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- DirectorClemente FracassiStarsAntonella LualdiRaf ValloneMichel AuclairAndrea Chenier, poet and politician, falls in love with an aristocratic girl also lusted after by the servant Gerard. The French Revolution breaks out and Chenier and Gerard are among the leaders, but Chenier is a moderate. It doesn't take long for Gerard to bring him before the Committee of Public Safety and have him condemned.
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsFanny ArdantJeremy IronsJoan PlowrightThe last days of legendary opera singer Maria Callas.
- DirectorTony PalmerStarsJohn ArdoinBikiJacques BourgeoisDocumentary about opera diva Maria Callas.
- DirectorGary HalvorsonBrian LargeStarsJames LevineChristopher SchaldenbrandAgnes BaltsaGypsy Carmen picks soldier Don Jose as her latest conquest, costs him his career, takes up with a toreador while he's in jail, recruits him for the smuggling ring, and foresees her own death.
- 1977–8.4 (46)TV EpisodeDirectorKirk BrowningStarsTatiana TroyanosPlácido DomingoIsola JonesA "Live from the Met" broadcast of the opera, on a double bill with its frequent "partner", Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana".
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsYelena ObraztsovaPlácido DomingoRenato BrusonTurridu is spotted by his lover, Santuzza, returning from the home of his lover, Lola. He is also seen on the road by Lola's husband, Alfio. While he suspects nothing, Santuzza knows exactly what's happened. Ever loyal, though, she decides to confront her husband instead of telling Alfio.
- DirectorGary HalvorsonStarsBryn TerfelRenée FlemingPaul GrovesDon Giovanni is the man every woman wants, and every man wants to be. But when he commits murder in his pursuit of women and pleasure, and later insults the statue of the man he killed, there is Hell to pay.
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsSamuel RameyCarol VanessJerry Hadley
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsPaul PlishkaBruno PolaFrank Lopardo
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsTeresa StratasPlácido DomingoLuciano PavarottiA jealous husband and his wife in a theatrical company.
- DirectorCarlo BattistoniStarsMarcelo ÁlvarezNatale De CarolisMatteo PeironeDuring the 1830s in Paris, a group of starvjng artists share poverty, happiness, love, sickness, death, and grief.
- DirectorKirk BrowningStarsRichard StilwellJosé CarrerasMaralin NiskaStarving artist and consumptive seamstress fall in love, have trouble maintaining the relationship. His painter friend also has romantic troubles with his ambitious grisette.
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsTeresa StratasPlácido DomingoCornell MacNeilVioletta meets Alfredo and quickly falls for him. After the lovers run away together, they live in bliss for a short time. However, Alfredo's father, Giorgio, starts to interfere, concerned that Violetta's bad reputation will affect the marriage prospects of Alfredo's sister. Violetta reluctantly leaves Alfredo, but his love is so strong that it leads him to actions that have tragic consequences.
- DirectorGeorge BlumeStarsAlessandro BattiatoMina BlumCarlo BosiPuccini's Madama Butterfly - the composer's self-proclaimed favourite work and certainly one of the most beloved operas in the repertoire - is brought to life at the worldfamous Arena di Verona. This opulent production, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, is sung by a cast of excellent singer-actors and conducted by long-established Arena di Verona conductor Daniel Oren with all the splendour that a Puccini opera demands.
- StarsMaria CallasRenato CioniTito GobbiFew of Maria Callas's performances were filmed, so these two gala concerts recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 1962 and 1964 are special. On 4 November 1962, it was before an excited audience that she appeared unexpectedly in a live television transmission of a concert with several other performers. She was in excellent vocal condition, which reassured her fans, who had heard rumors that she was vanishing from the stage to be with Aristotle Onassis or because her voice was failing. Callas sings "Tu che le vanita" from Verdi's Don Carlo and the flirtatious gypsy girl's role in the Habanera and the Seguedille from Bizet's Carmen. In 1963 Callas occasionally recorded for EMI in Paris, but her last triumph was her appearance in Puccini's Tosca at Covent Garden in 1964. The director was Franco Zeffirelli and singing in the role of Scarpia was baritone Tito Gobbi.