Grounds for Marriage (1951)

Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures her all the more. So when she decides to try again to become an opera singer he indulges her. While organising a concert for her he meets glamorous Cecil Carver. She in turn discovers Leonard has a splendid voice, and encourages him to use it for reasons very much her own.

Relato de la vida de Carlo Broschi, célebre castrado que triunfó en la ópera en el XVIII. Con 32 años y en la cumbre del éxito, Farinelli, artista que en el siglo XVIII ennobleció el arte del canto, se retira misteriosamente para dedicar en exclusividad al rey Felipe V de España su prodigiosa voz. Doce años antes, Farinelli y un virtuoso trompetista miden su destreza musical en una plaza repleta de curiosos. El joven cantante impone con facilidad su voz pura y perfecta. El público, entusiasmado, le aclama. Haendel, el compositor oficial de la corte de Inglaterra, que ha asistido a la representación oculto en su carroza, propone a Farinelli que vaya a Londres. Este encuentro supone el inicio de una relación marcada por el odio y la admiración mutua.

Francia, 1914, durante la Primera Guerra Mundial. En Nochebuena, un extraordinario acontecimiento tiene lugar en la sangrienta tierra de nadie que los franceses y los escoceses disputan a los alemanes...

An opera singer whose career is on the wane finds newfound fame doing popular songs on the radio.

Un director de orquesta es contratado para dirigir en París la ópera de Wagner "Tannhauser". Sin embargo, cuando llega a la capital francesa, tropieza con toda clase de obstáculos para realizar su trabajo: unas veces debido a las exigencias de los sindicatos y otras a causa de los caprichos de algunos cantantes. Así, su primer encuentro con la diva es frustrante, aunque acaban viviendo una apasionada historia de amor.

Fred Ballinger (Michael Caine), un gran director de orquesta, pasa unas vacaciones en un hotel de los Alpes con su hija Lena y su amigo Mick, un director de cine al que le cuesta acabar su última película. Fred hace tiempo que ha renunciado a su carrera musical, pero hay alguien que quiere que vuelva a trabajar; desde Londres llega un emisario de la reina Isabel, que debe convencerlo para dirigir un concierto en el Palacio de Buckingham, con motivo del cumpleaños del príncipe Felipe.

An unsophisticated farm girl pursues a career as an opera singer.

Henry es un monologuista cómico de humor incisivo. Ann, una cantante de renombre internacional. Centro de todas las miradas, juntos forman una pareja feliz rodeada de glamur. El nacimiento de su primogénita, Annette, una niña misteriosa con un destino excepcional, les cambiará la vida.

Chorus girl Rosa Carillo (Carmel Myers) finds herself in dire straits when the troupe she works with is disbanded and her last fifty dollars is stolen. Artist Billy Leeds (Earl Rodney) offers to take care of her, but she's leery of his proposition. Instead she finds work with an Italian grocer, Tony Bonchi (Edwin August). One of the other ex-members of the troupe has Tony arrested on a trumped up charge. Rosa returns to Billy and offers herself to him if only he'll get Tony out of jail.

The Nightingale of Tibet is a musical biopic about the life of opera singer Yiga Gyalnang, played by Tibetan singer Namgyal Lhamo. The movie follows the perilous journey of the singer as she escapes illegal detention in an underground Tibetan prison cell to make it across the border to Nepal and eventually to Europe where she finds international acclaim and success.

Robert Sternvall, a German journalist, returns to Artsakh in 2016 to cover the war which has been reignited after a 22-year ceasefire. In the result of his journalistic investigation, Robert meets Sophia, a young opera singer, who happens to be the daughter of missing photojournalist Edgar Martirosyan, whom Robert abandoned in captivity during the fall of the village of Talish in 1992. Robert and Sophia’s frequent rendezvouses ignite a passionate romance...

A baritone aids a young servant in making her dream of singing professionally come true.

A prisoner with a good singing voice escapes, only to grow jealous when an opera singer who looks like him is delivered back to the prison and receives attention, especially from Ann, the warden's daughter who leads the prison glee club.

"Myth" was the callsign of Vasyl Slipak, the world-famous Ukrainian opera singer, a soloist of the Parisian National Opera, who left the big stage to become a volunteer, a warrior fighting in the East of Ukraine. The Hero of Ukraine, the Knight of the Order "Golden Star" and the Order "For Courage", Vasyl Slipak gave his life, defending Ukraine. This documentary is a real story of heroism and self-sacrifice, which makes us think over our own lives.

In its most ambitious effort yet to bring the joy and artistry of opera to audiences everywhere during the Met’s closure, the company presented an unprecedented virtual At-Home Gala, featuring more than 40 leading artists performing in a live stream from their homes all around the world.

Marjorie grew up in Winchelsea in country Victoria, Australia, dreaming of becoming an opera star like Dame Nellie Melba. In 1928 she went to Paris to study opera without knowing a word of French and having never heard of Richard Wagner. In 1941, at the height her success, she was tragically cut down by polio and became completely paralysed. With the help of Australian nurse, Sister Kenny, Marjorie regained movement in her upper body and resumed her career in a wheelchair. In 1955, MGM made a movie of her life, "Interrupted Melody", starring Eleanor Parker and Glenn Ford, which won an Academy Award.

Basada en hechos reales. Historia de amor entre René Gallimard, un diplomático francés destinado en China en los años 60, y Song Liling, una fascinante y misteriosa diva de la ópera que consigue ocultarle durante muchos años un oscuro secreto.

Francia /// A mediados de los ochenta, Manu abandona su pueblo natal en los Pirineos y emigra a París para vivir con su hermana. Está ansioso por conocer los ambientes gays de la ciudad. Adrien, un médico de mediana edad, se enamora de él y se lo presenta a su amiga Sarah, que tiene relaciones con Mehdi, un policía musulmán de la brigada anti-vicio. Entre Manu y Mehdi surge una relación inesperada que provoca un conflicto en el grupo.

Suzette Micheline, una famosa cantante de ópera, llega a un pueblo de los pantanos de Louisiana, y allí conoce a Pepe Abellard Duvalle, un pescador que resulta tener una gran voz. Ella se enfada con él por su comportamiento algo rudo, pero el director Jacques Riboudeaux, ex amante de Suzette, ve en Pepe un gran talento y le invita a viajar a Nueva Orleans para que cante en su ópera. (filmaffinit)