An idealistic artist, a celebrated opera singer, and a corrupt police chief engage in a fierce battle of wills in this tempestuous tale of cruelty and deception. Puccini’s great melodrama may be set in 1800, but its tale of intrigue, hypocrisy, and the courage of convictions is anything but dated. In story, song, and ethical challenge, Tosca offers your students an afternoon of extreme opera. 　　In his new Met production, director Luc Bondy presents Tosca not only as a thriller but also as an intimate drama of devotion, courage, and resilience. “Tosca,” says James Levine, the Met’s Music Director and conductor of this Live in HD performance, “combines Puccini’s glorious musical inspiration with the melodramatic vitality of one of the great Hitchcock films. From the very first bar of the piece, Tosca seizes you and keeps you on the edge of your seat until the last note.” 　　The acclaimed Finnish soprano Karita Mattila, seen in the 2008 Live in HD transmission of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, sings the title role of Floria Tosca—a high point in any soprano’s career. The excitement is not only musical. “At first I thought, ‘How will it feel to kill somebody on stage?’” Mattila says. “But Tosca is like an action movie, and the drama just happens.”

John Dexter’s riveting production, designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch, captures the dark passions of Verdi’s ever popular opera. Cornell MacNeil, in the role of his sensational Met debut, is the tortured hunchback jester, desperate to protect his daughter, Gilda, from the lascivious Duke of Mantua. Ileana Cotrubas is at her most affecting as the innocent girl who sacrifices herself for love. Plácido Domingo’s golden voice and suave appeal are perfect for the charming but faithless Duke. James Levine conducts.

Virdee is a new detective series based on AA Dhand’s best-selling crime novels. 　　The series introduces Detective Harry Virdee (Sacha Dhawan), a Bradford cop disowned by his Sikh family for marrying Saima, who is Muslim. Harry struggles with the abandonment, constantly attempting to reunite with his family. With his personal life in chaos, he must hunt down a killer targeting the Asian community. 　　When the murderer kidnaps a local MP’s daughter in Bradford and holds the entire city to ransom, Harry realises that he is going to need the help of his brother-in-law Riaz, a drugs kingpin who runs the largest cartel in the county. Pulled together in an alliance that could ruin them both, Harry must make a choice: save himself and his family or save his city. He will not be able to do both.

Virdee is a new detective series based on AA Dhand’s best-selling crime novels. The series introduces Detective Harry Virdee (Sacha Dhawan), a Bradford cop disowned by his Sikh family for marrying Saima, who is Muslim. Harry struggles with the abandonment, constantly attempting to reunite with his family. With his personal life in chaos, he must hunt down a killer targeting the...

巴黎社交名媛薇奥莱塔因喜欢佩戴茶花，故有“茶花女”美称。她名噪一时，却并没有追求名利的世俗作风，偶然结识了年轻人阿尔弗莱德并与他相爱。可是阿尔弗莱德的父亲阿芒以坚决的态度恳求薇奥莱塔离开自己的儿子，而薇奥莱塔为了爱人将来的前途以及声誉，忍痛答应了要求后无奈回到巴黎重操旧业。阿尔弗莱德不知内情，在盛怒下当众羞辱了薇奥莱塔。受不了这样的打击，使得原本就有肺痨的薇奥莱塔生命垂危。至此，阿尔弗莱德的父亲才将实情告诉儿子，后悔不已的阿尔弗莱德赶回薇奥莱塔的身边，而这位苦难、深情的女子也在爱人的怀抱中离开了人世……

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故事发生于19世纪40年代，阿尔方斯妮（安娜·奈瑞贝科 Anna Netrebko 饰）本是出生在穷乡僻壤的贫穷女孩，注定会过上默默无闻了此一生的生活。然而，上帝却将她指引向了繁华的大都市巴黎。在那里，阿尔方斯妮见识到了上流社会的奢靡生活。随着时间的推移，阿尔方斯妮凭借着自己的美貌和智慧渐渐打入了社交圈，最终成为了人人仰慕的交际花，那些对她垂涎三尺的男人们称她为茶花女。 　　一次偶然中，阿尔方斯妮邂逅了名为小仲马（Thomas Hampson 饰）的作家，两人坠入了爱河。然而，当小仲马得知了阿尔方斯妮的真实身份后，愤怒的觉得后者欺骗了自己，于是选择了离开。

故事发生在十九世纪的巴黎，维奥莱塔（爱狄塔·格鲁贝罗娃 Edita Gruberova 饰）是当时的一代名妓，一次偶然中，她同名叫阿尔弗雷多的年轻人相遇了，两人一见钟情，无法自拔。维奥莱塔甘愿放弃曾经的一切生活，追随阿尔弗雷多而去，然而，两人的恋情却遭到了阿尔弗雷多父亲的坚决反对。 　　在阿尔弗雷多的父亲的几经干预之下，维奥莱塔无奈回到了曾经的相好杜费尔男爵的身边，心上人的背叛令阿尔弗雷多心碎不已，愤怒又悲伤的他决定报复。遭到阿尔弗雷多的报复，依然爱着他的维奥莱塔心碎了，她积怨成疾最终患上了不治之症。就在此时，阿尔弗雷多终于知道了维奥莱塔当年离开他的前因后果和苦衷，然而为时已晚，当他回到维奥莱塔的身边时，后者已经奄奄一息。