Esa-Pekka Salonen Movies

  • 2022
    Playing with Gods

    Playing with Gods

    Playing with Gods

    02022HD

    The documentary dives intimately behind the scenes of the Finnish National Opera and sucks the viewer in like the best of thrillers. The three hours f...

    Playing with Gods
  • 2011
    The Makropulos Affair

    The Makropulos Affair

    The Makropulos Affair

    102011HD

    The Christoph Marthaler production of Leoš Janáček's "Věc Makropulos", recorded live at the Salzburger Festspiele on 8 & 30 August 2011. Angela De...

    The Makropulos Affair
  • 1995
    Eva Dahlgren - Jag vill se min älskade komma från det vilda

    Eva Dahlgren - Jag vill se min älskade komma från det vilda

    Eva Dahlgren - Jag vill se min älskade komma från det vilda

    01995HD

    Interviews with Eva Dahlgren, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Anders Hillborg are shown inbetween performances from their concert from Stockholm Central Station...

    Eva Dahlgren - Jag vill se min älskade komma från det vilda
  • 1993
    Everything you wanted to know about conductors but were afraid to ask

    Everything you wanted to know about conductors but were afraid to ask

    Everything you wanted to know about conductors but were afraid to ask

    01993HD

    Documentary about the state of the conducting world in the 1990s. Broadcast as part of the BBC OMNIBUS strand of documentaries.

    Everything you wanted to know about conductors but were afraid to ask
  • 1992
    Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen

    Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen

    Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen

    01992HD

    In 1992, Olivier Messiaen's epic opera "Saint François d'Assise" was brought to the Salzburg Festival in a staging by Peter Sellars. The distinct visu...

    Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen
  • 2016
    Pelléas et Mélisande - Aix-en-Provence

    Pelléas et Mélisande - Aix-en-Provence

    Pelléas et Mélisande - Aix-en-Provence

    02016HD

    Pelléas et Mélisande - Aix-en-Provence
  • 2020
    Covid Fan Tutte

    Covid Fan Tutte

    Covid Fan Tutte

    02020HD

    Autumn season at the opera opens with Covid fan tutte, starring leading Finnish soloists The first opera in the autumn repertoire will be Covid fan t...

    Covid Fan Tutte
  • 2004
    Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin

    Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin

    Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin

    02004HD

    This is the 2004 version of Kaija Saariaho's opera performed by the Finnish National Opera and conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.

    Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin
  • 2017
    From the House of the Dead

    From the House of the Dead

    From the House of the Dead

    02017HD

    Condensing the life stories – memories of prison in Silesia – related by Dostoyevsky in his work The House of the Dead, Leoš Janáček composed an opera...

    From the House of the Dead
  • 2014
    Orango

    Orango

    Orango

    02014HD

    "Orango" - prologue to an unfinished opera by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975),conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, performed by the Finnish Radio Symphony...

    Orango
  • 2013
    Universe of Sound - The Planets - Philharmonia Orchestra

    Universe of Sound - The Planets - Philharmonia Orchestra

    Universe of Sound - The Planets - Philharmonia Orchestra

    02013HD

    Universe of Sound has won the 2013 Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Audiences and Engagement. The award recognizes an outstanding initiative by an...

    Universe of Sound - The Planets - Philharmonia Orchestra
  • 2018
    Poulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle

    Poulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle

    Poulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle

    02018HD

    Running through Bartók’s disenchanted tale, whose haunting music was initially condemned as unplayable, and the expression of despair in Poulenc’s mon...

    Poulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle
  • 2016
    Strauss: Elektra

    Strauss: Elektra

    Strauss: Elektra

    82016HD

    The great singing actress Nina Stemme gives a heart-wrenching performance in the title role of Strauss’s blazing one-act drama, adapted from the ancie...

    Strauss: Elektra