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".
HMS Pinafore / Trial by Jury (2005)
Director: Stuart Maunder
Starring: Anthony Warlow, David Hobson, Roxane Hislop, Colette Mann, John Bolton Wood, Tif...
Opera Australia reunites these long-standing stage-mates with two fresh productions and an inspired cast. In this filmed recording, Anthony Warlow, Au... Read more
I Am A Dancer (1972)
7.2/10
Director: Pierre Jourdan
Starring: Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, Carla Fracci
A portrait of the great Rudolf Nureyev, from his homely beginnings in 1938 to one of the century's great dancers and superstars. Includes excerpts fro... Read more
I, Don Giovanni (2009)
7/10
Director: Carlos Saura
Starring: Emilia Verginelli, Lorenzo Balducci, Tobias Moretti, Lino Guanciale
Venice, 1763. Writer Lorenzo da Ponte is leading the life of a debauched libertine. Under the tutelage of Giacomo Casanova, he devotes himself to the... Read more
Il Divo: Encore (2005)
7.5/10
Starring: Il Divo, Simon Cowell
Since releasing their debut album in 2004 'Il Divo' have become one of the world's most successful male vocal groups. 'Encore' features a live perform... Read more
Il Trovatore (1988)
8.6/10
Director: Brian Large
Starring: Eva Marton, Dolora Zajick, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes
Giuseppe Verdi's 'Il Trovatore' comes to magnificent life in this production by The Metropolitan Opera conducted by the renowned James Levine. An oper... Read more
In Search of Beethoven (2009)
7.5/10
Director: Phil Grabsky
Starring: Juliet Stevenson, (narrated by)
Juliet Stevenson ('Truly, Madly, Deeply') narrates this documentary account of the life of composer Ludwig von Beethoven, covering all the major highl... Read more
In Search of Haydn (2012)
7.3/10
Director: Phil Grabsky
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) was one of the world's greatest musical innovators. His close friend Mozart and his student Beethoven were inspired by him. A... Read more
In Search of Mozart (2006)
7.3/10
Director: Phil Grabsky
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birth this documentary by award-winning film-maker Phil Grabsky ("The Boy Who Plays On... Read more
In the Company of Actors (2008)
7.5/10
Starring: Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Robyn Nevin
Within the world of theatre the rehearsal room is a sacred space - the private domain where boundaries are pushed, risks taken, mistakes made, vulnera... Read more
Iolanthe (1982)
7.2/10
Director: Dave Heather
Starring: Richard Van Allan, Derek Hammond-Stroud
The magical residents of Fairyland interact with Parliaments' House of Lords in this Gilbert and Sullivan creation starring Beverly Mills, Derek Hammo... Read more