Performing Arts
Performance Arts have been generally merged into the more classical forms of stagecraft, ie. Ballet, Dance, Opera, Theatre and Gilbert & Sullivan, and are listed by title below. Performing music, both studio and live performance are best found under "Music Capsule".
Right: The spectacular troupe of "Cirque du Soleil".
Lakme (1971)
Starring: Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge
Recorded in 1971 at the Sydney Opera House, this performance of Delibes' opera has been restored and re-released, and it captures soprano Joan Sutherl... Read more
Latcho Drom (1995)
8.2/10
Director: Tony Gatlif
Ecstatically celebrates the gypsy experience through eight countries on three separate continents. Beginning in Northern India and proceeding through... Read more
Le Nozze di Figaro ( The Marriage of Figaro ) (2003)
7.5/10
Director: Enrico Castiglione
Starring: Rossana Potenza, Marco Grimaldi, Madelyn Renee Monti
Based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, "Le Nozze di Figaro" ("The Marriage of Figaro") was composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Altho... Read more
Leaving Home: Orchestral Music in the 20th Century - Part 1: Dancing on a Volcano (1996)
7.6/10
Starring: Sir Simon Rattle
Melvyn Bragg executive-produced this excellent 7-part series that explores the revolutionary path classical music has taken during the 20th century. I... Read more
Leaving Home: Orchestral Music in the 20th Century - Part 2: Rhythm (1996)
7.6/10
Starring: Sir Simon Rattle
In the 20th century western music has freed itself from the dominance of melody and explored the richness of musical pulse for its own sake. beginnin... Read more
Leaving Home: Orchestral Music in the 20th Century - Part 3: Colour (1996)
7.6/10
Starring: Sir Simon Rattle
In the latter part of the 19th century, painting and poetry developed a more abstract style, and music was quick to follow. In Part 3, Sir Simon Ratt... Read more
Leaving Home: Orchestral Music in the 20th Century - Part 4: 3 Journeys Through Dark Landscapes (1996)
7.6/10
Starring: Sir Simon Rattle
Sir Simon Rattle examines the effect of brutal political regimes on the music of three great composers. Bela Bartok lived through the German occupati... Read more
Leaving Home: Orchestral Music in the 20th Century - Part 5: The American Way (1996)
7.6/10
Starring: Sir Simon Rattle
This episode focuses on the young music of a young country. The innovators and individuals who learnt from the music of the past, and from other cult... Read more
Leaving Home: Orchestral Music in the 20th Century - Part 6: After The Wake (1996)
7.6/10
Starring: Sir Simon Rattle
Part Six of this excellent series looks forward and back. Firstly it considers the musical legacy of two men who dominated the first part of the 20th... Read more
Leaving Home: Orchestral Music in the 20th Century - Part 7: Threads (1996)
7.6/10
Starring: Sir Simon Rattle
In the final part of the series, conductor Sir Simon Rattle presents an eclectic, and very personal, selection of 20th century composers including Ber... Read more