Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Music > Performing Arts: 100 Films to Rent
- Mack the Knife (1989)
- Dir. Menahem Golan
Feat. Raul Julia, Richard Harris, Julie Walters…
- Muddled adaptation of The Threepenny Opera is notable for some pretty inept dance sequences and some rather overt mugging by some well–known…
- La Boheme (Puccini) (1988)
- Dir. Brian Large
Feat. Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti
- Superlative production of one of the greatest operas, conducted by Tiziano Severini.
- Turandot (Puccini) (1988)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Placido Domingo
- One of the finest versions of Puccini's opera is this filmed version of 1988 Metropolitan Opera production featuring Placido Domingo, Eva Marton and…
- Aria (1987)
- Dir. various
- This original concept film marries an impressive array of big–league (art) director's; Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean…
- Carmen (Bizet) (1987)
- Dir. Brian Large
Feat. Agnes Baltsa, Jose Carreras
- Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: James Levine.
- 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.
- 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…
- Magic Flute, The (Mozart) (1983)
- Dir. August Everding
Feat. Lucia Popp, Edita Gruberova
- Bayerischen Staatsoper. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.
- 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.