Films with: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

4 by Agnès Varda

La Ponté Courté. A film about a fishing town and a couple who are evaluating their changing relationship. Varda juxtaposes the two tales to create a unique perspective on life. Cléo from 5 to 7. A girl waiting for the result of a medical examination wanders around Paris thinking she has cancer; the film focuses on her ever-changing moods, and her search for answers. Le bonheur. Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse young husband and father François finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker. Vagabond. Mona, an aimless drifter in the French countryside, deeply touches the lives of the people she meets and confronts them with her own ideas of freedom.

DVD 5617

Condamné à mort s'est échappé, ou, Le vent souffle où il veut A man escaped /

A French Resistance fighter is sent to an infamous prison in Lyon in 1943, where 7,000 of the 12,000 prisoners housed there died either by natural means or by execution. Lt. Fontaine is certain that execution awaits him, and begins planning his escape. For a period of time he goes it alone, but reluctantly takes on a partner. He gets some help from a couple of prisoners allowed to stroll in the exercise yard, but for the most part he is a figure of isolation.

DVD 3059

Coronation mass

DVD 5790

Così fan tutte

DVD 7829

Don Giovanni : opéra en deux actes /

DVD 5863

Don Giovanni dramma giocoso /

The story centers around a young nobleman who is obsessed with amorous conquest. It follows his romantic exploits and continued encounters with Donna Anna, the woman who plots to destroy him.

DVD 984

Geburtstagskonzert für Papst Benedikt XVI Birthday concert for Pope Benedict XVI :

"The concert that formed the centerpiece of Pope Benedict XVI's 80th-birthday celebrations. Also included are the welcoming speeches and the Pope's words of thanks."--www.amazon.com (viewed on Nov. 29, 2007).

DVD 9155

Leonard Bernstein at Harvard "the unanswered question," Norton lectures 1973.

DVD 1931

Nobel Prize concert 2008

Recording of the annual Nobel Prize concert which is part of the Nobel Week events. Interviews with the Nobel laureates highlight their interest in music.

DVD 9158

Nozze di Figaro

A battle of the sexes, loaded with confusion, mixed identities, a boy dressed up as a girl, and hilarious dialogue with plenty of double entendre. The impending marriage of Figaro to Susanna is threatened by the scheming of Count Almaviva, who desires Susanna for himself, and Marcellina, who wants to marry Figaro herself. All problems are resolved with the help of Countess Almaviva, and the couple are able to marry.

DVD 5861

Peter Shaffer's Amadeus

Adapted from Shaffer's play, the film presents the life of Antonio Salieri, a mediocre 18th century Viennese composer obsessed with and jealous of the musical genius of the age, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

DVD 645

Sylvia McNair

DVD 3163

Trollflöjten The magic flute /

An opera by Mozart, in which a handsome young man is enlisted to rescue the Queen of Night's daughter from an evil sorcerer.

DVD 680

Zauberflöte

A young man is enlisted to rescue the Queen of the Night's daughter from a sorcerer.

DVD 6147