James Levine Movies
- 1999
Fantasia 2000
Fantasia 200071999HD
Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' and adds seven new shorts.
- 1980
Don Carlo
Don Carlo01980HD
Don Carlo (1980) Metropolitan Opera. Verdi / italian. King Philip's court is plagued by rebels, family squabbles and intrigue. The Spanish...
- 1986
Lohengrin
Lohengrin01986HD
Wagner’s Romantic opera demands singing actors who can truly inhabit their parts, and that’s just what we have here. Is it possible for a...
- 1982
La traviata
La traviata7.11982HD
This “Traviata” became one of the most succesful of all opera films, especially in France, where 800,000 Parisian cinemagoers flocked to...
- 1987
Turandot
Turandot6.21987HD
The Franco Zeffirelli production of Puccini's "Turandot", recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera in April, 1987. Éva Marton stars as...
- 1990
Semiramide
Semiramide01990HD
In ancient Babylon, SEMIRAMIDE (Anderson) encourages her lover Assur (Ramey) to murder her husband, King Ninus. Her son, Ninius, disappears, believed...
- 1978
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci91978HD
Plácido Domingo accomplishes the rare feat of singing both leads on the same night at the Met in 1978 on opera's most popular double-bill.
- 1991
Un Ballo in Maschera
Un Ballo in Maschera01991HD
Verdi's opera performed by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by James Levine.
- 1977
La Bohème
La Bohème101977HD
Puccini’s heartbreaking story of young love in the garrets of Belle Epoque Paris has attracted many famous singers through the years. But with...
- 2017
Verdi: Nabucco
Verdi: Nabucco02017HD
The legendary Plácido Domingo brings another new baritone role to the Met under the baton of his longtime collaborator James Levine. Liudmyla...
- 2000
The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued
The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued02000HD
A documentary on the making of Fantasia 2000.
- 2008
The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth
The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth02008HD
Verdi’s admiration for Shakespeare led to such masterpieces as Othello and Falstaff, and if the earlier Macbeth isn’t on their exalted...
- 2001
Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg
Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg102001HD
James Morris leads an all-star cast including Karita Mattila, Ben Heppner, Thomas Allen and René Pape, in this production of Wagner's comic...
- 1982
Idomeneo
Idomeneo91982HD
Opera royalty Luciano Pavarotti brings dignity and power to the title role in this 1982 production. During a squall at sea, Idomeneo -- the king of...
- 2015
Wagner: Tannhäuser
Wagner: Tannhäuser02015HD
Met Music Director James Levine leads this Live in HD presentation of Wagner’s early Romantic opera, starring Johan Botha in the title role of...
- 1997
Carmen
Carmen01997HD
Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 25 March 1997.
- 1985
Tosca
Tosca01985HD
Live Metropolitan Opera performance March, 1985.
- 1993
Falstaff
Falstaff8.21993HD
It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian Verdi that there remained within him one last great...
- 1996
The Transformation of the World Into Music
The Transformation of the World Into Music8.51996HD
This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television. It depicts the behind-the-scenes manoeuvrings in...
- 2009
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice02009HD
Director and choreographer Mark Morris’s production of Gluck’s masterpiece updates the immortal story from its ancient Greek roots to the...