Julia Bullock, Joyce DiDonato and Jakub Jozef Orlinski star in Katie Mitchell’s thrilling new production of Handel’s Theodora in an alternative modern-day reality, Theodora, a religious fundamentalist, plots for the resistance against the Roman occupation. But when her secret plan to destroy the Roman embassy is discovered, she learns the true brutality of her oppressors. Harry Bicket conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Bruce Forsyth and Ronnie Corbett team up for this festive comedy show from 1988, featuring their own version of Gone With the Wind with guest star Fiona Fullerton as Scarlett O'Hara.
On the brink of the Second World War, a young Norwegian man's drive to resist the Nazis sets a new course for his future – and the future of his country.
In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.
Franz Schreker’s career was cut short by the events of 1933 in Germany but he achieved real fame with his operas, and the huge success of Der Schatzgräber (‘The Treasure Hunter’) in the 1920s was the high point of his career. In a complex and ultimately tragic tale of destructive greed, desire and toxic social hierarchy, the innkeeper’s daughter Els is forced to confront the consequences of her murderous intent in what conductor Marc Albrecht considers ‘a work of exceptional quality, concentration and significance’. Following the huge success of Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane (Naxos DVD 2.110584–85 / Blu-ray NBD0083V), director Christof Loy continues his exploration of strong female characters and neglected 20th-century masterpieces with this highly acclaimed Deutsche Oper Berlin production.
A biopic drama-documentary about the 'King of Pop', that mixes real footage and new interviews with people around him (most notably his mother Katherine Jackson) with re-enactments of times of Michael's life until his untimely death on the 25th of June in 2009.
After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him. She pens a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation. After its success, Colette and Willy become the talk of Paris and their adventures inspire additional Claudine novels.
The Queen of Spades, Op. 68 (Russian: Пиковая дама, Pikovaya dama, French: Pique Dame) is an opera in 3 acts (7 scenes) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, based on a short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin, but the plot was very changed. The premiere took place in 1890 in St. Petersburg (at the Mariinsky Theatre), Russia.
Amateur songwriter falls in love with a Sicilian girl, but her father has already promised her to another.
10/11/13 Zilker Park, Austin, Texas, USA Setlist: 01. The 2nd Law: Unsustainable 0:00 02. Supremacy 4:00 03. Map of the Problematique (0305030 riff outro) 9:10 04. Star Spangled Banner 14:53 05. Hysteria (Back In Black outro) 16:19 06. Panic Station 21:03 07. Resistance 24:35 08. Plug In Baby (Extended outro) 30:05 09. Monty Jam 34:52 10. United States of Eurasia 36:09 11. Follow Me 40:32 12. Liquid State 44:42 13. Madness 48:03 14. Time Is Running Out 52:48 15. Stockholm Syndrome (Freedom outro) 57:33 16. The 2nd Law: Isolated System 1:04:45 18. Uprising 1:09:15 19. Starlight 1:14:40 20. Survival 1:19:06 21. Knights of Cydonia (Man With a Harmonica intro) 1:24:00
In the Huasteca of Tamaulipas during the most important dance festival of the region, Julia, Huapango national champion, announces her marriage to the distinguished and wealthy rancher Otilio, while Santiago, her dance partner, driven by jealousy and spite, decides to take revenge on the newlyweds.
A daughter is constantly overshadowed by her famous father, but she is determined to make her own mark in the world.
An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.
Live@Home is the first web music program created to allow the world's best artists to come and play their songs in a beautiful house. These intimate performances are recorded without an audience, aiming to make artists feel at home. Once every three months, Live@Home moves to an exceptional location for other intimate performances. Ellie Goulding is an English singer-songwriter, instrumentalist whose music finds the balance between electro-pop and indie folk. She released Lights -- a sparkling debut album in 2010. In 2012, she returned with the album "Halcyon", electro-pop-infused, which is now a worldwide success. She wins British Female Artist prize at The Brit Awards 2014. Tracklist: Burn (Live); Anything Could Happen (Live); I Need Your Love (Live); Lights (Live); How Long Will I Love You (Live)
Live@Home is the first web music program created to allow the world's best artists to come and play their songs in a beautiful house. These intimate performances are recorded without an audience, aiming to make artists feel at home. Once every three months, Live@Home moves to an exceptional location for other intimate performances. Jessie J is an English singer and songwriter. Her debut album, “Who You Are”, released in 2011 ; has sold 2.5 million copies worldwide. Citing various influences, she is recognised for an unconventional musical and performance style that mixes soul vocals with R&B, pop and hip-hop beats. “Alive”, her second album, released in September will make an undisputed mark on pop in 2013.
In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a new house only to find he prefers spending to saving and is happy to spend his money on a few hours of happiness rather than a lifetime's conventionality.
In 1937, tens of thousands of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent were exterminated by the Dominican army, on the basis of anti-black racism. Fast-forward to 2013, the Dominican Republic's Supreme Court stripped the citizenship of anyone with Haitian parents, retroactive to 1929, rendering more than 200,000 people stateless. Elena, the young protagonist of the film, and her family stand to lose their legal residency in the Dominican Republic if they don't manage to get their documents in time. Negotiating a mountain of opaque bureaucratic processes and a racist, hostile society around, Elena becomes the face of the struggle to remain in a country built on the labor of her father and forefathers.
An animated video for the song “Umi” by Kuchiroro, from the album Everyday Is a Symphony. The video was directed and animated by Yoriko Mizushiri.