Ples v opeře (1983)

Renée Fleming lights up the Met stage as Hanna Glawari, the fabulously wealthy widow of the title in Lehár’s beloved operetta, set in Paris and seen in a glittering production directed and choreographed by Broadway’s Susan Stroman. Nathan Gunn is Danilo, Hanna’s former flame, who is supposed to woo and marry her in order to keep her fortune in their home country of Pontevedro. Kelli O’Hara sings Valencienne, the flirtatious young wife of the Pontevedrian ambassador in Paris, Baron Zeta, played by Thomas Allen, and Alek Shrader is her suitor, Camille. Andrew Davis conducts the waltz-rich score, and the new English translation is by Jeremy Sams.

Young Austrian Archduke Paul "Gustl" Gustave is in an arranged engagement but his uncle, the emperor, decides to let Gustl carry on a fling with ballet dancer Lisl Gluck.

Este, para quem só há felicidade conjugal quando se é o primeiro marido da mulher, é escrupulosamente mantido na ignorância do casamento com Eric Thomson. Só a irmã de Gilberte, Arlette Poumaillac, ainda solteira, conhece o segredo. Mas o que aconteceria se, por pura coincidência, Georges Valandray iniciasse uma relação de negócios com Eric Thomson e ficassem amigos?

Ottilie Van Zandt is forced to wed her cousin, despite her love for Richard Wayne, the gardener's son. Richard leaves, vowing to return a wealthy man and eligible suitor for her. He returns to find she has already married and, in turn, marries another girl on impulse. Two generations later, the grandchildren of Ottilie and Richard, who both have inherited their names as well, meet and develop a close friendship that culminates in the romance that their grandparents began but could not consummate years before.

French General Birabeau has been sent to Morocco to root out and destroy the Riffs, a band of Arab rebels, who threaten the safety of the French outpost in the Moroccan desert. Their dashing, daredevil leader is the mysterious "Red Shadow". Margot Bonvalet, a lovely, sassy French girl, is soon to be married at the fort to Birabeau's right-hand man, Captain Fontaine. Birabeau's son Pierre, in reality the Red Shadow, loves Margot, but pretends to be a milksop to preserve his secret identity. Margot tells Pierre that she secretly yearns to be swept into the arms of some bold, dashing sheik, perhaps even the Red Shadow himself. Pierre, as the Red Shadow, kidnaps Margot and declares his love for her.

In 1890, Gus Sascher joins the Austrian Army and romances the impoverished girl Elsa Hofner. Elsa instead marries the wealthier officer Franz von Renner, in an attempt at social climbing.

Silva Varescu, a self-sufficient and professionally successful cabaret performer from Budapest, is about to embark on a tour of America. Three of her aristocratic admirers, named Edwin, Feri and Boni, prefer her to stay. Edwin, unaware that his parents have already arranged a marriage for him back home in Vienna, orders a notary to prepare a promissory note of his expected marriage to Silva within ten weeks.

O enredo gira em torno de uma intriga romântica com sequências de circo interpoladas. O misterioso "Mister X", um artista de circo arrojado, é contratado pelo Príncipe russo Sergius Wladimir, que foi rejeitado epla Princesa Fedora Palinska para se fazer passar por nobre e casar com ela. Mas "Mister X" é, de fato, um nobre, o sobrinho deserdado de um príncipe falecido, e que acaba sendo envolvido pela trama armada pelo pretendente rejeitado.

A shy young man with a passion for opera has his world turned upside down by a con artist who really does have a heart of gold.

Eisenstein gets in trouble for shooting a grouse. He is told that he must go to prison for his crime. However, his friend has invited him to an aristocratic ball. Eisenstein, despite being married, wants to go to the ball to meet women. Eisenstein lies to his wife. He tells her that he is going to prison but actually he goes to the ball. His story arises the suspicion of his wife. His wife devises a plot to catch her womanizing husband.

Sylva Varescu, uma conhecida cantora de cabaré, está apaixonada pelo príncipe Edwin von und zu Lippert-Weylersheim, que tem uma outra pretendente, arranjada por sua família reprovadora. As questões se resolvem quando se verifica que a mãe do príncipe também já foi uma cantora de cabaré.

O enredo de Der Zarewitsch baseia-se vagamente numa história verídica. Retrata o exílio autoimposto de Zarewitsch, filho do Czar Russo, que fugiu ao comando do seu pai para se tornar monge ou se interessar pelos militares, com a sua amante Sonja disfarçada de pagem. O casal passou dois anos escondido até que seu pai o obrigou a regressar. Em vez de retornar, no entanto, ele fugiu novamente e só se convenceu a retornar quando seu pai morreu e ele teve que assumir o trono.

The story: While her husband is becoming famous in the war, the marshal of Werdenberg's wife consoles herself in the arms of the youngster Octavian and tries to arrange the love affairs of her cousin, the baron Ochs, by presenting him to young Sophie. This baron is taken with her and the Marschallin proposes Octavian to be his "Rosenkavalier" in order to present the traditional silver rose to his fiancée. But youngsters are youngsters and sex hormones hold sway over the whole world so for that reason immediately Octavian and Sophie fall in love with each other…

Às vésperas de um baile na residência do príncipe Orlofsky, Gabriel Eisenstein deve se apresentar na prisão para cumprir oito dias por desacato a uma autoridade. Seu amigo, Dr. Falke, o convence a não se entregar naquela noite e ir ao baile. No ano anterior Falke, vestido de morcego, foi vitima de uma brincadeira de Eisenstein e abandonado, fantasiado e embriagado, em uma praça publica, virando motivo de chacota da população local pela manhã. Secretamente Falken convence a empregada, Adele a ir ao baile também, e depois a mulher de Eisentein, Rosalinde, para ir com uma máscara. Os próximos dois atos contam os encontros e desencontros dos personagens no baile e depois na delegacia de policia.

As they are leaving the church following their wedding, Count Adrian Beltrami and Countess Anna-Marie are told that the Austrians are marching on the town to quell an Italian uprising. The bride and relatives induce the count to flee to his castle, but Tangy, a silhouette cutter, brings word from the revolutionary committee asking him to return; the count goes, asking Tangy to pose as the count and protect Anna-Marie.

A young girl becomes lost in a department store during the Christmas shopping rush. The frightened child is comforted by a department store Santa Claus who tells her a tale of storybook characters brought to life - of Tommy Tucker's love for the lovely Jane Piper and the cold-hearted villainy of evil Silas Barnaby. Through the girl's dreams, the viewer is transported to Toyland. Based on the classic Broadway operetta by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough, this was its second live television special production, with some new cast members and some returning.

"Sailors" - A musical comedy about Kalle Svensson, a sergeant in the navy, and his loved one Nanette Raquette who works as a gymnastics teacher.

This musical comedy based on an opera by Jacques Offenbach incorporates a twist on the classic Greek myth: Orpheus, a music teacher at a girls’ school in the ancient Greek city of Thebes, actually does not miss his wife Eurydice that much – until the gods and Offenbach himself pressure him to retrieve her from Hades.

Celestin is the singing teacher in a monastery and Denis is one of her students. They both dream about the life outside. (It's a Swedish version of the famous vaudeville-opérette "Mam'zelle Nitouche").

Ambientada na Hungria no século XVIII, esta é a história do casamento de um fazendeiro, retornado do exílio com uma garota cigana que é apresentada como filha de um pax turco, e legítima dona de um tesouro escondido. A trama envolve uma Rainha românia, um Major, um comissário malandro, um Governador Militar, um bando de ciganos e uma tropa de hussardos.