Opera Buffa Movies

  • 2016
    Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann

    Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann

    Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann

    02016HD

    This adaptation of three tales by E.T.A. Hoffmann, with a sprinkling of Goethe’s Faust, portrays the German poet as both narrator and hero recounting...

    Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann
  • 2014
    The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

    The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

    The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

    02014HD

    Richard Eyre’s elegant production, which opened the Met’s 2014–15 season, sets the action of Mozart’s timeless social comedy in a manor house in 1930s...

    The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro
  • 2016
    Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

    Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

    Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

    02016HD

    The composer's opera buffa transcends the spirit of Beaumarchais’ comedy and combines the absurd with a touch of satirical realism in a score where rh...

    Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
  • 2002
    Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Opernhaus Zurich)

    Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Opernhaus Zurich)

    Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Opernhaus Zurich)

    02002HD

    When a wealthy Turkish aristocrat arrives in a humble Italian town, the married women roll their eyes in delight, their rival lovers lose out, and the...

    Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Opernhaus Zurich)
  • 2019
    Chabrier: The Star

    Chabrier: The Star

    Chabrier: The Star

    02019HD

    L’Étoile did much to establish Chabrier as a major force on the Parisian stage and his contemporary Henri Duparc praised him specifically for creating...

    Chabrier: The Star