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Plot Summary:
This version of Donizetti’s comic opera zooms right to the top of any list of essential videos for opera fans. In this action filled physical comedy, the beautiful tomboy Marie was found on a battlefield as a baby and adopted, not by one soldier but by an entire regiment. When Marie falls—quite literally—into the arms of the handsome Tonio, her military dads jump to protect her to stop a possible marriage. LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT may not be the composer’s best work, but given a top-notch production with world class singing actors, it brings vocal thrills and an abundance of laughs, a combination that’s hard to beat. The stars are Juan Diego Flórez and Natalie Dessay, both unbeatable in bel canto roles, and both in top form here.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 127 min
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National Theatre Live: Amadeus (2017)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young prodigy, arrives in Vienna, the music capital of the world – and he’s determined to make a splash. Awestruck by his genius, court composer Antonio Salieri has the power to promote his talent or destroy his name. Seized by obsessive jealousy he begins a war with Mozart, with music, and ultimately, with God.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 206 min
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Les Paladins (2005)
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"Inspired by a fable by La Fontaine, [composer Jean-Philippe] Rameau produced perhaps his most brilliant music for his penultimate great work, blending reality and the surreal on several levels." — from the DVD back cover.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: France
Duration: 204 min
Plot tags: baroque
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Patience (1995)
Plot Summary:
A 1995 Opera Australia performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's classic operetta, recorded at the Sydney Opera House. Bunthorne, a poet worshiped by every lady he meets, loves only one woman: Patience. But Patience does not share the other women's fascination with Bunthorne. She loves Archibald, her childhood friend who is now also a poet.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: Australia
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Into the Woods (2011)
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Into the Woods takes the stories of the Brothers Grimm and gives them a dark and humorous twist. The popular tales of Red Ridinghood, Jack (of Beanstalk fame), Cinderella and Rapunzel are interwoven with that of the Baker and his Wife and their quest to have a child. However this re-telling goes beyond "happily ever after" as the familiar characters find themselves in unfamiliar circumstances and hopes and dreams are questioned and revisited.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 153 min
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Phantom of the Ritz (1988)
Plot Summary:
A man buys an old, abandoned theater and puts on '50s-type rock shows. Then people start being killed in a rash of "accidents".
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, spoof, parody, cult film
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Offenbach: Les Contes D'Hoffman (1981)
Plot Summary:
Seeking to exorcise the failure of his current love affair, the poet Hoffmann tells the tales of his three past loves - the doll-like Olympia, the high-class courtesan Giulietta, and the ambitious but delicate Antonia - and recalls how each was thwarted by the evil influence of his rival. In this production by the distinguished film director, John Schlesinger, with spectacular designs by Maria Bjornson and William Dudley, Offenbach's nightmare world is brought to life. The all-star cast is headed by Placido Domingo as Hoffmann: his three loves are Ileana Cotrubas, Anges Baltsa and Luciana Serra and the manifestations of his rival are sung by Geraint Evans, Robert Lloyd, Siegmund Nimsgern and Nicola Ghiuselev. The score, which includes such favourites as the "Barcarolle" and the "Doll's Song", is conducted by Georges Pretre.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 159 min
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Les Indes Galantes (2004)
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"William Christie and Les Arts Florissants propel this exuberant production of Jean-Philippe Rameau's second opera to great heights. Andrei Serban's extravagant, highly baroque staging presents the four exotic love stories vibrantly. In 'Le Turc généreux' Osman sets free his captive, Emilie, whom he loves, so that she may be reunited with her former lover, Valère; 'Les Incas de Pérou' is all about the rivalry of the Inca Huascar and the Spaniard Don Carlos, both in pursuit of Princess Phani; 'Les Fleurs' offers a Persian love intrigue, as the Sultana Fatime tries to detect whether her husband Tacmas has his eye on the lovely Atalide; and 'Les Sauvages' takes us to North America, where a Spaniard and a Frenchman compete for the love of Zima, daughter of a native chief, who prefers one of her own people." — from the DVD cover.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Music, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 190 min
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Le Comte Ory (1997)
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Glyndebourne's intimate opera house provides the perfect setting for Rossini's third French opera, a sparkling medieval comedy of lust and chastity.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 10
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: UK
Duration:
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Madama Butterfly (1986)
Plot Summary:
Opera at La Scala Milan.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 142 min
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Carmen (1987)
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Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies (1824) by Alexander Pushkin. Mérimée had read the poem in Russian by 1840 and translated it into French in 1852.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min
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The Mikado (1987)
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Nanki-Poo, the son of the Mikado, leaves home and disguises himself as a musician to escape a distasteful marriage - and meets a beautiful girl, Yum-Yum, with whom he falls in love. He desperately wants to marry her, but obstacles are cast in his way by Yum-Yum's guardian, Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner, who is also in love with Yum-Yum and has every intention of marrying her, himself. Also causing problems is Katisha, Nanki-Poo's jilted bride, who arrives in Titipu in the company of Nanki-Poo's father, the Mikado.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: Australia
Duration:
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Aida (1985)
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La Scala went all out for its 1986 production of this grandest of grand operas, with a strong cast and, most important for a video recording, a larger-than-life staging. The Triumph Scene in Act II is by no means Aida's only attraction, but it is the part that makes the strongest and most lasting impression and it is the visual and musical climax of this production. Stage director Luca Ronconi brings on a procession to dwarf all processions: looted treasures, heroic statuary, miserable captives struggling under the lash of whip-bearing slave drivers. On par with these visuals is Lorin Maazel's first-class performance of the popular Grand March with the outstanding La Scala chorus and orchestra. In Act III, the contrasting tranquility of the Nile Scene also gets a visual treatment to match the music's qualities.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 160 min
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It's Trad, Dad! (1962)
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The hero and heroine want to popularize a trad jazz in their town. Some older people feel displeased about a trad jazz, and prevent their trying. The hero and heroine go to London television studio to ask trad jazz musician to support their trial.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 411
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, black and white, cult film
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Your Mother Wears Combat Boots (1989)
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An overprotective single mother tries to stop her son joining the parachute unit by sending him to the college, fearful that he may end up his life like his father did. He secretly leaves the college and joins the army, but the mother finds out and makes a bet with him that if she passes the basic training, he will leave the unit.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 240
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious
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Così fan tutte (2006)
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Mozart's genius in setting to music da Ponte's comic play of love, infidelity and forgiveness marks COSI FAN TUTTE as one of the great works of art from the Age of Enlightenment. Nicholas Hytner's beautiful new production, with its sure touch and theatrical know-how, lives up to its promise to be "shockingly traditional" as Iván Fischer teases artful performances from an outstanding international cast of convincing young lovers.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 210 min
Plot tags: psychological, funny, light, philosophical, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)
Plot Summary:
Heironymus Merkin screens an autobiographical movie of his life, growth and moral decay.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 409
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: erotic, sex comedy, absurd, weird, cult film
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Very Annie Mary (2001)
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Set in the fictional village of "Ogw" in the valleys of south-east Wales. After her father Jack suffers a stroke Annie Mary Pugh is forced to take care of him but uses the circumstances to emancipate herself and find the courage to sing once again.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK, France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, touching, realistic, offbeat, semi serious
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Stiffelio (2012)
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Part of Tutto Verdi series - Stiffelio (2012) Parma. 'Stiffelio' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, from an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. The origin of this was the novel “Le pasteur d’hommes”, by Émile Souvestre, which was published in 1838. This was adapted into the French play 'Le pasteur, ou L'évangile et le foyer' by Émile Souvestre and Eugène Bourgeois. That was in turn translated into Italian by Gaetano Vestri as 'Stifellius'; this formed the basis of Piave's libretto.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 118 min
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National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well (2009)
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National Theatre Live is an initiative operated by the Royal National Theatre in London, which broadcasts live via satellite, performances of their productions to movie theaters, cinemas and arts centres on the world. The second production, All's Well That Ends Well, showed at a total of around 300 screens, and today, the number of venues that show NT Live productions has grown to around 700.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration:
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Come Play with Me (1977)
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Two alluring young ladies live with their beautiful widowed aunt on a secluded wooded estate. The women have earned themselves quite a reputation in the surrounding towns and men from all over the region are frequent visitors to the small countryside home, hoping to encounter one, or preferably both, of the seductive nieces. Of course, the aunt has equally strong desires and refuses to be outdone. Soon all three are offering the many courters the chance to Come Play with Me!.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: erotic, sex comedy, sensual, sexy, hot, cult film
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Arrivano i bersaglieri (1980)
Plot Summary:
In the year 1870 Rome, then governed by the Pope, was captured by the Italian General La Marmora's troops. After the armistice, the Italian soldier Alfonso killed a Pope's soldier, the son of Don Prospero. Then he sought refuge in the house of Don Prospero himself. There Costanza and Olimpia, respectively the wife and the daughter of Don Prospero, fall for him. Then Gustavo, who knew that Alfonso had killed Don Prospero's son arrived in the house... Some things are going to happen.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
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In spite of being apprenticed to a Pirate King as a child, Frederic has led a very sheltered life. So when he arrives in Penzance with his boisterous shipmates, there are a few surprises in store for him! It all ends happily, but not before he's dodged the Old Bill, fallen in love and made some rather inconvenient discoveries.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, semi serious, light, romantic, atmospheric, sexy, clever, unusual plot structure, sweet
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A Hard Day's Night (1964)
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Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, mockumentary, not serious, funny, surreal, black and white, cult classic, hilarious, inspirational
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Perfectly Normal (1990)
Plot Summary:
A cab driver and an opera fan strike up an unusual friendship.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty
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Yes, Giorgio (1982)
Plot Summary:
A famous opera singer, Giorgio Fini, loses his voice during an American tour. He goes to a female throat specialist, Pamela Taylor, whom he falls in love with.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 792
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
Plot Summary:
A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, melancholic, talky, light, realistic, semi serious, retro, epic, historically accurate
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Fancy Dancing (2002)
Plot Summary:
A composer finds love with a co-worker after taking a job at his uncle's advertising agency.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, captivating, emotional, semi serious, feel good, realistic
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Carmen in 3D (2011)
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Passion, jealousy and betrayal take center stage at Londons Royal Opera House in a spectacular production of the worlds most popular opera. Bizets Carmen is packed with some of the best-loved and memorable music in all of opera. In this characteristically vivid and vibrant stage production by Francesca Zambello, beautifully filmed in 3D by Julian Napier, Seville is brought to life with ranks of soldiers, crowds of peasants, gypsies and bullfighters as well as a magnificent horse, a donkey and even some chickens! This spectacular RealD and Royal Opera House production features a supremely talented cast, gripping drama and Bizets energetic and passionate score. It is truly a musical event to remember!.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, stylized
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The Dog in the Manger (1978)
Plot Summary:
A musical comedy based on classical play by Félix Lope de Vega.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 967
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, feel good, suspense
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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
Plot Summary:
Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 124000
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, surreal, philosophical, absurd, spoof, existential, hilarious, black comedy, sketch comedy