The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre

Oct 26, 2010

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Overview

Genres

Documentary

Music

Production Companies

Opus Arte

The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre Trailers

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Cast

Self (archive footage)

Miah Persson

Self (Archive Footage)

Christopher Saunders

Self (archive footage)

Luca Pisaroni

Self (archive footage)

Ellie Kendrick

Self (archive footage)

Miyako Yoshida

Self (archive footage)

Edward Watson

Self (archive footage)

Anke Vondung

Self (archive footage)

Thiago Soares

Self (archive footage)

Darcey Bussell

Self (archive footage)

Carolyn Sampson

Self (archive footage)

Dorothea Röschmann

Self (archive footage)

Nicolas Rivenq

County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.

7.1

The Phantom of the Opera

Sep 22, 1925

The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.

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The Metropolitan Opera: Manon

Oct 26, 2019

Massenet’s tale of passion, excess, and their consequences stars rising soprano Lisette Oropesa in the effervescent title role. Tenor Michael Fabiano is her ardent admirer, Chevalier des Grieux, with Maurizio Benini conducting Laurent Pelly’s enchanting production.

6.8

Così fan tutte

Jun 21, 2013

Who loves whom in Così fan tutte, Mozart’s and Da Ponte’s cruelly comic reflection on desire, fidelity and betrayal? Or have the confusions to which the main characters subject one another ensured that in spite of the heartfelt love duets and superficially fleetfooted comedy nothing will work any longer and that a sense of emotional erosion has replaced true feelings? Così fan tutte is a timeless work full of questions that affect us all. The Academy Award-winning director Michael Haneke once said that he was merely being precise and did not want to distort reality. In only his second opera production after Don Giovanni in 2006, he presents what ARTE described as a “disillusioned vision of love in an ice-cold, realistic interpretation”.

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (Valery Gergiev)

Dec 3, 2012

During a Christmas Eve party and a young girl, Clara, being given a nutcracker doll by her godfather, Drosselmeyer. Later in the evening when Clara sleeps, she finds herself in the midst of the Nutcracker’s battle against the Mouse King and his army of mice. Coming to Clara’s aid, the Nutcracker is transformed into a Prince and journeys with her to an enchanted island where spectacular celebrations are held in their honor. Pre-recorded at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg in December 2011, Wassili Vainonen’s version of the beloved holiday ballet is for the first time in 3-D in select theaters.

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Salome

Apr 10, 1974

This filmed version of Strauss' shocker features Teresa Stratas as opera's most depraved teenager, and she's as perfect a Salome as one would ever hope to see or hear. Stratas inhabits the role, exploring the character's sensuousness as she vainly woos Jochanaan, her venomous hatred when she's rejected, the crazed look in her eyes when she demands his head--on a silver platter, no less. Such complete identification with a role, especially of a character so malignant helps make this 1974 Salome stand out among the many fine DVDs of the opera.

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Amadeus

Sep 19, 1984

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Viennese composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Swan Lake

Sep 18, 2019

Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, a ballet in three acts, is present by the Ballet Company of the National Opera of Ukraine, with music provided by the Orchestra of the National Opera of Ukraine, conducted by Mykola Dyadura

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Peter Grimes

Jun 19, 2023

No overview available.

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Ballet Dragon Quest ~ Star Dancers Ballet

Aug 21, 2002

Inspired by the nationally popular video game series, the Tokyo-based ballet company Star Dancers Ballet's Ballet Dragon Quest was first produced in 1995. It was the first show that combined ballet with the video game. Ever since the ballet has been enthusiastically welcomed by not only ballet-lovers but also those who would otherwise never see a ballet, including Dragon Quest fans. It has been highly regarded as a unique and exceptional entertainment-ballet that successfully broadens the border of ballet. For the first time, this performance has been captured on video.

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Dancing the Nutcracker: Inside the Royal Ballet

Jan 1, 2016

This Christmas, step into the magical world of The Nutcracker. For the first time in many years, the Royal Ballet has given full access behind the scenes for a landmark 90-minute documentary as they prepare for this season's yuletide production.

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Aria

May 27, 1987

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound, and is an interpretation of the particular aria.

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Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser

Nov 16, 2004

Witness the Zurich Opera's stunning production of Richard Wagner's masterpiece "Tannhauser," conducted by Franz Welser-Most and featuring Peter Sieffert (Tannhauser), Solveig Kringelborn (Elisabeth) and Roman Trekel (von Eschenbach). Initially produced in Dresden in 1845, "Tannhauser" instilled a sense of wonder in a few of Strauss's ardent friends and admirers, among them Robert Schumann and Franz Liszt. Opera buffs will love it.

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Tristan und Isolde

Oct 1, 1983

Take a perfect cast, a great conductor and a groundbreaking staging in-out makes a 'Tristan' for eternity. The 1983 performance in Bayreuth was a great moment for the world of opera. The ensemble performance of René Kollo, Johanna Meier and Matti Salminen with, then as now the Wagner admirer, Daniel Barenboim conducting the Bayreuth orchestra inspired singers and instrumentalists to peak performance. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle created a dream-beautiful stage.

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Ghost Light by John Neumeier

Mar 19, 2021

The Hamburg Ballet was one of the first ballet companies internationally to return to its studios after the first lockdown. The ballet Ghost Light by John Neumeier deals with isolation and the feelings and fantasies an empty stage may evoke. Developed in fragments using small groups of dancers and under the constraints imposed by Covid-19, the choreography reflects situations, fears, relationships, memories, and emotions experienced during the pandemic.

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Giselle

Jan 27, 2014

The peasant girl Giselle discovers the true identity of her lover Albrecht – and that he is promised to another. This is one of The Royal Ballet’s most loved and admired productions, faithful to the spirit of the 1841 original yet always fresh at each revival. This performance features former Bolshoi star and now Royal Ballet Principal Natalia Osipova in a breath-taking interpretation of the title role.

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The Marriage Of Figaro - Grand Théâtre de Genève

Sep 25, 2017

The production bears the imprint of the conductor, Marko Letonja, and the director, Tobias Richter, whose understanding is ideal: both breathe a troupe spirit - specific to comedy - into this heterogeneous cast, which brings together young and old. Both give as much importance to recitatives as to arias and ensembles.

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Rhythm is it!

Jun 12, 2004

RHYTHM IS IT! records the first big educational project of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle. The orchestra ventured out of the ivory tower of high culture into boroughs of low life for the sake of 250 youngsters. They had been strangers to classical music, but after arduous but thrilling preparation they danced to Stravinsky's 'Le Sacre du Printemps' ('The Rite of Spring'). Recorded with a breathtaking fidelity of sound, this film from Thomas Grube and Enrique Sánchez Lansch documents the stages of the Sacre project and offers deep insights into the rehearsals of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Zaporozhets Za Dunayem

Jan 1, 1937

Adapted from the opera written by the composer Semen Hulak-Artemovsky.

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Swan Lake - Filmed for IMAX

Nov 8, 2024

During his birthday’s celebration, Prince Siegfried must choose a bride. Trying to escape reality, he dreams of a perfect love. His tutor tries to bring him down to Earth and reminds him of his duties. On a dreamlike getaway, the prince meets Odette, a princess who has been transformed into a swan by the powerful sorcerer Rothbart. Only true love can break the spell. Captivated, Siegfried promises Odette to save her and invites her to his party. To trap the prince, the sorcerer sends his daughter Odile, disguised as Odette, to seduce him.

Cast

Self (archive footage)

Miah Persson

Self (Archive Footage)

Christopher Saunders

Self (archive footage)

Luca Pisaroni

Self (archive footage)

Ellie Kendrick

Self (archive footage)

Miyako Yoshida

Self (archive footage)

Edward Watson

Self (archive footage)

Anke Vondung

Self (archive footage)

Thiago Soares

Self (archive footage)

Darcey Bussell

Self (archive footage)

Carolyn Sampson

Self (archive footage)

Dorothea Röschmann

Self (archive footage)

The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre Trailers

Cast

Miah Persson

Christopher Saunders

Luca Pisaroni

Ellie Kendrick

Miyako Yoshida

Edward Watson

Anke Vondung

Thiago Soares

Darcey Bussell

Carolyn Sampson

Dorothea Röschmann

Nicolas Rivenq

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Ballet Dragon Quest ~ Star Dancers Ballet

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Aria

Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser

Tristan und Isolde

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Giselle

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Rhythm is it!

Zaporozhets Za Dunayem

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The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre Trailers

Cast

Miah Persson

Christopher Saunders

Luca Pisaroni

Ellie Kendrick

Miyako Yoshida

Edward Watson

Anke Vondung

Thiago Soares

Darcey Bussell

Carolyn Sampson

Dorothea Röschmann

Nicolas Rivenq

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Billy Elliot

The Phantom of the Opera

The Metropolitan Opera: Manon

Così fan tutte

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (Valery Gergiev)

Salome

Amadeus

Swan Lake

Peter Grimes

Ballet Dragon Quest ~ Star Dancers Ballet

Dancing the Nutcracker: Inside the Royal Ballet

Aria

Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser

Tristan und Isolde

Ghost Light by John Neumeier

Giselle

The Marriage Of Figaro - Grand Théâtre de Genève

Rhythm is it!

Zaporozhets Za Dunayem

Swan Lake - Filmed for IMAX