Jay David Saks Movies
- 2007
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et Juliette
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et Juliette82007HD
The world’s most famous love story comes to operatic life with superstars Anna Netrebko and Roberto Alagna playing the star-crossed young...
- 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...
- 2008
Massenet: Thaïs
Massenet: Thaïs02008HD
When the most voluptuous, sought-after courtesan in the world meets an ascetic monk whose life is devoted to God, you know erotic sparks are going to...
- 2006
The Magic Flute
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Tamino, a handsome prince, and Papageno, a bird-catcher, are sent by the Queen of Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity under the high...
- 1992
The Ghosts of Versailles
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What happened to Figaro and his friends after the events told in Rossini’s and Mozart’s operas? One possible sequel is told in John...
- 2016
The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Manon Lescaut
The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Manon Lescaut02016HD
Kristine Opolais is the young woman whose conflicting desires for love and luxury lead to her tragic end, and Roberto Alagna plays the man who falls...
- 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...
- 2010
Rossini: Armida
Rossini: Armida02010HD
It is a rare opera indeed that calls for one soprano diva and no fewer than six tenors. Mary Zimmerman’s fanciful production of Rossini’s...
- 2015
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle52015HD
Valery Gergiev conducts Mariusz Trelinski’s thrilling new production of these rarely heard one-act operas. Anna Netrebko stars as the blind...
- 1983
Ernani
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Verdi's early masterpiece is based on a Victor Hugo play with a complicated plot concerning a young woman and the three men vying for her...
- 1986
Lohengrin
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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...
- 1981
Rigoletto
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The opera's dramatic structure frames and enhances the characters. Scenes of magnificence regularly alternate with scenes of darkness and squalor....
- 2014
The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia02014HD
A youthful cast brings Rossini’s immortal comedy to sparkling life, led by Christopher Maltman as Figaro, the resourceful barber and...
- 2008
Strauss: Salome
Strauss: Salome02008HD
It is no wonder that Met audiences have gone wild over Karita Mattila’s sizzling Salome. Indisputably one of the greatest Salomes of our time,...
- 1991
L'Elisir d'Amore
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John Copley’s colorful production, with designs by Beni Montresor, was created around the beloved superstar Luciano Pavarotti. As the simple,...
- 2008
The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel
The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel02008HD
This deliciously dark take on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tale, appealing to audiences of all ages, was part of the Met’s popular...
- 2008
Manon Lescaut – The Met
Manon Lescaut – The Met02008HD
One of today’s most compelling singing actresses, Karita Mattila takes on the irresistible role of Manon Lescaut, the headstrong young woman...
- 2008
The Met - Tristan und Isolde
The Met - Tristan und Isolde02008HD
James Levine’s love for this monumental opera shimmers throughout this exciting performance. It was an afternoon to remember: Met favorite...
- 1995
Julie Andrews: The Making of Broadway, The Music of Richard Rodgers
Julie Andrews: The Making of Broadway, The Music of Richard Rodgers01995HD
A look behind the scenes at the 1994 recording sessions for the acclaimed album of Julie Andrews singing the great songs of Richard Rodgers. Musical...
- 2015
The Met — Il Trovatore
The Met — Il Trovatore82015HD
Soprano Anna Netrebko appears in her highly anticipated Met role debut as Leonora, the tortured heroine who sacrifices her own life for the love of...