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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".

Orpheus in the Underworld (1983)

Starring: Denis Quilley, Christopher Gable, Honor Blackman

Jacques Offenbach's operetta is a retelling of a mythical tale of Gods and mortals, and the battle raging between them. Married to Orpheus, Eurydice i... 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

Rigoletto (1983)

7.9/10
Director: Jean-pierre Ponnelle
Starring: Luciano Pavarotti, Ingvar Wixell, Edita Gruberova

Luciano Pavarotti stars in this lavish interpretation of Verdi's classic. The passion, the music, the performances and, of course Pavarotti's masterfu... Read more

La Traviata (1982)

6.9/10
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Starring: Teresa Stratas, Placido Domingo

"(Teresa) Stratas not only sings magnificently but also looks the role ... She is a screen presence as riveting to watch as to listen to ... Having ca... Read more

Ruddigore (1982)

5.9/10
Starring: Vincent Price, John Treleaven, Sandra Dugdale

A witch's curse binds each succeeding Lord of Ruddigore to commit a crime a day... or die. Meantime, in the local fishing village, all the young men a... Read more

The Yeomen of the Guard (1982)

7.1/10
Starring: Joel Grey, David Hillman, Elizabeth Gale, Alfred Marks

Surrounded by the battlements of the Tower of London, Phoebe Meryll sits brooding over the coming execution of Colonel Fairfax. Only Phoebe's father,... Read more

The Pirates of Penzance (1982)

6.6/10
Starring: Keith Michell, Alexander Oliver, Peter Allen

"I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General", "Poor Wandering One" and "The Pirate King's Song" are among the popular Gilbert and Sullivan tunes in... Read more

Stravinsky: Once at a Border... (1982)

8.4/10
Director: Tony Palmer
Starring: Stravinsky

Awarded the Special Jury Prize at the San Francisco Film Festival, this autobiographical film about one of the most important and influential composer... Read more

Pavarotti - The Essential (1982)

Starring: Luciano Pavarotti

A royal gala performance, featuring Luciano Pavarotti accompanied by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Arias include 'Nessun Dorma' from Puccini's 'Tu... Read more

Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci (1982)

4.9/10
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Starring: Placido Domingo, Elena Obraztsova, Fedora Barbieri, Juan Pons, Teresa Stratas

Two classic operas - Mascagni's 'Cavalleria Rusticana' performed by the La Scala Theatre Orchestra and Choir. Artists include: Placido Domingo and Ele... Read more