Richard van Allen

Geheimauftrag Pontifex – Der Vatikan im Kalten Krieg (2015)

The Magic Flute (2003)

The Queen of the Night enlists a handsome prince named Tamino to rescue her beautiful kidnapped daughter, Princess Pamina. Aided by the lovelorn bird hunter Papageno and a magical flute that holds the power to change the hearts of men, young Tamino embarks ...

Tomorrow La Scala! (2002)

Members of a British opera troupe mount a production of "Sweeney Todd" within a maximum-security prison. ...

The Fairy Queen (2001)

Renowned opera director David Pountney delivers a superlative production in this 1995 staging of British composer Henry Purcell's "The Fairy Queen," featuring Yvonne Kenny at Titania, Simon Rice as Puck, Thomas Randle as Oberon and Richard Van Allan as The ...

The Temptation of Franz Schubert (1997)

Director Peter Webber's dramatized exploration of the tumultuous life of Austrian composer Franz Schubert exposes the stark contradictions of the legendary artist, whose dark personal life was often veiled by his astonishing musical feats. Despite his many ...

The Vampyr: A Soap Opera (1992)

Ripley, the vampire, was frozen in the late eighteenth century, but has revived in modern times and becomes a successful businessman. At a ceremony to invoke Satan, Ripley learns that his revival has come with a price: in the next three days, he must kill ...

The Vampyr: a Soap Opera (1992)

An erotic soap-opera adaptation of Marschner's Der Vampyr opera, modernized and aired on BBC 2. ...

Eugene Onegin (1989)

A filmed version of Tchaikovsky's opera. Onegin visits a friend, his fiancee and her sister Tatiana, who believes Onegin is her fated love. She writes a note telling him so, but he rejects her. Years later he returns, finding her married, but now he's smi ...

The Mikado (1987)

Jonathan Miller set his well-known production of The Mikado, staged for the English National Opera, in a British seaside resort of the 1920s. The result, complete with a chorus of gentlemen of Japan as cartoon-like British peers, emphatically underscores t ...

L'Enfance du Christ (1985)

A television version of Berlioz's oratorio. ...

Iolanthe (1982)

Half-fae-half-mortal shepherd Strephon wants to wed shepherdress Phyllis, but, although she reciprocates his feelings, she has a dilemma — she is so beautiful that all of the House of Lords, as well as her guardian, the Lord Chancellor, are also desirous ...

The Love of Three Oranges (1982)

The prince is suffering from severe depression, and only laughter can save him. ...