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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".

Turandot (1991)

8.6/10

In the Imperial Palace of Peking, the Emperor announces that any prince seeking to marry his daughter Turandot must first answer three riddles. The p... Read more

The Merry Widow (1991)

7.5/10
Director: Lofti Mansouri
Starring: Joan Sutherland, Ronald Stevens, Anson Austin

Joan Sutherland and Ronald Stevens star in this majestic version of Franz Lehar's opera, featuring the Australian Opera and the Elizabethan Philharmon... Read more

Carmen on Ice (1990)

6.7/10
Starring: Brian Boitano, Katarina Witt

This sizzling dramatisation is set to the passionate strains of Bizet's beloved opera in a special arrangement by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. A fir... Read more

Orlando Furioso (1990)

6.8/10
Director: Brian Large
Starring: Marilyn Horne, Susan Patterson, Kathleen Kuhlmann

Baroque opera has made a comeback in popular taste in recent decades, and this production embodies the genre's distinctive qualities: elaborately orna... Read more

Giselle (1990)

4.5/10
Starring: Ai-gul Gaisina, Christine Walsh, Kelvin Coe

In Maina Gielgud's much-loved and extraordinarily beautiful production, Giselle, a simple country girl, falls in love with Albrecht, a diguised prince... Read more

Coppelia (1990)

8.4/10
Director: George Ogilvie
Starring: Lisa Pavane, Colin Peasley, Greg Horsman

Recorded live at the Sydney Opera House, this delightful ballet, devised and directed by George Ogilvie, tells the story of Dr Coppelius, an eccentric... Read more

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

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

The Gondoliers (1990)

8.4/10
Director: Brian Macdonald
Starring: David Hosbon, Roger Lemke, Suzanne Johnston

A stylish Australian production of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta following the story of two men, recently married, who discover that they are need... Read more

The Heat is On: The Making of Miss Saigon (1989)

9/10
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Starring: Jonathan Pryce

This documentary on the making of the musical 'Miss Saigon' focuses on the inner workings of the Broadway hit. Behind-the-scenes footage is shown of t... Read more