• 2015
  • 50m
This Is Opera

Summary This is Opera is a Spanish and German coproduction (Brutal Media, RTVE, Unitel) filmed in English and Spanish language which can be seen in numerous countries worldwide. It is a show meant for everyone who have sometime felt curious about the world of the opera and never knew how to approach to it. A show to find out that the opera is not only for an elite, but for everyone. View more details

  • 2015
  • 50m

This Is Opera

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Txema Lorente Dani Moreno Ramon Gener Esteban Franqui

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8.6

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Mar 7, 2015

Countries of origin : Spain

Official sites : Official Facebook Official site

Language : English German Spanish French

Production companies : Brutal Media

Summary This is Opera is a Spanish and German coproduction (Brutal Media, RTVE, Unitel) filmed in English and Spanish language which can be seen in numerous countries worldwide. It is a show meant for everyone who have sometime felt curious about the world of the opera and never knew how to approach to it. A show to find out that the opera is not only for an elite, but for everyone. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Mar 7, 2015

Countries of origin : Spain

Official sites : Official Facebook Official site

Language : English German Spanish French

Production companies : Brutal Media

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Mar 07, 2015
Carmen
In the first episode, Ramón Gener talks of the cultural setting of "Carmen" by Georges Bizet-the most frequently staged and the most popular French opera of all time. In relation to the opera, filming takes place in locations such as Seville and Paris where the viewer is "transported" back to 1875 at Paris's National Theatre for Comic Opera, and the scandal it caused at the time.
Episode 2 • Mar 14, 2015
Turandot
In this episode which is based out of two European cities, Milan and Munich, Gener looks into the opera of Turandot- a love story set in Imperial China. The host then explores the idea of how this opera represents much more than a simple love story. It's the story of an absolute success, but also a failure.
Episode 3 • Mar 21, 2015
The Barber of Seville
"The Barber of Seville" is the quintessential comic opera and irrefutable proof that opera is not just drama and tragedy, but also pure entertainment. In this episode, Ramón Gener explains the essential "ingredients" in Rossini's music: staccato, crescendo, patter song, the fifth interval and coloratura.
Episode 4 • Mar 28, 2015
La Bohème
At the height of his career, Puccini wrote this song to life, friendship and love. To illustrate it, Gener travels to bohemian Paris and enters some of its most characteristic locales such as the century-old book shop Shakespeare & Co. and Au Lapin Agile Cabaret, along with visiting a rehearsal of La Bohème at the Paris Opera House.
Episode 5 • Apr 04, 2015
Parsifal
"Parsifal" was Richard Wagner's last opera. Its story centers on the search for the Holy Grail, although it's actually a spiritual voyage into the protagonist. To learn more about the Holy Grail, Gener travels to three different locations: Montségur, Valencia, and Montserrat Monastery.
Episode 6 • Apr 11, 2015
Pelléas and Mélisande
Beauty for beauty's sake. That is how Gener defines this opera by Debussy, an impressionist work with a simple argument, but one capable of giving rise to intense emotions in whoever succumbs to its magic. To talk about love, impressionism and Debussy himself, Gener visits two pivotal French cities: Rouen and Paris.
Episode 7 • Apr 18, 2015
Bel Canto
Gener explains why Bel Canto awakens so many emotions and why it is a favorite for lovers of opera. Despite bel canto being born in Italy and all its composers being Italian, the viewer discovers why many of its operas are written in French and why so many of its authors moved to France to premiere them.
Episode 8 • Apr 25, 2015
The Ring of Nibelung
Gener heads to Bayreuth, the hometown of Richard Wagner, the composer of the most ambitious operatic saga in all of musical history, "The Ring of the Nibelung". This tetralogy is made up of four operas: The Rhine Gold, The Valkyrie, Siegfried and Twilight of the Gods. Gener touches on all of them as he visits the Autostad automotive plant, walks the stage at the Bayreuther Festspielhaus (the theatre designed by Wagner himself), and converses with one of the most renowned experts on the composer.
Episode 9 • May 02, 2015
Tosca
Rome, the eternal city, is the setting for this episode. It's also the city where the action in "Tosca" unfolds, a thriller with all the elements of a genre film. To unveil what these elements are, Gener seeks out the help of students from the Rome Film School.
Episode 10 • May 09, 2015
Traviata
To love and to be loved. This is the main theme in Verdi's "La Traviata", based on "The Lady of the Camellias" by the younger Alexandre Dumas and inspired by the famous courtesan Marie Duplessis. Paris will be the backdrop for this episode. Out on its streets, Gener interviews random people who tell him about their experiences with love and how it has transformed their lives. Guest appearance: Diana Damrau, Ludovic Tézier, Boris Izaguirre
Episode 11 • May 16, 2015
Tristan and Isolde
Gener heads to Cadaques on the Costa Brava to talk about a great love story, of a love beyond death: what Tristan and Isolde felt for one another. Again, Gener interviews anonymous people who have experienced great love stories like the protagonists of this particular opera, and who act as a counterpoint to show that love is more powerful than death.
Episode 12 • May 23, 2015
Don Giovanni
To bring to light one of the most famous seducers in history, Gener delves into the world of the night, to get to know the techniques for hooking up used by today's Don Juans.
Episode 13 • May 30, 2015
Rigoletto
Rigoletto is not just the story of a curse. It's also a story of oppressors and the oppressed. Giuseppe Verdi wrote it at 40 years of age, a critical point for every human being: a time of changes, of maturity, midlife. To bring to light "Rigoletto" and its symbols, Gener travels to the island of Menorca. At 40-year-old Verdi places all his hopes, dreams and frustrations into one of the most popular and fascinating characters from the world of music.
Episode 14 • Jun 06, 2015
Manon
Manon is a young Parisian woman who dreams of fame and riches. One day, Des Grieux crosses her path, an attractive gentleman, but one with a small defect- he's not rich. This is the premise behind Massenet's opera based on the novel of the same name by Abad Prévost which gives light to the inner conflict between the head and the heart.
Episode 15 • Jun 13, 2015
The Free Shooter
Over 24 hours, Gener roams about the picturesque village of Aichach in the federal state of Bavaria in order to talk about one of romanticism's first operas, "The Freeshooter". Written in 1820, The action of the opera takes place in an German village similar to Aichach, an opera through which the author tried to convey his love for a country's roots, traditions, legends and culture.
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