Subgenre Sampler
Performing Arts: 239 Films to Buy & Rent
- Opera Australia - The Gilbert & Sullivan Collection (The Mikado, The Gondoliers, HMS Pinafore, Patience, Trial by Jury) (1987)
- A series of five light operas from Victorian England's most celebrated collaborators William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, performed by the cream…
- Otello (Othello) (1986)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz
- Exemplary operatic film with Placido Domingo perfectly attuned to the tenor of the title character.
- Balanchine (1984)
- Dir. Merrill Brockway
- Renowned TV documentary about one of the most celebrated dance choreographers of the 20th century – George Balanchine – whose career…
- Carmen (1984)
- Dir. Francesco Rosi
Feat. Placido Domingo, Julia Migenes Johnson
- The definitive Carmen on film has Placido Domingo and Julia Migenes Johnson perform against a scorching Spanish backdrop. Lorin Maazel conducts…
- King Lear (1984)
- Dir. Michael Elliot
Feat. Laurence Olivier
- Made for Granada television, this magnificent version stars Laurence Olivier who, in the twilight of his career, gives a riveting performance as the…
- Three of Us, The (Noi Tre) (1984)
- Dir. Pupi Avati
Feat. Christopher Davidson, Ida De Benedetto, Gianni Cavina…
- Charming, though slender, portrayal of Mozart’s teenage life as the 14–year old musical prodigy spends a summer in Italy and starts to…
- Alice in Wonderland (1983)
- Dir. Kirk Browning
Feat. Kate Burton, Richard Burton, Eve Arden…
- From the Broadway Theatre Archive series, this is a filmed version of the 1970s revival of a 1932 Broadway version. Distinguished by extraordinary…
- Magic Flute, The (Mozart) (1983)
- Dir. August Everding
Feat. Lucia Popp, Edita Gruberova
- Bayerischen Staatsoper. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.
- Mikado, The (1983)
- Dir. Rodney Greenberg
- Top–flight version (with William Conrad, Kate Flowers, Clive Revill and the LSO) of perhaps the best Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. The…
- Verdi - Rigoletto (1983)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Feat. Luciano Pavarotti
- A splendid version of Verdi's darkly tragic opera, shot on location, with Pavarotti playing the Duke of Mantua.