Janet Baker Movies
Featuring opera legends Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras, this production includes selections from La Boheme, Carmen, La Traviata, Madam Butterfly, The Barber of Seville, and Turandot, among others. Noted sopranos Raina Kabaivanska and Janet Baker also make appearances, as well as Cecilia Gasdia, Nicola Martinucci, Eva Marton, and Neil Shicoff.
~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi
- 1988
The Huddersfield Choral Society and the Ripon Cathedral sing beloved Christmas carols from all over the world in this tuneful video. Robert Hardy also reads two inspirational selections. Songs include: "Ding Dong Merrily on High," "Troika," "Kwymbaya," "For Unto Us a Child is Born." ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
This audacious blend of cinematic, theatrical, and operatic styles contrasts the lives and loves of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth, Queen of England, as it blends the text of the play by Friedrich Schiller with the music from Gaetano Donizetti's opera on the same themes. Shot in authentic historical locations rather than studio sets, Maria Stuarda also employs the talents of operatic legends Luciano Pavarotti as the Earl of Leicester and Joan Sutherland as Scottish monarch Mary Stuart. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
The English National Opera presents this version of Donizetti's opera centered around Mary, Queen of Scots. ~ Rovi
- 1984
In another off-the-wall Achternbusch satire that is slow-paced, often unfunny and burdened with wooden acting, at least to those who are not Achternbusch fans, a factory worker carries around a stuffed dog (taxidermist-style) filled with gold and interacts with the Prime Minister, who drinks what looks like ketchup out of a bottle. Some of the comic barbs seem a little obscure, and other jokes -- like a Japanese tour guide played by a very Teutonic actress -- raise a chuckle for some viewers and a question mark for others. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Herbert Achternbush, Franz Baumgartner, (more)
Image Entertainment presents this performance of Handel's operatic retelling of Shakespeare's tragedy Julius Caesar. Directed by John Copely and accompanied by the English National Opera under the conduction of Sir Charles Mackerras, the 1984 production features all of the lead roles filled by female performers. With Janet Baker as the titular ill-fated Roman emperor, Julius Caesar also includes Valerie Masterson as Cleopatra, Sarah Walker as Cornelia, and Della Jones as Sextus. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi
- 1982
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Librettist Ranieri de' Calzabigi and composer Christoph Gluck co-crafted the opera Orfeo ed Eurydice, adapting the basic narrative from the mythical legend that recounts Orpheus's rescue of his bride, Eurydice, from the underworld. This filmed record of the 1982 production of Orfeo, as staged at The Glyndebourne Festival Opera, features a woman - the legendary Dame Janet Baker - in the male role of Orpheus, in a performance that many consider the pinnacle of her long and illustrious career. Elisabeth Baker co-stars as Eurydice; the production features musical accompaniment by The Glyndebourne Festival Chorus and The London Philharmonic Orchestra, as conducted by Raymond Leppard. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
For many years, English mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Abbott Baker held court as one of the world's most beloved and respected opera singers. In 1980 - approximately two years before Baker's retirement -- documentarian Bob Bentley profiled her in this film. Sweeping and ambitious, the motion picture covers Baker's entire career, from her debut with the Glyndebourne Chorus, to her final bow on that stage at the age of 49. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- 1972
The Glyndebourne Festival was host to Peter Hall's production of Gluck's opera Orefeo Ed Euridice. ~ Rovi
- 1963
This stage performance of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears' 1948 adaptation of composer John Gay's seminal three-act ballad opera The Beggar's Opera originally aired on the BBC in 1963; it stars Janet Baker as Polly Peachum, Kenneth McKellar as Captain Macheath, Bryan Drake as Lockit and Heather Harper as Lucy Lockit. The English Chamber Orchestra, under the baton of Meredith Davies, lends added musical accompaniment; Colin Graham produced. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Starring:
- Roger Jerome, David Kelly, (more)
