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".
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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