A retelling of the story of John the Baptist, Salome, Herod Antipas and Herodias, but strikingly less psychological and bloody than Richard Strauss's opera "Salome".
A retelling of the story of John the Baptist, Salome, Herod Antipas and Herodias, but strikingly less psychological and bloody than Richard Strauss's opera "Salome". close
Three women who grew up in an orphanage cross paths later in life: one unhappily married with a young daughter, one an office secretary, and one a nightclub performer.
Three women who grew up in an orphanage cross paths later in life: one unhappily married with a young daughter, one an office secretary, and one a nightclub performer. close
Since its debut in 1934 the Glyndebourne Festival has put a focus on Mozart operas and developed a great competence in staging them. Mozart s operas seem more
Since its debut in 1934 the Glyndebourne Festival has put a focus on Mozart operas and developed a great competence in staging them. Mozart s operas seem to be made for the small but fine opera house in Glyndebourne and it's not surprising that the 1977 Don Giovanni, one of Mozart's great masterpieces, was a huge success. This production is conducted by Bernard Haitink, who holds the opinion, that no other composer had more opera in his blood than Mozart. It has been proven, for example, that Mozart had no overture for Don Giovanni until the evening before the premiere in Prague and wrote it down in just one night. Like the premiere's success of the opera in Prague in 1787 the Glyndebourne's version staged by Peter Hall was praised by audience and critics alike: We witness a lively and wide-awake ensemble piece that has easily survived all these decades, and still manages to teach many directors the art of playing theatre. close
Opera from the cycle “The Ring of Nibelung” by R. Wagner (“The Gold of the Rhine”, “Valkyrie”, “Siegfried”, “The Death of the Gods”) based on Scandinavian more
Opera from the cycle “The Ring of Nibelung” by R. Wagner (“The Gold of the Rhine”, “Valkyrie”, “Siegfried”, “The Death of the Gods”) based on Scandinavian mythology.
Action One.
Hunding's hut. The exhausted Sigmund is seeking shelter from the hurricane. Hunding's wife Sieglind welcomes him, although the stranger does not give his name. Both look at each other gently. The returning husband notices that the stranger and Ziglinda are similar and wants to know who his guest is. Sigmund, without identifying himself, says that his enemies burned down his house, killed his mother and kidnapped his sister; he has since wandered the world with his father, nicknamed the Wolf, but then lost sight of him. In the last skirmish he was left unarmed ("Friedmund darf ich nicht heißen"; "I cannot be called peaceable"). Hunding realizes that this man is his enemy, he was born from the marriage of Wotan with a mortal woman of the Welse family. Ziglinda, his twin sister who was kidnapped in the attack, was forced to become Hunding's wife. The next day, Hunding decides, Sigmund must fight him. Sigmund recalls that his father once promised him an invincible sword. Ziglinda, sprinkling sleeping pills to her husband, reveals to the guest that a once one-eyed stranger (Votan) plunged a sword into the ash, which until now no one has been able to pull out. Sigmund realizes it's his father's sword. The spring wind opens the door; the young people get to know each other, they are overcome by an unrestrained passion. Sigmund pulls out the sword - he calls it Notung - and runs with Ziglinda (the duo "Schläfst du, Gast?", "Do you sleep a guest?"); "Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond", "The storms of evil subsided in the rays of spring".
Action two
Wild and harsh terrain in the mountains. Wotan sees the flight of lovers from a height and calls his beloved Valkyrie Brunhilda (the Valkyries carry the fallen heroes to Valhalla), so that she bestowed victory on Sigmund in his duel with Hunding. But as soon as the virgin warrior leaves, Wotan's wife Frickk appears and demands that Sigmund be punished. Wotan defends him as a possible winner of the Nibelungs, free from the laws of the gods. But Frickka observes that Sigmund, the son of Wotan, is subject to the same laws. He must die and his sword must be broken. Wotan understands that he cannot violate the laws (sanctity of marriage, incest). He calls Brunhilda again. A hero has not yet been born, free from his contract with Fafner and able to take his ring from him. Sigmund will not escape punishment, and woe if Brunhilda does not strike him with his sword (duet "Laß ich's verlauten"; "In thoughts to open").
In the depths of the gorge, Sigmund and Ziglinda appear. Sigmund's disenfranchised Sieglind persuades Sigmund to leave her. Eventually, reassured by him, Ziglinda falls asleep. Brunhilde appears before Sigmund with the news of death. But his passion and despair, his willingness to kill himself and Zieglinda, elicit the sympathy of Brunhilda, determined to save the hero (Siegmund!). Sieh auf mich! Sigmund! The hour is near!
During the fight, she covers Sigmund with her shield. Wotan, seeing her disobedience, himself with a spear breaks Sigmund's sword into pieces. Sigmund falls under the blows of Hunding, and Brunhilda carries Siglinda on horseback, capturing the wreckage of the sword. Wotan contemptuously, with one hand movement, strikes Hunding and pursues Brunhilda in fury.
Action three
The Valkyries are riding horses in the midst of a storm caused by Wotan's wrath. Their bellicose cry is heard, but they hesitate to protect their guilty sister. Grief-stricken Ziglinde Brunhilda discovers that her son, Siegfried, will become the greatest hero, and that he will be able to restore the miraculous sword. The Valkyries help Ziglinda take refuge in the forest, where Fafner, transformed into a snake, guards the gold of the Rhine.
A gloomy Wotan appears. Brunhilde will no longer be a Valkyrie, she will fall asleep in a magical dream and become the wife of the first person to wake her up. Brunhilda begs her father to surround her with a barrier that only a hero could overcome. Wotan surrounds her daughter with a fiery ring and sadly leaves ("Leb wohl, du kühnes, herzliches Kind!"). Farewell, my light, my pride! close
A husband-and-wife vaudeville team disguise their young son as a girl so he can enter a contest run by a movie studio that's looking for "a new Shirley Temple".
A husband-and-wife vaudeville team disguise their young son as a girl so he can enter a contest run by a movie studio that's looking for "a new Shirley Temple". close
MK and his family immigrated to USA, but all of their family left the country and left him alone. After all, he was led to a Korean homeless shelter, more
MK and his family immigrated to USA, but all of their family left the country and left him alone. After all, he was led to a Korean homeless shelter, and he receives the help of a pastor. One day MK witnesses people from the shelter along with his father. His father's life was full of misery and intoxication. MK tries his best, but his father steals money from the shelter and vanishes. close
A renaissance man from the Austin underground, infamously sex-addicted Chad publishes a magazine and fronts bands, abuses cocaine while dealing weed, more
A renaissance man from the Austin underground, infamously sex-addicted Chad publishes a magazine and fronts bands, abuses cocaine while dealing weed, and writes and lives his own hilarious brand of humor as this father, felon and man-about-town must finally grow up when a crisis befalls his estranged family. close
Two circus acrobats hurtle to their death when a wire snaps and their daughter, "Pinky" Horton, has to face the future as an orphan. Unwilling to live more
Two circus acrobats hurtle to their death when a wire snaps and their daughter, "Pinky" Horton, has to face the future as an orphan. Unwilling to live with her stern Aunt Hattie, she and Handy, a circus performer, load up Counto the Wonder Horse into a trailer and head to the California racing stable owned by her cousin, Dick. But the latter has lost everything, and refuses to accept a position in the soap factory owned by Herkimer Gould, the father of Dick's fiancée, Helen. "Pinky" is convinced that Counto is a horse filled with racing blood, and she spends the grocery money and sells their jalopy to get the funds needed to enter Counto in a claiming race. close
