Complete operas on youtube

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Puccini's La bohème performed at the Teatro Real (2006):

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Mascagni's Zanetto performed at the Teatro Politeama Greco (2013):

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Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea performed at the Baroque Opera Workshop (2013):

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Bizet's Carmen performed at Las Ventas de Madrid (2005):

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Part IV:

[Luiz Gazzola (Almaviva)]

Bump because this thread is public utility.

Good point. I made of it a sticky.

[Davor]

This guy (or girl) has a great YouTube collection, with multi-language subtitles:

http://www.youtube.com/user/JF52opera2?feature=watch

Or, as JF52opera wrote:

Hi, dear opera lovers, and subscribers, I put on YouTube complete versions of operas - HD quality - various subtitles. Most of them are unlisted, because of YouTube rules (so I take the liberty to send the links in this message). - For now, some are "blocked in some countries" (I put stars before them).
Enjoy and regards

DVORAK
Rusalka : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnL1uUnq6pc

ZIMMERMANN
Die Soldaten : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bYZJwPQVFw

JANACEK
Příhody lišky Bystroušky (The cunning little vixen) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWAAsYCzPBY

PERGOLESI
Adriano in Siria : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAsr4xAKF1w

ROSSINI
Adelaide di Borgogna : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8fmeoXy_2M

RIMSKI-KORSAKOV
Zolotoy petushok (The Golden Cockerel) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrDSvFuY9cI

MUSSORGSKY
Boris Godunov (Konchalovsky) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI__grUuwWc

RICHARD STRAUSS
Die Liebe der Danae : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5hhk30gGP0
Elektra : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgQT6XHLptI

KURT WEILL
Mahagonny : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anotKp2tmXg

OFFENBACH
***La grande-duchesse de Gérolstein : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8tw3oDqbk4

ROSSINI
Matilde di Shabran : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7M6bxU6yBU
Ciro in Babilonia : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hduzDzQHfak

MEYERBEER
Robert le Diable : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zwxVmDtKQc (Blocked worldwide by YT)

WAGNER's RING (Metropolitan of New York, 2010-2012)
Rheingold : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckp9-OC7lWE
Walküre : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgzBnzNll6k
Siegfried : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUyOs9lsm8Y
Götterdammerung : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns2z55RTCIA

DONIZETTI
***Anna Bolena : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwMbybfHZKI (blocked because of Arte TV complaint)

VERDI - All Verdi 26 operas (and great thanks to the Teatro Regio di Parma and CMajor ! If you can, buy the "Tutto Verdi" box : it's worth it !)
1839 - Oberto : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy3EHA8PM9E
1840 - Un giorno di regno : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtTYy_K7uP8
1842 - Nabucco : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDRwa1W3uO0
1843 - I Lombardi alla prima crociata : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAryND130PI
1844 - Ernani : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ2P_pso95Y
1844 - I due Foscari : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPM8eOinNII
1845 - Alzira : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYTPfFRdXG0
1845 - Giovanna d'Arco : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Il4AMack9E
1846 - Attila : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpvPfuAZhj0
1847 - I masnadieri : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUgtRZwftw4
1847 - Macbeth : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFMcTdqsZUo
1848 - Il corsaro : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKsR8jYFWr0
1849 - La battaglia di Legnano : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51IWYxuGJ0w
1849 - Luisa Miller : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoswRZ62Jyo
1850 - Stiffelio : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pekkF6bf1wA
1851 - Rigoletto : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBnDWUiwiso
1853 - Il trovatore : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFx-InGLK7Y
1853 - La traviata : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SfLO9s-gQ8
1855 - I Vespri siciliani : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBc8j6DhnCc
1857 - Simon Boccanegra : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyo33Of8dds
1859 - Un ballo in maschera : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSuOJjpSyEg
1862 - La forza del destino : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWouwlgCAjU
1867 - Don Carlo : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVVmIxGMl58
1871 - Aida : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lrJf2fPw5k
1887 - Otello : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS2oA25MkTU
1893 - Falstaff : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p38o1iXlKYI

[Dark_Angel]

Great find JF52opera has fabulous youtube collection (especially the Verdi) posted in 720p HD quality!
I have saved his youtube homepage as a "favorite"

For Callas arias/operas in amazing sound from vinyl BJR originals check turnipoverlord youtube homepage

[Luiz Gazzola (Almaviva)]

That's a good opportunity for people to see Adriano in Siria which is a great opera. I highly recommend it.
I'll be enjoying Die Liebe der Danae which I haven't ever seen.
Thanks, Davos!

[Couchie]

Here is the Met Meistersinger in good sound/video and a selection of optional subtitles in different languages.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LILqOT9Ov4w

[Alan]

I remember reading a review of Guillaume Tell. The critic didn't only dislike that particular production, but also the opera itself, saying it was too long and the ballets in particular should be shorter.

No doubt that was true of the production he wrote about, which I haven't seen, but I recently saw a different production (Pesaro 1995) where the ballet was the best part of it, very moving and an integral part of telling the story.

The dancers were all from the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, except the leading female dancer Alessandra Ferri.
One of the ballets, in Act 3 Scene 2, when Austrian soldiers force a Swiss girl to dance, got more applause from the audience than any of the arias, and well deserved I thought.

Alessandra Ferri's reluctant dancing in that scene made me cry (which none of the singing did) partly because I was already disturbed by the preceding action when the soldiers humiliate the civilians, forcing them to pay homage to Gesler's hat on a pole.

The Cuban men were very impressive at being macho, which suited the meaning of their Act 3 dance perfectly. The choreography was brilliant.

In contrast to their dramatic dance as soldiers in Act 3...
in Act 1 the Cuban dancers were villagers. Ferri's pas de deux with the leading male dancer was joyful and very pretty.
That wasn't just a decorative time filler - it contributed to the main purpose of Act 1, which is to make us love the gentle Swiss villagers with their idyllic wedding scene, so we will feel all the more devastated when the Austrian soldiers get tough with them later.


Guillaume Tell is a political opera, but being an opera it explores the emotions that conflicts can arouse, rather than complex political ideas, and I think it does that very well.

The unspecific black uniforms of the soldiers made it seem relevant to many conflicts in the 20th and 21st centuries, the army oppressing civilians, and women abused as the spoils of war.

Rossini's music suits the plot and libretto. Less like his comedies and more like Verdi, he uses the orchestra to express the emotion of each moment, rather than having fun with the music for it's own sake. He even avoids the temptation to end each act with his usual manic crescendo, and he ends the last act with a hymn to nature and liberty.

The overture is unmistakably Rossini though, with its grand finish - ending, ending, ending... just one more flourish... will it ever stop?

Most of the singing cast are good, and well matched to their roles. The chorus can act, as well as sing, so the scenes where the crowd is herded around by the soldiers are very dramatic. But it was the Cubans' and Alessandra Ferri's dancing that made this production really exceptional.

Unfortunately the quality of the only video I could find of this production is poor - evidently a TV broadcast somebody saved on a home VCR. I wish I could find a better recording on DVD, but the Youtube video is still worth watching.

Save it for an evening when you have the patience to enjoy a 4 hour saga.

Guillaume Tell Pesaro 1995 1 (act 1-2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYb0ReugQZY
Guillaume Tell Pesaro 1995 2 (act 3-4)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7WwCv3zAjk

[Dark_Angel]

I did quickly figure out that the opera is Puccini Manon Lescaut because if the insanely long contrived death scence of Manon (entire final act), the modern staging freshens things up a bit.......still like Massenet Manon much better

[Soave_Fanciulla]

I did quickly figure out that the opera is Puccini Manon Lescaut because if the insanely long contrived death scence of Manon (entire final act), the modern staging freshens things up a bit.......still like Massenet Manon much better

Yes, I agree. There is more time to see the development of the relationship between Manon and des Grieux, and Massenet's musical style is more attuned to Manon's "coquetterie".

[Floria]

Great find JF52opera has fabulous youtube collection (especially the Verdi) posted in 720p HD quality!
I have saved his youtube homepage as a "favorite"

For Callas arias/operas in amazing sound from vinyl BJR originals check turnipoverlord youtube homepage

The utube police have removed some of these but I got lucky and managed to download most before they were removed. I have watched a couple and they were excellent.

I was sorry to see that Turnipoverlord is gone and all his music has been removed. I agree that the sound from the vinyl BJR recordings had amazing sound.

[Ann Lander (sospiro)]

Apologies if this has already been posted

[Luiz Gazzola (Almaviva)]

You know, Annie, I don't know how to download from YouTube. Do you need special software? I certainly would love to have a copy of a production with "our" Richard Ollarsaba in it.