Carlos Kleiber New Year’s Concert 199201992HD
Johann Strauss Jr.: Waltzes and Polkas. "The Thunder and Lightning" Polka, with its flashing cymbals and booming bass drum, has always been a...
- 1994
Il Tabarro & Pagliacci
Il Tabarro & Pagliacci71994HD
Puccini's Il Tabarro & Leoncavallo's Pagliacci; Pavarotti and Domingo star in MET 1994-1995 season opener.
- 1982
La Bohème
La Bohème01982HD
1982 revival of 1974 John Copley production.
- 1999
Tristan und Isolde
Tristan und Isolde101999HD
Inspired by Wagner’s own tortured affair with the wife of his patron, this searing masterwork is based on Arthurian legend and tells of an...
- 1982
Falstaff
Falstaff01982HD
This first-rate 1982 production of Verdi’s Falstaff marked the great 20th century Italian maestro Carlo Maria Giulini's return to opera...
- 2012
Salzburg Festival 2012 Wiener Philharmoniker
Salzburg Festival 2012 Wiener Philharmoniker92012HD
- 1992
La Fanciulla del West
La Fanciulla del West101992HD
Giancarlo Del Monaco’s atmospheric production brings to colorful life a 19th-century mining camp during the California Gold Rush. At the center...
- 1979
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny01979HD
John Dexter’s brilliant production, James Levine’s masterful conducting of the eclectic score, and a sensational cast come together to...
- 1988
Ariadne auf Naxos
Ariadne auf Naxos01988HD
Jessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera, opposite the passionate Bacchus of the great James...
- 1996
Così fan tutte
Così fan tutte01996HD
Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 27 February, 1996.
- 1984
Francesca da Rimini
Francesca da Rimini01984HD
Live performance at the Metropolitan Opera, 1984. James Levine conducting Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Stage direction by Piero Faggioni.