This is a list of feature films based on operas. Films based on operas

OperaComposerLibrettistFilmYearFilm directorAleko Sergei RachmaninoffVladimir Nemirovich-DanchenkoAleko, 19531953Sergei SidelyovAida Giuseppe VerdiAntonio GhislanzoniAida, 19531953Clemente FracassiAida, 19871987Claes FellbomAida of the Trees, 20012001Guido ManuliAndrea Chénier Umberto GiordanoLuigi IllicaAndrea Chénier, 19551955 Clemente FracassiUn ballo in maschera Giuseppe VerdiAntonio SommaMasked Ball, 19171917 Alfréd DeésyBánk bán Ferenc ErkelBéni EgressyBánk bán, 20012001The Barber of SevilleGioachino RossiniCesare Sterbini The Barber of Seville, 19471947 Mario Costa The Barber of Seville, 19481948 Jean LoubignacThe Bartered BrideBedřich SmetanaKarel Sabina The Bartered Bride, 19321932 Max Ophüls Prodaná nevěsta, 19751975 Václav KašlíkThe Beggar's OperaJohann Christoph PepuschJohn Gay The Beggar's Opera, 19531953 Peter BrookKurt WeilBertolt BrechtThe Threepenny Opera 1931G. W. PabstBluebeard's CastleBéla BartókBéla Balázs Herzog Blaubarts Burg, 19631963 Michael Powell La bohème Giacomo PucciniLuigi IllicaGiuseppe Giacosa La Bohème, 19261926King Vidor La Bohème, 19651965Franco Zeffirelli La Bohème, 19881988Luigi Comencini Rent, 20052005Chris Columbus La Bohème, 20082008Robert DornhelmThe Bohemian GirlMichael William BalfeAlfred BunnThe Bohemian Girl, 19221922Harley KnolesThe Bohemian Girl, 1927 1927The Bohemian Girl, 19361936James W. Horne and Charles RogersBoris GodunovModest MussorgskyModest MussorgskyBoris Godunov, 19541954 Vera StroyevaBoris Godunov, 19891989 Andrzej ŻuławskiCarmenGeorges BizetLudovic HalévyHenri Meilhac Gypsy Blood, 19201920Karl Otto Krause Carmen, 19311931Cecil Arthur Lewis Carmen, la de Triana, 19381938Florián Rey Nights in Andalusia, 19381938Herbert Maisch Carmen, 19421942Christian-Jaque Carmen Jones, 19541954 Otto PremingerThe Wild, Wild Rose, 19601960Wong Tin-lam Prénom Carmen, 19831983Jean-Luc GodardCarmen, 19841984Francesco RosiCarmen: A Hip Hopera, 20012001 Robert TownsendKarmen Geï, 20012001 Joseph Gaï RamakaU-Carmen e-Khayelitsha, 20052005Mark Dornford-MayCarmen's Kiss, 20082008David FairmanCavalleria rusticanaPietro MascagniGiovanni Targioni-Tozzetti Guido MenasciCavalleria rusticana, 19531953Carmine GalloneCavalleria rusticana, 19821982Franco ZeffirelliLes cloches de Corneville Robert PlanquetteLouis ClairvilleCharles GabetLes cloches de Corneville, 19171917 Thomas BentleyCosì fan tutte Wolfgang Amadeus MozartLorenzo Da PonteAll Ladies Do It, 19921992 Tinto BrassDalibor Bedřich SmetanaJosef WenzigDalibor, 19561956 Václav KrškaThe Death of Klinghoffer John AdamsAlice GoodmanThe Death of Klinghoffer, 20032003 Penny WoolcockDon César de Bazan Jules MassenetAdolphe d'EnneryPhilippe-François Pinel "Dumanoir"Jules ChantepieRosita, 19231923Ernst LubitschDon Giovanni Wolfgang Amadeus MozartLorenzo Da PonteDon Juan, 1955Walter Kolm-VeltéeDon Giovanni, 1979Joseph LoseyDon PasqualeGaetano Donizetti Alphonse RoyerGustave Vaëz Eugène ScribeDon Pasquale, 1940Giovanni RuffiniGaetano DonizettiLe domino noir Daniel AuberEugène ScribeThe Black Domino, 1929Victor Janson Die Entführung aus dem Serail Wolfgang Amadeus MozartGottlieb StephanieThe Abduction from the Seraglio, 1961Alan BurkeL'elisir d'amoreGaetano DonizettiFelice RomaniDer LiebestrankThe Eternity ManJonathan Mills Dorothy PorterThe Eternity Man, 2008Julien TempleEugene OneginPyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyPyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyKonstantin ShilovskyEugene Onegin, 1959Roman TikhomirovDer EvangelimannWilhelm Kienzl Wilhelm KienzlThe Evangelist, 1924Holger-Madsen La favoriteGaetano Donizetti Alphonse RoyerGustave Vaëz Eugène ScribeLa Favorita, 1952Cesare BarlacchiLa fille de Madame AngotCharles LecocqClairvillePaul SiraudinVictor KoningLa fille de Madame Angot, 1935 Jean Bernard-DerosneLa fille du régimentGaetano Donizetti Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-GeorgesJean-François BayardThe Daughter of the Regiment, 1953 Géza von BolváryGoffredo AlessandriniDaughter of the Regiment, 1953 Georg C. KlarenLa forza del destino Giuseppe VerdiFrancesco Maria PiaveThe Force of Destiny, 1950Carmine GalloneA Time of Destiny, 1988Der Freischütz Carl Maria von WeberJohann Friedrich KindMagic Hunter, 1994Ildikó EnyediEl gato montés Manuel PenellaManuel PenellaEl gato montés, 1936Rosario PiGriffelkin Lukas FossAlastair ReidH-E Double Hockey Sticks, 1999Randall MillerHansel and Gretel Engelbert HumperdinckAdelheid WetteHansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy, 1954John PaulHalka Stanisław MoniuszkoWłodzimierz WolskiHalka, 1930Konstanty MeglickiHalka, 1937Juliusz GardanHáry János Zoltán KodályBéla PauliniZsolt HarsányiHáry János, 1941Frigyes BánHáry János, 1965Miklós SzinetárKhovanshchinaModest MussorgskyModest MussorgskyKhovanshchina, 1959 Vera StroyevaLady Macbeth of MtsenskDmitri Shostakovich Alexander Preys Dmitri ShostakovichKaterina Izmailova, 1966 Mikhail ShapiroLouiseGustave CharpentierGustave CharpentierLouise, 1939 Abel GanceMacbethGiuseppe VerdiFrancesco Maria PiaveAndrea MaffeiMacbeth, 1987 Claude d'AnnaMadama Butterfly Giacomo PucciniLuigi Illica Giuseppe GiacosaThe Toll of the Sea, 1922Chester M. Franklin Madame Butterfly, 1932Marion GeringMadame Butterfly, 1954Carmine GalloneM. Butterfly, 1993David CronenbergMadame Butterfly, 1995Frédéric Mitterrand The Magic Flute Wolfgang Amadeus MozartEmanuel SchikanederThe Magic Flute, 1975 Ingmar Bergman The Magic Flute, 2006Kenneth BranaghMagic Flute Diaries, 2008Kevin SullivanThe Magic Flute, 2022Florian SiglThe Marriage of Figaro Wolfgang Amadeus MozartLorenzo Da PonteThe Marriage of Figaro, 1949Georg WildhagenThe Marriage of Figaro, 1960Alan Burke The MediumGian Carlo MenottiGian Carlo MenottiThe Medium, 1951Gian Carlo Menotti The Merry Wives of WindsorOtto NicolaiSalomon Hermann MosenthalThe Merry Wives of Windsor, 1950Georg Wildhagen Die Meistersinger von NürnbergRichard WagnerRichard WagnerDer Meister von Nürnberg, 1927Ludwig Berger MignonAmbroise ThomasJules BarbierMichel CarréMignon, 1915William NighThe MikadoArthur SullivanW. S. GilbertThe Mikado, 1939Victor SchertzingerThe Cool Mikado, 1963 Michael Winner The Mikado, 1967 Stuart Burge Moses und AronArnold SchoenbergArnold SchoenbergMoses und Aron, 1975Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle HuilletLa muette de PorticiDaniel AuberGermain DelavigneEugène ScribeThe Dumb Girl of Portici, 1916Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley The Mute of Portici, 1922 Arthur Günsburg The Mute of Portici, 1952 Giorgio Ansoldi Natalka PoltavkaMykola Lysenko Natalka Poltavka, 1936Ivan Kavaleridze The NoseDmitri ShostakovichDmitri ShostakovichYevgeny ZamyatinGeorgy IoninAlexander Preys The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks, 2020Andrei Khrzhanovsky OtelloGiuseppe VerdiArrigo BoitoOtello, 1906 Mario CaseriniGaston VelleOtello, 1986 Franco ZeffirelliPagliacci Ruggero LeoncavalloRuggero LeoncavalloI Pagliacci, 1915 Francesco BertoliniI Pagliacci, 1923 G. B. Samuelson S. W. SmithPagliacci, 1931 Joe W. CoffmanPagliacci, 1936 Karl GrunePagliacci, 1948 Mario CostaPagliacci, 1982 Franco ZeffirelliParsifal Richard WagnerRichard WagnerParsifal, 1904 Edwin S. PorterThe Evil Forest, 1951 Daniel MangranéParsifal, 1982 Hans-Jürgen SyberbergLes pêcheurs de perles Georges BizetEugène CormonMichel CarréThe Pearl Fishers, 1963 William SterlingThe Pirates of PenzanceArthur SullivanW. S. Gilbert The Pirate Movie, 1982Ken AnnakinThe Pirates of Penzance, 1983Wilford LeachPorgy and Bess George GershwinDuBose HeywardPorgy and Bess, 1959 Otto PremingerLe postillon de Lonjumeau Adolphe AdamAdolphe de LeuvenLéon Lévy BrunswickThe Postman from Longjumeau, 1936 Carl LamacPrince IgorAlexander BorodinAlexander BorodinPrince Igor, 1969 Roman TikhomirovThe Queen of SpadesPyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyModest TchaikovskyThe Queen of Spades, 1960Roman TikhomirovDas RheingoldRichard WagnerRichard WagnerDas Rheingold, 1978 Ernst WildDas Rheingold, 1995Der RosenkavalierRichard StraussHugo von HofmannsthalDer Rosenkavalier, 19261926Robert WieneRigolettoGiuseppe VerdiFrancesco Maria PiaveRigoletto, 19561956Flavio CalzavaraRigoletto, 19821982Jean-Pierre PonnelleRick, 20032003Curtiss ClaytonGiuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto Story, 20052005Gianfranco Fozzi Rigoletto... in Bluegrass, 20062006Rob SwalesRitaGaetano DonizettiGustave VaëzRitaI vespri sicilianiGiuseppe VerdiEugène ScribeCharles DuveyrierVespro siciliano, 19491949 Giorgio Pastina The Tales of HoffmannJacques OffenbachJules BarbierThe Tales of Hoffmann, 19231923Max NeufeldThe Tales of Hoffmann, 19511951Michael Powell and Emeric PressburgerTieflandEugen d'AlbertRudolf Lothar Under the Mountains, 19201920 Béla Balogh Tiefland, 19221922 Adolf E. Licho Tiefland, 19541954 Leni RiefenstahlToscaGiacomo PucciniLuigi IllicaGiuseppe Giacosa The Song of Hate, 19151915 J. Gordon Edwards Tosca, 19411941 Carl Koch Tosca, 19561956 Carmine Gallone Tosca, 20012001 Benoît JacquotLa traviataGiuseppe VerdiFrancesco Maria Piave Camille, 19361936 George Cukor The Lady of the Camellias, 19471947 Carmine Gallone La traviata, 19671967 Mario Lanfranchi La Traviata, 19821982Franco Zeffirelli The Tsar's BrideNikolai Rimsky-KorsakovIlia Tyumenev The Tsar's Bride, 19651965Vladimir Gorikker La WallyAlfredo CatalaniLuigi IllicaLa Wally, 19321932Guido Brignone Zar und ZimmermannAlbert LortzingAlbert LortzingThe Czar and the Carpenter, 19561956Hans Müller

Rock operas This is a list of feature films based on rock operas.

OperaMusicLyricsFilmFilm directorJesus Christ Superstar, 1970 Andrew Lloyd Webber Tim RiceJesus Christ Superstar, 1973Norman JewisonQuadrophenia, 1973 The Who The WhoQuadrophenia, 1979Franc RoddamTommy, 1969 The Who The WhoTommy, 1975Ken RussellThe Wall, 1979 Pink Floyd Pink FloydPink Floyd – The Wall, 1982Alan Parker

Other opera films This is a list of other opera or opera based films. Aria, 1987 Meeting Venus, 1992, directed by István Szabó Opéra imaginaire, 1993 Topsy-Turvy, 1999, directed by Mike Leigh

See also Lists of film source material Opera film Operetta film

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