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".
Cirque du Soleil: Quidam (1999)
8.5/10
Director: David Mallet, Franco Dragone
Starring: Cirque du Soleil
Following the successful three-year tour across North America, the internationally renowned "neo-traditional" company presents their dazzling stagesho... Read more
Riverdance: Live From New York City (1998)
7.7/10
Starring: Jean Butler, Colin Dunne, Maria Pages
Recorded live at New York's famed Radio City Music Hall, the acclaimed Irish dance company, with principal performers Jean Butler, Colin Dunne and Mar... Read more
Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach - The Music Garden / The Sound of the Carceri (1998)
3.3/10
Director: Kevin McMahon
Starring: Yo-Yo Ma
In this Emmy Award-winning offering director Kevin McMahon chronicles Ma and garden designer Julie Moir, as they use music and flowers for an interpre... 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
Gypsy Heart (1998)
7.8/10
Director: Jocelyn M Ajami
A fascinating documentary chronicling the life of flamenco dancer Omayra Amaya, who manages to keep the fiery dance form alive and kicking in chilly B... Read more
Rodelinda (1998)
8.6/10
Director: Jean-Marie Villegier
Starring: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Umberto Chiummo, Andreas Scholl, Artur Stefanowicz, Kur...
An obscure, 8th-century plot of ancient intrigues is updated to the era of silent movies, in Jean-Marie Villegier's innovative adaptation of the Hande... Read more
Carmen - The Opera (1998)
Starring: Mario Malagnini, Malgorzata Walewska
Malgorzata Walewska plays Carmen with Mario Malagnini as Don Jose in this open-air staging recorded in 1998 at the Opera Festival St. Margarethen wher... Read more
Aida - The Opera (1998)
Director: Martin Duhowitz
Starring: Pauletta de Vaughn, Bruno Sebastian, Adriana Nicolai, Walter Donati
This monumental 1997 production was recorded on the biggest open-air stage in Europe - the Roman Quarry in St Margarethen. Verdi's famous opera, comm... Read more
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration (1998)
8.4/10
Director: David Mallet, Steven Pimlott
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Kiri Te Kanawa, Bonnie Tyler, Glenn Close
This extraordinary event celebrating Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's 50th birthday was filmed live at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and features performa... Read more
Fledermaus (1997)
8.8/10
Director: Lindy Hume
Starring: Anson Austin, Amelia Farrugia, Gillian Sullivan, Anthony Warlow
Anthony Warlow stars as the gallivant Gabriel Eisenstien in this dazzling Australian production of Johann Strauss' comic operetta 'Die Fledermaus', th... Read more