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".
Follies in Concert (1985)
Director: Herbert Ross
Starring: Andre Gregory, Barbara Cook, Carol Burnett, George Hearn, Lee Remick, Mandy Pati...
At a reunion of the fictional musical revue The Weismann Follies, the long-retired players relive their careers. A 1985 recreation of Stephen Sondheim... Read more
Die Fledermaus (1983)
7/10
Director: Humphrey Burton
Starring: Kiri Te Kanawa, Hermann Prey, Benjamin Luxon
Placido Domingo conducts on New Year's Eve, 1983, at the Royal Opera House in Johann Strauss' famous opera. With Kiri Te Kanawa, Hermann Prey, Hildega... 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
Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach - Falling Down Stairs / Sarabande (1998)
3.3/10
Director: Atom Egoyan
Starring: Lori Singer, Yo-Yo Ma
Iconoclastic choreographer Mark Morris and his troupe turn a tumble on a staircase into an elaborate dance, accompanied by Ma's rendition of Bach's th... Read more
Romeo and Juliet (Harvey) / Romeo and Juliet (Ballet) (1954)
5.5/10
Director: Paul Czinner, Renato Castellani
Starring: Laurence Harvey, Flora Robson, Susan Shentall, Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev
"Romeo and Juliet" (1954) - Laurence Harvey stars in this commanding interpretation of the Bard's great tale of star-crossed lovers. Stunningly photog... 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
Met Opera: Tosca (2009)
Director: Gary Halvorson
Starring: Karita Mattila, George Gagnidze, Marcelo Alvarez
"Tosca" is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. The work, based on Victorien Sardou'... Read more
The Fantastic World of Michael Crawford (1996)
5/10
Director: Tony Palmer
Starring: Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford has starred in some of the biggest and most popular hits of all time. From Frank Spencer in "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em", to the origin... Read more
Hayley Westenra: Live in Concert (2004)
Starring: Hayley Westenra
Kiwi siging sensation Hayley Westenra returns to New Zealand for this live concert, promoting her 'Pure' album ata sell-out show in Wellington's St Ja... Read more
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (Nigel Kennedy) (1990)
8.8/10
Director: Geoff Wonfor
Starring: Nigel Kennedy
Nigel Kennedy's version of 'The Four Seasons' is like a breath of fresh air which is bound to blow away a few cobwebs around Vivaldi's well known work... Read more