Jay David Saks Movies
- 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...
- 2010
The Met — Der Rosenkavalier
The Met — Der Rosenkavalier02010HD
This production of Strauss’s most sumptuous work by director Nathaniel Merrill and designer Robert O’Hearn is almost as beloved as the...
- 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,...
- 1981
Rigoletto
Rigoletto01981HD
The opera's dramatic structure frames and enhances the characters. Scenes of magnificence regularly alternate with scenes of darkness and squalor....
- 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...
- 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...
- 2008
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust102008HD
Radiant mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and dashing Italian tenor Marcello Giordani are unlucky lovers in La Damnation de Faust, Hector Berlioz’s...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1999
Tristan und Isolde
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Inspired by Wagner’s own tortured affair with the wife of his patron, this searing masterwork is based on Arthurian legend and tells of an...
- 2009
La Sonnambula
La Sonnambula02009HD
Just as a young woman is about to marry her sweetheart, she is discovered—by the entire village, to say nothing of her...