James Courtney

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Around the World

as Soldier
Released: 1943-11-27

Bandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl...

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The Ghosts of Versailles

as Louis XVI
Released: 1992-01-10

What happened to Figaro and his friends after the events told in Rossini’s and Mozart’s operas?...

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The Met - Tristan und Isolde

as Steersman
Released: 2008-03-22

James Levine’s love for this monumental opera shimmers throughout this exciting performance. It...

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La Forza del Destino

as The Mayor of Hornachuelos
Released: 1984-03-23

Leonora plans to elope with Don Alvaro, but he accidentally shoots and kills her father, who...

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The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth

as A Doctor
Released: 2008-04-13

Verdi’s admiration for Shakespeare led to such masterpieces as Othello and Falstaff, and if the...

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An Evening with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti

as Self
Released: 1988-12-15

Opera greats Luciano Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland -- one of the most acclaimed tenors and one...

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The Met — Der Rosenkavalier

as A Notary
Released: 2010-01-09

This production of Strauss’s most sumptuous work by director Nathaniel Merrill and designer...

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Air Strike

as James Delaney
Released: 1955-05-06

Tasked with training a group of untested new recruits, a no-nonsense Navy commander faces a host...

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Ariadne auf Naxos

as Lackey
Released: 1988-01-01

Jessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera,...

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The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute

as First Priest
Released: 2000-11-13

Mozart’s allegorical fairy tale has charmed audiences and inspired artists, for more than 200...

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Berlioz: Les Troyens

as Second Trojan soldier
Released: 2013-01-05

Berlioz’s epic masterpiece retells the magnificent saga of the aftermath of the Trojan War and...

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Berlioz: Les Troyens

as Laocoön
Released: 2013-01-05

Berlioz’s epic masterpiece retells the magnificent saga of the aftermath of the Trojan War and...

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Strauss: Salome

as Fifth Jew
Released: 2008-10-11

It is no wonder that Met audiences have gone wild over Karita Mattila’s sizzling Salome....

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The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose

as The Newspaper Clerk
Released: 2013-10-26

Acclaimed artist William Kentridge directed and designed this visually dazzling Met premiere...

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Verdi: Macbeth

as Medico
Released: 2015-10-30

Star soprano Anna Netrebko created a sensation in her first Met performances as the malevolent...

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The Met — Tosca

as Sciarrone
Released: 2009-10-10

Puccini’s musical thriller of lust, murder, and politics is one of the most dramatically...

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Falstaff

as Pistola
Released: 1993-01-01

It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian...

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Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary

as Self
Released: 1996-04-27

This tribute to James Levine, first shown on PBS, was only part of that glorious evening. Here...

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Tristan und Isolde

as Steersman
Released: 1999-12-18

Inspired by Wagner’s own tortured affair with the wife of his patron, this searing masterwork is...

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Idomeneo

as Trojan Soldiers
Released: 1982-01-01

Opera royalty Luciano Pavarotti brings dignity and power to the title role in this 1982...

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Metropolitan Opera Live — Marnie

as Dr Roman
Released: 2018-11-10

Composer Nico Muhly unveils his second new opera for the Met with this gripping reimagining of...

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Fedora

as Borov
Released: 1997-04-26

Princess Fedora, who is to marry the Count the following day, arrives and sings of her love for...

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The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata

as Doctor Grenvil
Released: 2017-03-11

La Traviata’s sumptuous melodies and timeless depiction of doomed love have made the work a...

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The Metropolitan Opera: Lulu

as The Physician / The Professor / The Police Commissioner
Released: 2015-11-21

William Kentridge’s multi-layered production of Berg’s masterpiece stars charismatic soprano...

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Manon Lescaut – The Met

as A sergeant
Released: 2008-02-16

One of today’s most compelling singing actresses, Karita Mattila takes on the irresistible role...

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La Fanciulla del West

as Sid
Released: 1992-04-08

Giancarlo Del Monaco’s atmospheric production brings to colorful life a 19th-century mining camp...

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Tosca

as Angelotti
Released: 1985-03-26

Live Metropolitan Opera performance March, 1985.

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Billy Budd

as Mr. Flint
Released: 1997-03-11

John Dexter’s brilliant production of Britten’s searing opera stars Dwayne Croft in the title...

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