Luis Lima

Movie - 2001, 2h 15m • as Macduff

This hard-edged postmodern production of Giuseppe Verdi's haunting masterpiece brings the story of Shakespeare's bloody tragedy to vivid life, characterized by spine-tingling atmospherics and a triumphant debut by American baritone Thomas Hampson in the title role. This Zurich Opera House production also features a mesmerizing turn by Paoletta Marrocu as the beautiful, power-hungry Lady Macbeth, while striking sets and costumes further enhance the duality of the main character whose rise and fall mirror the darkest impulses of man. Replete with supernatural mystery, sexual tension, and violent power plays, this timeless story remains gripping and chilling for today's audiences and boasts some of the most astonishing music of Verdi's legendary body of work.

Movie - 1989, 2h 15m • as Ferrando

Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker in this filmed studio performance of Mozart's opera recorded in 1988.

Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

It tells the story of Luis Enrique Cerrada Molina, better known as Machera, an emblematic character of the Andean region, who many call the "Robin Hood of Mérida" or "The eyes of the people." A life marked by love for his mother and his partner and, in contrast, the action that unleashed the dark world of crime. Until a transcendental event marked his life to reverse his purpose and use his cunning to help the most vulnerable.

Movie - 1985, 2h 15m • as Don Carlo

A 1985 performance of Luchino Visconti's 1958 staging for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Bernard Haitink memorably directs a superb cast that includes Ileana Cotrubas at the height of her powers and Luis Lima, unequalled in his tortured introspection, in the title role. (5-act version, sung in Italian)

Movie - 1991, 2h 15m • as Don José

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