Director: Christopher Nupen

Starring: Jacqueline Du Pre

Jacqueline du Pré's extraordinary career was cut cruelly short by illness in 1973 when she was only 28 years old. When she died 14 years later, she r... Read more

8.9/10

Director: David Mallet, Jeff Wayne

Starring: Richard Burton, Justin Hayward, Russell Watson, Tara Blaise

Based on the acclaimed 1978 concept album by Jeff Wayne, this musical version of War of the Worlds was recorded live at Wembley in 2006 combining a sp... Read more

7.4/10

Director: Francisco Negrin

Starring: Elizabeth Campbell, Graham Pushee, Yvonne Kenny, Rosemary Gunn

Richard Hickox conducts this tale of power and passion, revealing the fresh, seductive sounds of the baroque era and Handel's masterful use of light a... Read more

9/10

Director: Baz Luhrmann

Starring: Cheryl Barker, David Hobson, Roger Lemke

Baz Luhrmann, the director of Romeo and Juliet' (1996), updated Puccini's classic opera to Paris in 1950. It gave him the chance to capture something... Read more

7.4/10

Director: Frederick Wiseman

The Paris Opera Ballet is one of the worlds great ballet companies. La Danse follows the rehearsals and performances of seven ballets: Genus by Wayne... Read more

8.6/10

Starring: Natalie Dessay, Dawn French

The dazzling Donizetti opera is staged with Natalie Dessay assuming the role of Marie in this acclaimed revival by the Royal Opera. Juan Diego Florez,... Read more

8.2/10

Starring: Fiona Tonkin, David McAllister

Set in a peasant village in the French countryside, this is a delightful tale of the difficult path of young love. Widow Simone is determined to betro... Read more

8.4/10

Director: Thomas Grimm

Starring: Nikolaj Hubbe, Sorella Englund, Lis Jeppesen

When Lis Jeppesen - the Sylphide of our time - in diaphanous white costume and with shining wings, dances for the Scottish farmer James, whom she has... Read more

7.3/10

Director: John Copley

Starring: Richard Greager, Rosemary Gunn, Neville Wilkie, Joan Carden

Recorded at the Sydney Opera House, 14 October 1987, this acclaimed production of Verdi's opera skillfully combines a triumphant celebration of life w... Read more

6.9/10

Director: Franco Zeffirelli

Starring: Teresa Stratas, Placido Domingo

"(Teresa) Stratas not only sings magnificently but also looks the role ... She is a screen presence as riveting to watch as to listen to ... Having ca... Read more