This film is a perfomance of the work recorded in Tokyo during the Deutsche Oper Berlin's 1993 Japan tour in Götz Friedrich's highly respected, much-discussed staging.

Maurice Ravel Boléro Georges Bizet From 'Carmen Suite' No. 1 Les Toréadors Joaquin Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez Agustin Barrios Mangoré La ultima canción Alberto Ginastera From "Estancia" op. 8 Malambo Ernesto Lecuona La Comparsa Malaguena Horacio…

Monteverdi is generally regarded as the father of European opera. His "Poppea" is a blood and thunder melodrama, set in Nero's Rome and loaded with passion, jealousy, murder and savage ambition.

Pino di Pianopoli lives in music. Here he is seen in a sprightly dialogue with his pals, the duo pianists Joseph and Anthony Paratore. He tells us the stories behind the music and how it came to be. Music by Debussy, Saint-Saens, Tchaikovsky, Ravel…

A programme featuring the children of three celebrated musicians making a name for themselves. With a solid, tongue-in- cheek style, this ensemble knows how to entertain an audience.

This "musical zoo", composed in 1886, is retold through the eyes of two young music students, who fall under the spell of a magical castle where strange and wonderful things happen to them.

Beloved musical works come together harmoniously with scenes from everyday life in France's picturesque Provence region to form a music film of great poetic allure. With the music of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Claude Debussy, Ottorino Respighi and…

Based on Beaumarchais' comedy "Le Mariage de Figaro" , Le Nozze di Figaro is a sequel to his earlier play "Le Barbier de Seville ", adapted by Rossini. The production is sung in the original Italian.

The principal conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle, performs music by J. S. Bach. Together with the marvelous Berlin orchestra, the conductor takes on Bach's splendid St John's Passion. The solo voice parts are sung by the…

Rossini's popular work - which was first performed in 1816 at the Teatro Argentina in Rome - contains some of opera's most tuneful and recognizable music - from its lively overture to Figaro's Largo al factotum to Rosina's Una voce poco fa. Based on…