In the early 16th century, Italy is ruled by the powerful Borgia family, led by César Borgia and his sister Lucrèce. In a ruthless power play, César plots to have his sister’s husband murdered. But without her brother’s knowledge, Lucrèce has taken a strong lover who will challenge the Borgias.

At the turn of the sixteenth century, Michelangelo (Mark Frankel), Raphael (Andrea Prodan), and Leon...

During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to scul...

The insatiably curious and headstrong inventor Leonardo da Vinci leaves Italy to join the French cou...

In 1500, Duke Cesare Borgia hopes to marry his sister to the heir apparent of Ferrara, which impedes...

French silent film pioneer Abel Gance directs this 1935 classic about Lucrezia Borgia, her brother, ...

This loose adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic shifts the story to Italy and back in time, with th...

The tiny independent duchy of Ferrara is located between Casare Borgia's Rome and Venice, and Borgia...

Gennaro, the son of Lucretia Borgia, lives unaware of the identity of his mother, who has married th...

The story of Benvenuto Cellinin (1500-1571), a soldier and one of the most important craftsmen and a...
Animated short film of Michelangelo set to Beethoven Symphony No. 5 - I. Allegro con brio.

English artist, writer, curator and teacher Sir Lawrence Gowing narrates a personal exploration of s...

A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.

First seen at La Monnaie in Brussels on 13 May 1998, this production of Monteverdi’s L’ORFEO seen th...

During Italian renaissance, young painter Raffaello Sanzio falls in love with Margherita, a maiden o...

The incredible story of Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519), daughter of Pope Alexander VI (1431-1503), deli...

With an original staging of text and music, Orlando follows the trail of one of the greatest compose...