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Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) 1776-1822 King of Scotland Macbeth 11th cent Drama Love Love Drama Operas Operas Film adaptations Piave, Francesco Maria 1810-1876 Film and video adaptations Poets Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Film and video adaptations Verdi, Giuseppe 1813-1901 Film and video adaptationsFilter By Subjects
Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) 1776-1822 King of Scotland Macbeth 11th cent Drama Love Love Drama Operas Operas Film adaptations Piave, Francesco Maria 1810-1876 Film and video adaptations Poets Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Film and video adaptations Verdi, Giuseppe 1813-1901 Film and video adaptationsSummary: Powell and Pressburger merge film with opera and dance to tell the tale of a poet who dreams of three women who all break his heart. He tells "the three tales of my folly of love"--In Paris, when he fancied himself in love with Olympia, who turned out to be a life-sized doll; in Venice, when bewitched by a beautiful courtesan; and on a Grecian isle, in love with daughter of a singer and conductor.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2005
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Summary: During the English Civil War of the 1640's, a Puritan bride goes mad when she feels betrayed by her Royalist bridegroom.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 2007
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA PURSummary: Set in the Latin Quarter of 1830's Paris, the opera focuses on the love between the poet Rodolfo and Mimi, who leaves him due to his irrational jealousy, only to return as she is dying of consumption.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 2009
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA BOHBellini, Vincenzo
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Opera 2010
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA SONLondon Philharmonic Orchestra
Summary: Glyndebourne Festival Opera's 1972 production of Verdi's opera, based on Shakespeare's tragic play which studies the all consuming ambition of Macbeth and his wife.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Arthaus Musik 2005