Barbara Daniels Movies

As mounted at New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in 1991, this gala event enlists a veritable who's who of opera stars, including Plácido Domingo , Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Cheryl Studer and Leo Nucci, to commemorate the 25th Anniversary (1966-1991) of the Metropolitan Opera's presence at Lincoln Center. It features three opera extracts - Act III from Rigoletto, Act III from Otello and Act II from Die Fledermaus - starring the said performers and many others, with accompaniment by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet], under the baton of James Levine. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

George Frideric Handel's comic opera Agrippina interweaves a cat's cradle of political intrigues. The complicated story centers around the wildly manipulative Agrippina, wife of the Emperor of Rome, Claudio, and follows Agrippina's attempts to push her son, Nerone, onto the throne when his father is mistakenly thought dead. Agrippina stops at nothing to shove aside Nerone's competitors, even attempting to con several men into murdering each other. This release contains a film of the May 1985 stage production of Agrippina, shot at the Rokokotheater Schwetzingen, performed by the London Baroque and directed for the stage by Michael Hampe. Gunter von Kannen stars as Claudio, Barbara Daniels as Agrippina, David Kuebler as Nerone, and Janice Hall as Poppea. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi