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A live TV performance from 1955 of the Rogers and Hart musical, featuring Anne Jeffreys, Robert Sterling and Cornelia Otis Skinner.
Legendary Rodgers and Hammerstein musical in which an American Navy nurse (Mitzi Gaynor) stationed on a South Pacific Island falls in love with a middle-aged French planter (Rossano Brazzi), who goes on to become a war hero. Includes the songs: 'There is Nothing Like a Dame'; 'Bali Ha'i'; 'Happy Talk'; and 'I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair'.
Two classic operas --Pietro Mascagni's CAVALLERIA RUSICANA and Ruggero Leoncavallo's PAGLIACCI-- are performed in this vibrant 2009 production directed by Grischa Asagaroff. The 2 operas, which have been traditionally performed together since the late 19th century, star Jose Cura, Paoletta Marrocu and Lilianna Nikiteanu, accompanied by the Orchestra and Chorus of the Zurich Opera House.
Christian Thielemann conducts the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra in these performances of Bruckner's symphonies No. 4 and 7.
Orange County ska-punk outift Reel Big Fish perform to a home crowd at the Grove of Anaheim in Southern California, offering up an energetic 20-song set including 'Sell Out', 'She Has a Girlfriend Now' and a cover of A-ha's 'Take On Me'.
Kevin Tancharoen directs this updated version of Alan Parker's phenomenally successful 1980 musical. The story centres on a group of highly talented students at the New York Academy of Performing Arts as they prepare for professional careers in dance, music and drama, while also undergoing a full programme of academic learning and dealing with the ups and downs of life and love. As each student strives for his or her moment in the spotlight, they will discover who among them has what it takes to succeed and finally achieve the fame they crave.
This musical release from renowned baritone Thomas Hampson captures a live concert by the vocalist, performing selections from composer Robert Schumann, focusing on Zwolf Gedichte, and later on the original Dichterliebe.
Steve Trovato teaches the style of Eric Clapton favorite Albert Lee in this instructional program for guitar players.
This master class with Julia Varady offers an intimate look at the art of the famed German soprano.
Ellen Gould writes and performs this uplifting New York-based one-woman musical, based around the stories her two immigrant grandmothers ('Bubbes') told her as she was growing up. Songs include 'You're Dancing Inside Me', 'The Bridge Song (The Bubbe Rag)', 'Chocolate Covered Cherries' and 'Take More Out of Life'.
Keane plays host to a killer line-up of fellow British musicians in this concert film, a benefit for the aid organization War Child. The piano band performs their own radio hits (including a crowd-slaying cover of Bowie's "Under Pressure"), plays back-up to Brendan Benson and Lily Allen, and introduces the Pet Shop Boys, the Magic Numbers, and Guillemots for a full night of charitable rock.
Uncover the rich past of one of metalcore's hottest bands with this phenomenal career retrospective. Old and new meet in this program that combines Unearth's devastating 2007 live show with a documentary on their humble beginnings in Massachusetts. Exclusive interviews, music videos, and a photo slideshow help fill out this story of a struggling metal band, their early days on the road, and explosive rise to the top. Performed in Pomona, California, the concert includes the songs "Giles," "Sanctity Of Brothers" "Zombie Autopilot," and many others.
Australian band the Drones perform live in Madrid at the Gruta 77 club on this release. The show was captured on camera in 2007 and features songs such as "Dog Eared," and "Jezebel."
Eileen Farrell had a number of dimensions as a singer. Unlike most opera singers, Farrell often sang pop songs and in concert freely mixed Gershwin in with Puccini. Here, in a concert with the Orchestra of Radio-Canada, she does the same, torching "But Not for Me" after a concert of arias.
Rescued from the CBC television archives, this comic take on opera features the irrepressible Anna Russell delivering laughs along with horrible renditions of her favorite arias. Here, she is featured in three live performances and three interviews on which she puts her distinctive satirical spin.
The third volume of this series showcases more of the best performances of opera great over a span of ten years. During live performances of the Bell Telephone Hour, stars such as Victoria De Los Angeles, Brian Sullivan, Phyllis Curtin, Regine Crespin, Jan Peerce, Brigit Nilsson, Charles Anthony, Richard Tucker, and Anna Moffo lend their vocals to masterworks like RIGOLETTO, HANDEL'S MESSIAH, LA BOHEME, TOSCA, and FAUST along with the Donald Voorhees and the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra and Chorus.
BLOOD & DIRT offers a career retrospective of the defunct San Francisco thrash metal band Vio-Lence. Directed by TALES FROM THE PIT filmmaker Jerry Allen, the documentary traces Vio-Lence's history through behind-the-scenes home-video footage; live concert clips culled from performances at Slim's and the Thrash of the Titans festival; and interviews with band members, fans, rock journalists, and thrash cohorts Exodus, Testament, Forbidden, and Death Angel.
When nineteenth century English schoolteacher Anna Leonowens (Deborah Kerr) is employed by the King of Siam (Yul Brynner) to educate his many children, she takes her son, Louis (Rex Thompson), along with her. Anna, a strong-willed woman, soon clashes with the king, who is used to having his every wish adhered to without question. However, Anna's refusal to bow to his will wins his respect and, eventually, his love. Rodgers and Hammerstein numbers include 'Hello Young Lovers' and 'Getting To Know You'.
Recorded for Czechoslovak Television in1955, Antonin Dvorak's sparkling Slavonic Dances are here presented by the influential conductor Vaclav Talich, who helped to guide the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra for decades during his lifetime. Also included is Martin Suchanek's documentary on Talich's personal and artistic life, entitled SELF-CONFIDENCE AND HUMILITY. The title is taken from one of Talich's quotes describing the role of the conductor, who must have self confidence in directing the orchestra, but humility in the face of the composer whose work he is interpreting.
A visually spectacular interpretation of Wagner's opera, staged by the Catalan theatre company La Fura dels Baus, in Valencia's Palau de les Arts. Zubin Mehta conducts the Orquesta de la Comunitat Valenciana, with performances by Juha Uusitalo, Anna Larsson, Franz-Josef Kapelmann, and John Daszak.
FALSTAFF was Verdi's last opera, written six years after OTHELLO, and is featured on DVD in this production from 2001, the 100th anniversary of Verdi's death. As staged by Herbert Wernicke at the Festival de Musique d'Aix-en-Provence, this was one his last production before his untimely death in 2002. The Orchestre de Paris was conducted by Enrique Mazzola.
Nick Nolan presents the ideas and concepts needed to develop really driving rhythm guitar parts that lock in with the bass and drums. Nick also shows a variety of chord voicing and techniques designed to add personality to any rhythm part. Includes: power chords, full chord voicing, common 'color' tones, mixing bass bass lines and power chords, and rock, funk and ballad styles.
An epic musical on the pitfalls of love, fame and fortune from visionary filmmaker Leos Carax, starring Adam Driver (Marriage Story) and Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose). The glamorous lives of a seemingly perfect celebrity couple - a provocative stand-up comedian and an internationally renowned opera singer - take an unexpected turn when their daughter Annette is born with a mysterious gift. An unabashedly unique and unforgettable spectacle, this Cannes Best Director prize winner co-stars Simon Helberg and features an original story and music by Sparks, one of pop's best-loved and most influential cult bands. |
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