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".
Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert ( The Three Tenors ) (1990)
9/10
Director: Brian Large
Starring: Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti
Experience the emotion, the excitement and the triumph of the greatest classical event of our time. This momentous occasion was filmed at Terme di Car... Read more
Don Quixote (1973)
7.6/10
Director: Robert Helpmann, Rudolf Nureyev
Starring: Rudolf Nureyev, Robert Helpmann, Ray Powell
Rudolf Nureyev stars and co-directs this film version of the famous ballet, with Lucette Aldous and Sir Robert Helpmann in the title roles, with the d... Read more
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, 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
Don Giovanni (1979)
7.7/10
Director: Joseph Losey
Starring: Ruggero Raimondi, John Macurdy, Kiri Te Kanawa
The tale of womaniser Don Giovanni and his servant Leporello. Giovanni's attempts to woo Donna Anna end in tragedy when he kills her father in a duel.... Read more
Testimony (1987)
7.1/10
Director: Tony Palmer
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Terence Rigby, Ronald Pickup
The enthralling study of the life and times, the artistry and the anguish of the Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich - a Russian who fell from grace... Read more
Cirque du Soleil: Corteo (2005)
7.6/10
Director: Jocelyn Barnabe
Taking its name from the Italian word for a joyous procession, this festive performance from the Cirque du Soleil troupe relates the story of a clown... Read more
Haunting Douglas (2003)
6.4/10
Director: Leanne Pooley
Starring: Douglas Wright
'Haunting Douglas' is a documentary about Douglas Wright; choreographer, dancer, artist. From Tuakau, New Zealand to the stages of New York, Douglas'... 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
Razzle Dazzle (2007)
6.5/10
Director: Darren Ashton
Starring: Kerry Armstrong, Ben Miller, Nadine Garner, Tara Morice, Denise Roberts, Jane Ha...
The bizarre world of children's dance competitions gets the satirical treatment in this Australian mockumentary about a dance teacher and his troupe a... Read more