Opera movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant opera movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, stylized, realistic, emotional, serious and atmospheric films and TV shows about / with opera, classical music, dancing, music, love and romance, murder, opera singer, betrayal, artists and showbiz and love plots mostly in Drama, Music and Romance genres shot in UK, France, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as opera: The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Farinelli (1994), Carmen in 3D (2011), Amadeus (1984), One Chance (2013), Marguerite (2015), Fitzcarraldo (1982), Quartet (2012), The Magic Flute (2006), Rigoletto (1987).
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| Chevalier (2022) | 6.5 |
List of opera movies
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as the Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine, and privately tutors her while terrorizing the rest of the opera house and ...
Style:
gothic, stylized, gothic horror, sentimental, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
opera, obsession, disfigurement, musician's life, theater, destructive relationship, loneliness, disguise, dangerous attraction, prodigy, love and romance, fall in love ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1910s, year 2004, 2000s ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe, london
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: France, Italy, Belgium, UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Farinelli is a 1994 biopic film about the life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time.
Style:
sexy, emotional, heartbreaking, realistic, factual ...
Plot:
opera, music, art, opera singer, brother brother relationship, classical music, destiny, life philosophy, musician, siblings relations, sex, artist ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 1994
Place:
europe, madrid, napoli italy, italy, london ...
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Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, stylized, dramatic ...
Plot:
opera, betrayal, rebelliousness, dishonesty, destructive relationship, couples, wooing, infidelity, murder, live performance, jealousy, passion ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
spain
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464K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, France
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
The incredible story of genius musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri – now confined to an insane asylum.
Style:
clever, costume drama, period piece, atmospheric, historical drama ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
classical music, music, composer, genius, mozart, musician, envy, opera, character study, musician's life, mentor, prodigy ...
Time:
18th century, 1790s, 1820s, 1800s, 1780s ...
Place:
vienna, austria, eastern europe, italy, europe ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.
Style:
touching, sentimental, humorous, feel good, uplifting ...
Plot:
opera, bullying, biopic, follow your dream, opera singer, talent show, lifestyle, musician's life, against the odds, self fulfillment, audition, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, venice, england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France, Czech Republic, Belgium
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Paris in the 1920s. Marguerite Dumont is a wealthy woman with a passion for music and the opera. For years, she has performed regularly for a circle of guests. But Marguerite sings tragically out of tune and no one has ever told her. Her husband and ...
Style:
light, captivating, humorous, sincere, crying ...
Plot:
opera, eccentricity, delusion, infidelity, opera singer, secret, bad singing, money, fan, women, doctor, female protagonist ...
Time:
1920s, year 1915, post world war one
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Music
Country: West Germany, Peru
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Fitzcarraldo, a dreamer who plans to bring opera and Enrico Caruso to the South American jungles. With limited funding, he must figure out how to finance the opera house, and ultimately decides to capitalize on South America's rubber ...
Style:
cerebral, surreal, visually appealing, visual, tense ...
Plot:
jungle, steamship, boat, opera, obsession, river, ambition, colonialism, amazon river, surrealism, dream, forest ...
Time:
20th century, 1900s, year 1982, 19th century, turn of the century
Place:
south america, peru, germany, latin america, andes mountains ...
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The star singers in this revival of the 2006 production were Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel; the Royal Opera Chorus and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House were under the baton of Antonio Pappano, the Music Director of the Royal ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
opera, live performance, italian opera, passion, love, classical music, relationships, problem, intrigue, orchestra, sacrifice, jealousy ...
Place:
rome italy
Is relevant?
22K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The directorial debut of Dustin Hoffman, Quartet is a high-drama comedy about temperamental divas and old grudges, passion and pride, romance and Rigoletto. At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday is ...
Style:
sentimental, sexy, touching, sincere, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
elderly, opera, retirement home, retired, reconciliation, concert, old age, musician, retirement, divorced couple, friendship, music ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, paris france
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
During World War I, in an unnamed country, a soldier named Tamino is sent by the Queen of the Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from the clutches of the supposedly evil Sarastro. But all is not as it seems.
Style:
stylized, atmospheric, semi serious, surreal, fairy tale ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
opera, world war one, mozart, queen, classical music, military, heroic mission, escapades, love and romance, danger, true love, love at first sight ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
europe
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395
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: West Germany
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Rigoletto is a jester in the court of the Duke of Mantua. He has a hunch-back and he's rather unattractive, but he's good at his job of humiliating the courtiers for the amusement of the Duke. The courtiers, of course, are not amused. The ...
Style:
heartbreaking, dark, bleak, emotional, gothic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
opera, father daughter relationship, seduction, dancing, tragedy, italian opera, revenge, fatalism, moral ambiguity, forbidden love, palace intrigue, betrayal ...
Time:
19th century, medieval times
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
captivating, semi serious, romantic comedy, romantic, light hearted ...
Plot:
opera, arranged marriage, nobility, army life, soldier, regiment, live performance, marriage of convenience, love affair, lifestyle change, changing lives, female soldier ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
switzerland
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
A film version of the famous Bizet opera, where a soldier (Don Jose) falls in love with a beautiful factory worker (Carmen), but she does not reciprocate his feelings.
Style:
sexual, serious, realistic, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
opera, passionate love, classical music, music, unrequited love, dancing, stage play, european, girl, concert, soldier, tragic love ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, 1920s
Place:
spain, europe, paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A biographical account of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star.
Style:
serious, stylized, realistic, captivating, epic
Plot:
gender bending, warning, opera, ambition, tragic love, lifestyle, couples, love and romance, performer's life, society, music, unfulfillment ...
Place:
china, asia
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Genre: Drama, History, Music
Country: Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A drama based on the life of 18th century Italian lyricist Lorenzo da Ponte, who collaborated with Mozart on his "Don Giovanni" opera.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, stylized, weird
Plot:
casanova, mozart, opera, lifestyle, love affair, love and romance, writer's life, musician's life, rivalry, composer, womanizer, music ...
Time:
18th century, victorian era, 1780s, georgian era
Place:
venice, europe, italy, austria, vienna
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Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
Screen adapatation of Mozart's greatest opera. Don Giovanni, the infamous womanizer, makes one conquest after another until the ghost of Donna Anna's father, the Commendatore, (whom Giovanni killed) makes his appearance. He offers Giovanni ...
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, stylized, emotional
Plot:
opera, classical music, dancing, valet, musician, stage play, deal with the devil, couples, one last chance, vengeance, love and romance, downfall ...
Time:
18th century, year 1979, 17th century
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Spain
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
Style:
captivating, philosophical, atmospheric, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
opera, shakespeare, murder mystery, tragedy, shakespeare's hamlet, murder, death, revenge, tragic hero, murderer, uncover truth, intrigue ...
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Netherlands, USA, Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Having previously staged Verdi's 1887 opera Otello at the Met and La Scala, filmmaker Franco Zeffirelli committed his production to film in 1986. Starring as the fatally jealous Moor of Venice is Placido Domingo, who had also headlined ...
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
opera, shakespeare, medieval, betrayal, obsession, dancing, forbidden love, tragedy, love and romance, dishonesty, rivalry, losing-it hero ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century
Place:
italy, europe, venice, paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound (Vivaldi, Bach, Wagner), and is an interpretation of the ...
Style:
anthology, independent film, erotic, comedy drama, experimental ...
Plot:
nudity, erotica, sex club, gay interest, making love, sex, female nudity, bare chested male, cheating wife, female pubic hair, opera, infidelity ...
Time:
year 1987, year 1931, 1930s, 18th century
Place:
albania, las vegas, vienna
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
David McVicar's spectacular production of Charles Gounod’s Faust, featuring a divine cast of opera’s superstars: Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Bryn Terfel, Simon Keenlyside and Sophie Koch – recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent ...
Style:
thrilling, tense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
opera, classical music, deal with the devil, faust, live performance, theater, problem, ghost, music, deal, intrigue, orchestra ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
london
Is relevant?
476
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Italy, France, UK, Germany
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Benoit Jacquot's acclaimed 2002 film of Puccini's opera stars Angela Gheorghiu in the title role, with Roberto Alagna, Ruggero Raimondi and the Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, under Antonio Pappano.
Style:
emotional, captivating, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
opera, couples, tragic love, tragic hero, love and romance, unfulfilled love, dishonesty, unfulfillment, concert, manipulation, dancing, napoleonic era ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, italy
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast production of Tannhauser. Ms. Anderson balks at the notion of working with obscure Hungarian conductor Zoltan Szanto. The much-anticipated production may ...
Style:
art film, contemplative, semi serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
opera, international relations, forbidden love, male female relationship, opera singer, musician, actor, couples, performer's life, society, musician's life, betrayal ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
paris france, europe, france, hungary
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
romantic drama, sentimental, medical drama, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
opera, classical music, singer, love story, celebrity, passion, showbiz, healing, wooing, comeback, concert tour, music ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
san francisco, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
Live recording at Royal Opera House, 22 September, 2001. Television live relay. In one of the Royal Opera's most celebrated and popular productions, director David McVicar mixes lavish historical costumes and dark stylized settings to ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, intense, concert film
Plot:
opera, revenge, hunchback, grudge, tragedy, problem, family relations, relationships, father, duke, father and daughter, court jester ...
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Georges Bizet's Carmen, filmed at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, and conducted by Antonio Pappano, tells the tragic story of a soldier who falls for the sultry Carmen and abandons his career and family to be with her.
Style:
sensual, intense, emotional, erotic, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
opera, passion, classical music, jealousy, tragedy, obsessive love, adaptation, gypsy, forbidden love, character study, fatalism, soldier ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Celeste is a renowned opera diva who retired early for the man she loved to live on a crumbling and beautiful estate in the heart of a rainforest in Far North Queensland. Ten years after the tragic death of her husband, Mateos, in a boating ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
opera, family tragedy, retired, family drama, rain forest, last wish, family reunited, opera singer, family problems, ambition, lifestyle, dysfunctional family ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Finland, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Jeanine, an earnest theatre director, has been given the task of remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera Salome. Haunted by dark and disturbing memories from her past, she allows her repressed trauma to color the present as she ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, dark, intense ...
Plot:
trauma, opera, theater, female protagonist, theatre director, repression, theatre group, theatrical producer, problem, stage actress, theatre play, character study ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Jules, a young Parisian postman, secretly records a concert performance given by the opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises. The following day, Jules runs into a woman who is being pursued by armed thugs. Before she is killed, the woman ...
Style:
visually stunning, visual, lyrical, surreal, stylized ...
Plot:
classical music, opera, murder, postman, opera singer, hotel, blackmail, concert, henchman, police corruption, music, car chase ...
Time:
year 1981, 80s, year 1980, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 210 min.
Story:
The Wiener Philharmoniker mounts, and Andrea Breth stages, this 2007 production of Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin, starring Peter Mattei, Joseph Kaiser, Anna Samuil and Renée Morloc. The Konzertvereinigung Wiener ...
Style:
period drama
Plot:
opera, live performance, classical music, duel, unrequited love, regret, melancholy, character study, choir, aristocracy, murder, marriage ...
Time:
19th century
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Germany, Japan, Austria
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Violetta, a courtesan much wooed by Parisian society, organizes a grand party that is attended, amongst others, by the young Alfredo Germont. He confesses his feelings to Violetta, who is already suffering from consumption. She vacillates between ...
Style:
poignant, emotional, melancholic, period drama
Plot:
opera, live performance, tragedy, passion, choir, dancing, death, jealousy, adaptation, consumerism, tuberculosis, party ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
paris france
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