Maria Ewing

Pelléas et Mélisande (2016)

Prince Golaud finds Mélisande, a mysterious young woman, lost in a forest. He marries her and brings her back to the castle of his grandfather, King Arkel of Allemonde. Here Mélisande becomes increasingly attached to Golaud's younger half-brother Pelléa ...

Mozart: Requiem (2007)

Dido and Aeneas (1996)

Maria Ewing, as Dido, heads an outstanding cast of young British singers in a film adaptation of Henry Purcell's much-loved tragic opera. With spectacular sets, this intense tale of heroism, passion, betrayal and ultimate tragedy is played out against a ba ...

Salomé (1992)

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 2 June 1992. ...

Carmen by Georges Bizet (1991)

Bizet's masterwork, Carmen, directed for stage by the Spanish actress Núria Espert. Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in 1989. ...

Carmen (1989)

Filmed production of Bizet's Carmen at Earls Court in London, June 1989. ...

Dialogues des Carmélites (1987)

In this legendary production, director John Dexter and designer David Reppa brilliantly captured the stark drama of Poulenc's only full-length opera, which tells the story of a group of nuns caught in the maelstrom of the French Revolution. Maria Ewing is ...

Carmen - Glyndebourne Festival Opera (1985)

Don José is a guard who begins an affair with the tempestuous Carmen. He is imprisoned and loses his job, then flees with her to the mountains. When the relationship starts to break down José refuses to acknowledge it and will not leave, even when he get ...

Monteverdi - L'Incoronazione Di Poppea (1984)

This is a finely tuned opera with music by the Italian composer, Claudio Monteverdi, libretto by G. E. Busenello, and the fine voices of contralto Maria Ewing, baritone Dennis Bailey, and several other sub-leads is not to be missed and will be fully enjoye ...

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1981)

Live from Glyndebourne 1981 ...

The Marriage of Figaro (1975)

Mozart's Marriage of Figaro is a comedy whose dark undertones explore the blurred boundaries between dying feudalism and emerging Enlightenment. Herman Prey's Figaro is admirably sung in a firm baritone and aptly characterized. So too, is his antagonist, ...