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Rental > Performing Arts: 54 Films to Rent on VHS
- Essential Opera (1967)
- Feat. Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Joan Sutherland…
- Twelve excerpts from the most popular operas – Turandot, Carmen, Rigoletto, Aida, Marriage of Figaro and more, performed by opera luminaries.
- Bolshoi Ballet - Romeo and Juliet (1955)
- The Bolshoi Ballet presents Sergei Prokofiev's interpretation of Shakespeare's play. Features the daning talents of Galina Ulanova. Narrated in…
- Romeo and Juliet (1954)
- Dir. Renato Castellani
Feat. Laurence Harvey, Susan Shentall, Mervyn Jones…
- An Italian co–production, this version benefits from magical locations in Verona and Venice and the sumptuous Renaissance–influenced eye…
- Bolshoi Ballet - Stars of the Russian Ballet (1953)
- Three ballets are presented by the Bolshoi Ballet – Tchaikovsky's 'Swan Lake' and 'The Fountains of Bakechisarai' and 'The Flames of Paris'.…
- Cox and Box
- Feat. Russell Smythe
- First comic opera from Gilbert and Sullivan, here with Russell Smythe and the London Symphony Orchestra.
- Distant Harmony
- Feat. Luciano Pavarotti
- Celebrated tenor Luciano Pavarotti is captured on his sensational tour of China. His magnificent voice combines with the cultural mystique of…
- Essential Sutherland, The
- Feat. Joan Sutherland
- Highlights from Australian opera diva Dame Joan Sutherland's greatest roles, performing with Luciano Pavarotti, conducted by Richard Bonynge.
- Herbert Von Karajan
- Highlights from the German master's conducting career with the Berlin Philharmonic. Movements from Beethoven's 5th and 6th Symphonies, Rachmaninov's…
- HMS Pinafore
- The classic Gilbert and Sullivan musical. Played by the London Symphony Orchestra.
- Leonard Bernstein
- The career of the celebrated conductor/composer is examined in this documentary narrated by Lauren Bacall.