Giuseppe Verdi - I due Foscari

In his 'new life' as a baritone, Placido Domingo has triumphed in the role of Francesco Foscari in Los Angeles, London and Vienna. Now he takes to the role to La Scala, Milan, the theatre that is the symbol of Italian opera. I due Foscari, premiered in 1844, famously one of Verdi's darkest operas, is staged by Alvis Hermanis, who made such an impact at the Salzburg Festival with "Die Soldaten" and "Il trovatore". Domingo is joined by two of Italy's most exciting singers, the soprano Anna Pirozzi and the tenor Francesco Meli, and the acclaimed Italian conductor Michele Mariotti. The Financial Times was deeply moved by Domingo's performance, calling his interpretation of the role "sublime".

Rossini: La Gazza Ladra - Teatro alla Scala

Lucrezia Borgia - Teatro degli Arcimboldi

Royal Opera House: Macbeth

Verdi’s life-long love affair with Shakespeare’s works began with Macbeth, a play he considered to be ‘one of the greatest creations of man’. With his librettist, Francesco Maria Piave, Verdi set out to create ‘something out of the ordinary’. Their success is borne out in every bar of a score that sees Verdi at his most theatrical: it bristles with demonic energy.

Madama Butterfly - Teatro alla Scala

Milano 2015

Six Italian directors explore contemporary Milan in a rich and eclectic portrait of urban life and spaces—both rooted in history and bursting with a diversity of architecture and humanity.

Yin, and What to Do with It

Husband of a strict self-made girl falls ill with a strange disease. Looks like coma, but he constantly and miserably cries. The doctor gives a recipe, which looks absurd first: to save her husband, she has to "become a woman". This coming back to femininity turns out to be the hardest nut to crack for the modern emancipated woman...

Straight to Heaven

Koji and Tatsuya, both from the Nerima Juvenile Classification Home, make money by committing bank transfer fraud. However, their lives are put in danger when the boss of a larger organization takes out an insurance policy on them. The duo flee to Tatsuya's hometown of Nagasaki, but there, they also get caught up in trouble with the local yakuza.

10 Eyes

A young woman's struggle to find love and sanity as she survives an abusive childhood and battles mental illness

The Female General Fan Lihua

Jeff

An Amazon delivery drone named JEFF muses on the monotony of life, before finishing one last mission during the apocalypse

Journey to the South

tells the story of Hua Guang who has been dependent on his mother since he was a child. Unexpectedly, one day a monster captures his mother, and Hua Guang is rescued by King Long Rui whom he follows to practice the fairy law. A few years later, Hua Guang and his senior sister Su Su cast down demons in the Three Realms. During his adventures, competing with other entities, Hua Guang finds himself involved in a conspiracy involving the safety of the Three Realms.

Schwarzer Zucker

Francesco Gabbani: Finalmente a Casa

Love Like Honey

Majka and Agata have as much in common as they divide. They are both over fifty, going through menopause and do not believe that anything in their lives will change for the better. One lives on the Baltic Sea, the other in the Tatra Mountains. One runs a confectionery shop, the other is a successful interior designer. One is a widow, the other is just left by her partner for a younger woman. One devotes herself to her children and grandchildren, completely forgetting about herself, the other has no family and cares about her spiritual development. One day, the friends meet at the funeral of a high school friend. Agata encourages Majka to spontaneously go to the mountains, and she takes her place. The unexpected role reversal brings a number of complications, funny twists and challenges that the women will have to face.

Virtuous

Partners Ringo and Buck, known as The Duo, get a job offer to steal an item from a rich private religious leader's house. Before the robbery, morals come into question between The Duo, and once the disastrous robbery occurs, Ringo questions whether the pair deserve to live or not, taking their lives into his own hands.