Opéra Comique Popular Movie

Francesco Cavalli, a natural successor to Monteverdi, was the most famous and influential Italian opera composer during the mid-17th century....

Genre: Music

Cast: Nahuel Di Pierro

Genre: Music

Cast: Julie Fuchs

Amour, the messenger of the gods, tells Orpheus that he may descend to the underworld and return with Eurydice. His singing has the power to appease...

Genre: Music

Cast: Marianne Crebassa

Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville was greatly admired in his day. His opera Titon et l’Aurore was one of his most popular works, being...

Genre: Music

Cast: Reinoud van Mechelen

In October 1733, the audience at the Académie Royale de Musique witnessed the birth of a revolutionary work: Hippolyte et Aricie. With its...

Genre: Music

Cast: Reinoud van Mechelen

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

Genre: Music

Cast: Stéphanie d'Oustrac

“To be, or not to be..." You probably know the question, but perhaps not Cyril Teste's answer! A stage director famed for his fascinating...

Genre: Music

Cast: Stéphane Degout

Genre: Music

Cast: Marianne Crebassa

“Everyone steals according to one’s position in society.” A social critique, a credo to live by, and a recipe for the hilarious...

Genre: Music

Cast: Éric Huchet

Adolphe Adam’s Le Postillon de Lonjumeau was a great success at its premiere in 1836, and, along with the ballet Giselle, has remained one of...

Genre: Music

Cast: Michael Spyres

Genre: Music

Cast: Sabine Devieilhe

La belle Hélène is the work that confirmed Offenbach's international reputation. The libretto caricatures the conventions of Greek...

Genre: Music

Cast: Michel Fau