Sherrill Milnes Movies
- 2008
This opera compilation release features a 'Best Of' tribute to late 19th and early 20th century composer Giacomo Puccini, with clips of his works performed onstage by numerous heavyweights. Featured performers include: Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Mirella Freni and many others. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- 1991
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
- 1990
A tribute to composer Giuseppe Verdi as baritone Sherril Milnes leads a tour of Italian sites made famous by Verdi. ~ Rovi
This music performance video is a production of Verdi's tragedy. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, conducted by James Levine, is accompanied by the Metropolitan Opera Chorus and by solists Zajick, Kavrakos, Burchuladze, and Milnes in its performance. ~ Tana Hobart, Rovi
- 1986
Sherrill Milnes at Juilliard: An Opera Master Class provides a bird's eye view inside a classroom at Juilliard, one of the world's most revered music schools. Instructor Sherrill Milnes allows documentary cameras to visit his opera master class for two full days. The result is more than 12 talented students who perform songs and rehearse as Milnes offers impressive critique, feedback, and demonstrations of phrasing and technique. ~ Betsy Boyd, Rovi
- 1985
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In this collection of excerpts from seven theatrical masterworks featuring some of the greatest opera talents ever to grace the stage, Peter Schrier offers a stunning rendition of Cosí Fan Tutte's "Un'aura amorosa", Placido Domingo and Sherrill Milnes team to perform "Dio, che nell'alma infondere from Verdi's Don Carlo, and Milnes performs Brahms "O Tod, wie bitter bist du alongside pianist Jon Spong. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- 1984
The Metropolitan Opera mounted this production of composer Giuseppe Verdi's opera Simon Boccanegra, starring Sherrill Milnes, Anna Tomowa-Sintow and Vasile Moldoveanu. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, under the direction of James Levine, provide musical accompaniment. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- 1984
Sherrill Milnes, Vasile Moldoveanu, Paul Plishka, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, and Dawn Upshaw star in this lavish production of what many regard as one of Verdi's finest and most challenging operas. Set in 14th century Genoa, two men conspire to have Boccanegra named Doge of Genoa, while another, Fiesco, looks for a way to bring him down. Fiesco's disgust with Boccanegra is not without just cause; Boccanegra seduced Fiesco's daughter, which caused her to have an illegitimate child who died as an infant. Meanwhile, Boccanegra has set his sights on another woman, Amelia, but she will not take his hand. Not only doesn't Amelia love him, but the current Doge has recently learned she is actually his long-lost daughter. Simon Boccanegra was recorded during a live performance at New York's Metropolitan Opera House on December 29, 1984. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Luciano Pavarotti takes the title role in this production of Verdi's operatic tragedy, in which a man falls for a woman who is pledged to another, leading to three men vying for the same woman, ending in betrayal and tragic consequences for all parties concerned. Leona Mitchell co-stars as Ernani's love Elvire; the supporting cast includes Ruggero Raimondi, Richard Vernon, and Charles Anthony. This video records a 1983 production by the Metropolitan Opera, with James Levine directing the orchestra. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- 1978
The Metropolitan Opera mounted this April 5, 1978 production of two one-act operas, presented here back-to-back as halves of the same double bill: Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci. The former stars Plácido Domingo as Turiddu, Tatiana Troyanos as Santuzza, Jean Kraft as Lucia, Vern Shinal as Alfio and Isola Jones as Lola. The latter stars Sherrill Milnes as Tonio, Domingo as Canio, Arthur Apy and Domenico Simeone as Villagers, Teresa Stratas as Nedda and James Atherton as Beppe. Both productions were created by Franco Zeffirelli, and feature symphonic accompaniment by The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, under the baton of James Levine and the choral direction of David Stivender. Zeffirelli designed the sets and costumes, and Fabrizio Melano directs for the stage ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Starring:
- Plácido Domingo, Tatiana Troyanos, (more)
Internationally renowned tenor Plácido Domingo leads the cast of this production of Puccini's tale of a doomed romance between star-crossed lovers. Tosca was filmed on authentic locations in Rome under the direction of Gianfranco de Bosio, with accompaniment by the New Philharmonia Orchestra under the baton of Bruno Bartoletti. The cast also includes Raina Kabaivanska as Tosca, Sherrill Milnes and Giancarlo Luccardi. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Luciano Pavarotti: Ernani features the celebrated tenor performing Verdi's classic opera. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
- Starring:
- Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, (more)
