Dialogues Des Carmelites - DVD

Adapted from the play by George Bernard Shaw and directed by one of Shaw's foremost film interpreters, Anthony Asquith (Pygmalion), The Doctor's Dilemma fizzeswith wit and bites with intelligence. The story takes a swing at the pomposity of the medical establishment as it follows a doctor who has the resources to cure just one patient: either a kindly, penniless fellow physician or a brilliant, unscrupulous artist. A complication: the d

Susan Gritton, Sylvie Brunet, Soile Isokoski, Susanne Resmark, Helene Guilmette, Bernard Richter, and Alain Vernhes star in this Bayreuth production of the Poulenc opera conducted by Kent Nagano and directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov.

The State Opera is the first film ever made about the Bavarian State Opera, one of the world's oldest, most prestigious and internationally esteemed companies. It charts the course of three operas - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Les Indes galantes and Un ballo in maschera - as they come to life on the stage. We meet some of the great singers, such as Jonas Kaufmann and Anja Harteros, in performance and behind the scenes, as well as artistic directors past and present, and two of the music directors in Kirill Petrenko and his predecessor Zubin Mehta. As both a celebration and an exploration, this entertaining film is a declaration of love for the operatic form.