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

Oct 26, 2010

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Overview

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Documentary

Music

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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

Franco Zeffirelli directs these two legendary La Scala productions telling tragic tales of jealousy. Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana features performances by Elena Obraztsova, Plácido Domingo, and Renato Bruson. Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci stars Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, and Juan Pons. Both are conducted by George Pretre. This production of Pagliacci earned director Franco Zeffirelli the coveted Emmy as Best Director in the category of Classical Music Programming.

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National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

Nov 2, 2013

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, bringing together the best British actors for a unique evening of unforgettable performances, broadcast live from London to cinemas around the world.

5.5

Puccini: Turandot

Nov 7, 2009

Franco Zeffirelli's magnificient staging of Puccini's final opera - a fairy tale set in a mythical China - is one of the most popular in the Met repertory. In this Live in HD production, Maria Guleghina takes on the title role and Marcello Giordani is Calaf, the unknown prince. Marina Poplavskaya and Samuel Ramey co-star, and Andris Nelsons conducts in his Met debut.

6.7

Step Up 2: The Streets

Feb 14, 2008

When rebellious street dancer Andie lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the schools hottest dancer, Chase, to form a crew of classmate outcasts to compete in Baltimore s underground dance battle The Streets.

6.9

Center Stage

May 12, 2000

A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.

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The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet)

Feb 25, 2020

The Royal Ballet presents the world premiere of Cathy Marston's first work for the Company on the Main Stage alongside a revival of Jerome Robbins’s timeless classic of pure dance. The Cellist is a one-act ballet about British cellist Jacqueline du Pré, from her discovery of the cello through her celebrity as one of the most extraordinary players of the instrument to her frustration and struggle with multiple sclerosis. Jerome Robbins's Dances at a Gathering is a fluid exercise in pure dance for five couples, set to piano music by Fryderyk Chopin.

6.5

Save the Last Dance

Jan 12, 2001

After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her life takes a turn for the better when befriends Chenille and her brother Derek, who helps her with her dancing skills.

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A Cossack Beyond the Danube

Jul 19, 1953

Zaporozhets za Dunayem (Ukrainian: Запорожець за Дунаєм, translated as A Zaporozhian (Cossack) Beyond the Danube, also referred to as Cossacks in Exile) is a Ukrainian comic opera with spoken dialogue in three acts with music and libretto by the composer Semen Hulak-Artemovsky (1813–1873). The orchestration has subsequently been rewritten by composers such as Reinhold Glière and Heorhiy Maiboroda. This is one of the best-known Ukrainian comic operas depicting national themes.

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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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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.

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The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina

Feb 29, 2020

As the imperious title empress, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato leads the Met premiere of Handel’s tale of deception and deceit. Harry Bicket conducts Sir David McVicar’s wry new production, which gives this Baroque black comedy a politically charged, modern updating.

6.6

Farinelli

Dec 1, 1994

The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time.

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The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet)

Jan 16, 2020

The wicked fairy Carabosse is furious she wasn’t invited to Princess Aurora’s christening. She gives the baby a spindle, saying that one day the Princess will prick her finger on it and die. The Lilac Fairy makes her own christening gift a softening of Carabosse’s curse: Aurora will not die, but will fall into a deep sleep, which only a prince’s kiss will break. The masterful 19th-century choreography of Marius Petipa is combined with sections created for The Royal Ballet by Frederick Ashton, Anthony Dowell and Christopher Wheeldon. Recorded live as part of the Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season 2019/20 with encore screenings broadcast online during the #OurHousetoYourHouse programme.

5.3

Tosca

Jan 31, 1941

Non-musical account of Puccini's opera: Tosca and Cavaradossi are in love, but the tyrant Scarpia desires Tosca and oppresses Cavaradossi who is fighting for freedom.

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Gloriana

Jan 1, 2018

Performed at Madrid's historic Teatro Real in 2018, Ivor Bolton conducts Benjamin Britten's opera based on Lytton Strachey's 1928 Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History. In her repeated clashes with the Earl of Essex-a longtime favorite of the queen who was ultimately put to death for treason-Elizabeth I is depicted as flawed and vain, human and sympathetic.

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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 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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Romeo and Juliet

Jul 15, 1984

Ballet performance by The Royal Ballet, recorded at Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, July 1984.

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Godspell 2025

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A documentary about the legendary 1972 Toronto production of the musical about the life of Jesus, which launched many illustrious careers and ignited a comedy revolution.

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Winterreise

Feb 13, 2021

Franz Schubert's "Winterreise" is considered the pinnacle of German art song. Hans Zender (1936 - 2019) arranged the cycle in 1993, and his version for tenor and small orchestra brings to light emotions that pulsate beneath the surface in Schubert. Similar to Hans Zender, the choreographer Christian Spuck is also concerned with a journey into the interior of the human being.

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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A Cossack Beyond the Danube

Zaporozhets Za Dunayem

The Metropolitan Opera: Manon

The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina

Farinelli

The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet)

Tosca

Gloriana

Giselle

The Phantom of the Opera

Romeo and Juliet

Godspell 2025

Winterreise

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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Cavalleria rusticana

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

Puccini: Turandot

Step Up 2: The Streets

Center Stage

The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet)

Save the Last Dance

A Cossack Beyond the Danube

Zaporozhets Za Dunayem

The Metropolitan Opera: Manon

The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina

Farinelli

The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet)

Tosca

Gloriana

Giselle

The Phantom of the Opera

Romeo and Juliet

Godspell 2025

Winterreise