Opera in HD
Symphony Space and Emerging Pictures are proud to bring Manhattan high definition digital screenings of operas recorded live at famed European opera houses. All films are presented with English subtitles.
| Siegfried Opera in HD
Siegfried is the third opera in Richard Wagner’s four-opera epic, Der Ring, or “The Ring Cycle,” as it is commonly called in the United States. Siegfried is a strong-willed and strong-armed youth, and grandchild of Wotan (the king of the Gods). Siegfried slays Fafner, dragon who guards the Ring and whose blood bestows on Siegfried the ability to understand the language of birds. See More... |
| Salome Opera in HD
Richard Strauss’ Salome is a one act opera about Salome, the young and beautiful Princess of Herods. The opera is famous (at the time of its premiere, infamous) for its Dance of the Seven Veils. It is now better known for the more shocking final scene (often a concert-piece for dramatic sopranos), where Salome declares her love to the severed head of John the Baptist. See More... |
| Viva La Mamma Opera in HD
Donizetti's Viva la Mamma, or Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali, is a mad-cap farce about opera singers behaving badly and stage mothers behaving even worse! Rehearsals are underway for the very serious opera Romolo ed Ersilia, but the unruly performers, and their even more unruly egos, prevent any actual rehearsal from taking place. See More... |
| Aida Opera in HD
In 1872 Giuseppe Verdi presented his masterpiece, Aida, for the first time in Europe, at La Scala. Aida’s history begins with the debut in Milan, after the Cairo premiere in February 1872, in which the staging was entrusted to the composer himself, Giuseppe Verdi. See More... |
| Don Carlo Opera in HD
Don Carlo is possibly the most intense, deep, nuanced, rich, and masterful work of the “mature” Giuseppe Verdi, an extensive and monumental showcase of everything Verdi. It is also the Verdi opera that exists in the most number of versions. See More... |
| Simon Boccanegra Opera in HD
Verdi's Simon Boccanegra is a story about politics and love—a deadly combination. Simon Boccanegra is the Doge of Genoa, but twenty-five years earlier he fathered a child with Marie, the daughter of his then-political rival Fiesco. Marie died while still young, and their daughter disappeared. See More... |
| La Boheme Opera in HD
Giacomo Puccini’s immortal opera in a high budget feature-film version directed by Academy Award nominee Robert Dornhelm, starring the opera world’s "dream team", soprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Rolando Villazón. See More... |
| Das Rheingold Opera in HD
LIVE from Teatro alla Scala, Milan more info to follow.... See More... |
| Norma Opera in HD
The dynamic duo of leading ladies fires up the stage with heartbreaking performances, making this Norma from Teatro Comunale di Bologna one of the most talked about and must-see productions of Italy’s 2008 Operatic Season. See More... |
| The Abduction from the Seraglio Opera in HD
Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio, performed at the Gran Teatro del Liceu, Barcelona, 2010 more info to follow... See More... |
| Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades Opera in HD
LIVE from Teatro del Liceu, Barcelona at 2pm Delayed Satellite broadcast at 8pm The tragic destiny of the male protagonist - a compulsive gambler whose passion drives him to sacrifice his love, to commit murder and ultimately to die - is underscored by Tchaikovsky´s masterly musical treatment of the major phantasmagorical elements so widespread in Russian literature and art. See More... |








