Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Music > Performing Arts: 42 Films to Rent on VHS
- Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) (1982)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Teresa Stratas, Placido Domingo
- Teatro alla Scala Orchestra/Chorus. Conductor: Georges Pretre.
- Pirates of Penzance (1982)
- Dir. Wilford Leach
Feat. Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Rondstadt…
- Kevin Kline and Angela Lansbury star in this hammy screen version of Gilbert and Sullivan's famous operetta.
- Don Giovanni (1979)
- Dir. Joseph Losey
- Possibly the most celebrated filmed version of Mozart's greatest opera, about a notorious womaniser who teeters on the edge of a hellish fate.…
- Bolshoi Ballet - Ivan the Terrible (1976)
- The Bolshoi Ballet present their version of Sergei Prokofiev's 'Ivan the Terrible', choreographed by Yuri Grigorovich. Stars Yuri Vladimirov, Natalya…
- Tosca (Puccini) (1976)
- Dir. Gianfranco De Bosio
Feat. Raina Kabaivanska, Placido Domingo
- New Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bruno Bartoletti.
- Madama Butterfly (Puccini) (1974)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Feat. Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo
- Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert Von Karajan.
- Don Quixote (1973)
- Feat. Rudolph Nureyev
- A renowned ballet version of Cervantes masterpiece, with Rudolph Nureyev both performing and choreographing. Inspired by earlier Russian dance…
- Bolshoi Ballet - Carmen (Poem of Dance) (1969)
- Another classic from the famous Russian ballet troupe, here choreographed by Alberto Alonso. Featuring Maya Plisetskaya. Narrated in English.
- Barber of Seville, The (Rossini) (1967)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
- Teatro alla Scala Orchestra/Chorus. Luigi Alva, Enzo Dara, Teresa Berganza. Conductor: Claudio Abbado
- 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.