Watch Das Liebesverbot (2016) Online

This Wagner opera is rarely performed because of the scandals that engulfed the Magdeburg Theatre when it was performed in 1836 under the title The Novice of Palermo, and became known as a cursed opera from which the composer had to distance himself. Wagner's adaptation of the story reflects the rebellious mood of a Revolutionary Germany, vindicating sensual love and attack the fanatical repression of sexuality by a puritanical and hypocritical authority. As the prose says, "Shame to him whose cruel striking/Kills for faults of his own liking!". One of the most extraordinary musicals based on a text by Shakespeare, especially worthy of a new performance as it is four hundred years since the death of the Bard. Read More

Watch Das Liebesverbot online. Featuring Christopher Maltman and Peter Lodahl, Das Liebesverbot is classified as Music genre movie with an average rating across the web of 0. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in Spain and was released on 2016. Das Liebesverbot was directed by Kasper Holten,János Darvas. Read Less