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Porgy and Bess

June 1959 •English

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

The Pirates of Penzance

February 1983 •English

In spite of being apprenticed to a Pirate King as a child, Frederic has led a very sheltered life. So when he arrives in Cornwall with his boisterous shipmates, there are a few surprises in store for him!

Na tý louce zelený

August 1936 •Czech

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

January 1992 •Russian

A young woman, married to a wealthy man, but miserably lonely; trapped within a world ruled with an iron fist. Katerina is driven by a lust for life and for love. Her husband, though, is impotent; her father-in-law a tyrant. No wonder, then, that she longs to free herself from this yoke. When Sergei starts work on the family estate, she sees in him a chance for salvation. However, their subsequent affair marks the beginning of a descent into crime.

The Flower of Hawaii

March 1933 •German

An adaptation of the operetta The Flower of Hawaii by Paul Abraham. It is based on the life of the last Queen of Hawaii Liliuokalani.

Slečna matinka

August 1938 •Czech

Uličnice

October 1936 •Czech

Carmen

May 1983 •Spanish

While rehearsing a flamenco ballet adaptation of Bizet's opera “Carmen”, Antonio, the choreographer, falls in love with the main dancer, Carmen, a fiercely independent woman. Antonio is slowly consumed by jealousy and possessiveness towards Carmen, just like Don José in the original opera, blurring the lines between fiction and reality.

The Magic Flute

September 2022 •English

A seventeen year old travels from London to the Austrian Alps to attend the legendary Mozart boarding school. There, he discovers a centuries-old forgotten passageway into the fantastic world of Mozart's "The Magic Flute".

The Devil's Brother

May 1933 •English

Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman, who secretly masquerades as Fra Diavolo, a notorious outlaw.

Rigoletto

June 1955 •Italian

A musical drama based on Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto.

Mam’zelle Nitouche

January 1977 •Czech

V tom domečku pod Emauzy

March 1934 •Czech

Carmen: A Hip Hopera

May 2001 •English

An engaged Philadelphia policeman falls in love with a beautiful woman while dealing with a corrupt superior.

Naughty Marietta

March 1935 •English

In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.

Down in the Valley

April 1984 •English

Short opera. A boy falls in love with a girl after an Appalachian prayer meeting, but her father wants her to go to the dance with a local shyster who the father thinks will bail him out of his money troubles instead.

Don Gio

November 1992 •Czech

The full-length film which, though based on Mozart's opera Don Giovanni, is more about the complexity of the time and the world. We witness the creation of a modern production of Don Giovanni, reflecting the controversial present. Mozart's exciting music, uninhibited erotic, and the eternal struggle against evil which constitutes the energy of our existence.

Armádní dvojčata

February 1938 •Czech

Koroghlu

October 1960 •Azerbaijani

The heroic Koroghlu is a poor youngster who leads a peasants' revolt against the tyrannic Khan.

Rozkošný příběh

January 1937 •Czech