Robert Tear Movies
Turandot, the most beloved operatic work from composer Giacomo Puccini, is performed in Salzburg, Germany in this production from TDK Mediactive. Starring Gabriele Schnaut in the title role and Robert Tear as Altoum, the 2002 performance also includes music by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Valery Gergiev. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi
- Starring:
- Gabriele Schnaut, Robert Tear, (more)
- 1990
Adapted from the Thomas Mann novel, Benjamin Britten's Death in Venice follows Gustav von Aschenbach, a famous writer of a certain age who seeks a rebirth of inspiration. To that end, he travels to Venice, where he becomes infatuated with a young Polish Boy, Tadzio, whose family is also vacationing in Venice. Confused by his feelings, Aschenbach tells himself that his infatuation is fatherly, and he enjoys watching Tadzio playing games and emerging victorious. Aschenbach, finding the heat oppressive, decides to leave for the mountains, but his luggage is misplaced and he returns to his hotel. He decides that Tadzio is the inspiration that has been thus far eluding him. Soon after, Aschenbach hears rumors of a deadly infection, and before long learns that a cholera epidemic is overtaking Venice. He knows that he should leave, and that he should warn Tadzio and his family, but he cannot bring himself to do so. On the beach, he sees Tadzio defeated by another boy, who shoves his face into the sand. Tadzio walks into the sea as Aschenbach succumbs to death in his beach chair. ~ Craig Butler, Rovi
- Starring:
- Robert Tear
- 1985
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Ulysses makes his way back home to his sought after wife in Italian composer Monteverdi's stage adaptation of the final books in Homer's epic tale, The Odyssey. Benjamin Luxon and Janet Baker star in this landmark 1973 production directed by Peter Hall and conducted by Raymond Leppard at the world renowned National Theater. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- 1977
Legendary conductor André Previn leads the London Symphony Orchestra for a series of concert performances in this classical compilation. First on the bill is Sergey Rachmaninov's The Bells, op. 35, mounted and filmed at London's Royal Albert Hall on July 26, 1973. Next up is Sergey Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kijé Symphonic Suite, op. 60, performed and filmed at Croydon's Fairfield Hall on April 24, 1977. The final selection on the bill is the overture from Candide, mounted and filmed at the Royal Festival Hall in London on November 25, 1971. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Starring:
- Sheila Armstrong, Robert Tear, (more)
- 1969
As a single installment in the Britten-Pears series of classical performance films, Idomeneo originally aired on the BBC in 1969. It constitutes one of the first ever filmed performances of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's titular opera, here performed in English by famed British tenor Peter Pears, as well as Robert Tear and Heather Harper. Benjamin Britten conducts. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Starring:
- Peter Pears
- 1966
This release constitutes a stage production of Benjamin Britten's celebrated 1951 opera Billy Budd, which Britten, in turn, adapted from Herman Melville's unfinished novella. It was filmed in black-and-white by the BBC in 1966 and stars the legendary Peter Pears as Captain Vere. Basil Coleman directs. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Starring:
- Peter Pears, Peter Glossop, (more)
