Rolando Villazon Movies
- 2008
This performance of Gounod's opera Romeo et Juliette recorded in Salzburg in 2008 stars soprano Nino Machaidze and accompaniment by the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Nino Machaidze, Rolando Villazon, (more)
- 2008
This memorable production of the Jules Massenet opera Manon places the story in the glamour of Golden Age Hollywood, making the heroine a Marilyn Monroe-esque starlet. The production stars Anna Netrebko in the title role, with Rolando Villazon and Christof Fischesser rounding out the supporting cast. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon, (more)
- 2008
The legendary Robert Dornhelm directed this 2008 cinematization of Giacomo Puccini's seminal La Boheme - a film-opera starring Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon and George Von Bergen in the principal roles. This adaptation, like the original stage work, tells of the star-crossed love between writer Rodolfo (Villazon) and seamstress Mimi (Netrebko), who meet by chance one memorable Christmas Eve, and instantly fall in love - only to find that love ultimately ripped away by Mimi's fatal bout with tuberculosis. Florian Reichmann designed the sets. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon, (more)
- 2007
Barcelona, Spain's Gran Teatre del Liceu mounted this production of 19th century French composer Jules Massenet's 1884 opera Manon, starring Natalie Dessay, Rolando Villazón and Samuel Ramey and directed by David McVicar. The Symphony and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu provide musical accompaniment under the baton of Victor Pablo Pérez. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Natalie Dessay, Rolando Villazon, (more)
- 2006
This evening of opera music features the great tenor Placido Domingo, soprano Anna Netrebko, and tenor Rolando Villazon performing individually and together on a number of selections written by the most famous composers of all time. Among the artists whose work appear during the concert are Verdi, Bizet, Rossini, and Puccini. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Plácido Domingo, Anna Netrebko, (more)
- 2006
The release La Traviata brings to at-home audiences the Salzburg Festival's 2005 production of Giuseppe Verdi's titular masterpiece. This interpretation stars Anna Netrebko as Violetta Valery, Helene Schneidermann as Flora Bervoix, Diane Pilcher as Annina and Rolando Villazon as Alfredo Germont. It features musical accompaniment by the Konzertverzinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor as conducted by Rubert Huber.
~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
The year is 1914, and as World War I continues to rage across the European countryside, four individuals stuck on the front lines find themselves faced with the unthinkable in director Christian Carion's Academy Award-nominated account of the true-life wartime event that would offer hope for peace in mankind's darkest hour. When the war machines began rolling in the summer of 1914, the devastation that it waged upon German, British, and French troops was palpable. As the winter winds began to blow and the soldiers sat huddled in their trenches awaiting the generous Christmas care packages sent by the families, the sounds of warfare took a momentary backseat to the yearning for brotherhood among all of mankind. It is here that the fate of a French lieutenant, a Scottish priest, a German tenor, and a Danish soprano's lives were about to be changed forever. On Christmas Eve of that year, the lonely souls of the front lines abandoned their arms to reach out to their enemies on the battlefield and greet them with not anger or hostility, but with the simple, kindly gesture of a much needed cigarette or a treasured piece of chocolate, and to put their differences aside long enough to wish their brothers a sincere "Merry Christmas!" ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, (more)
