Although he is unanimously credited with having democratised opera, making it accessible to the greatest number, focus is rarely put on the strategy he devised and implemented in order to carry out his actions, nor what his actions reveal of the man and artist, and of the resulting metamorphosis from opera singer to pop artist. Through this angle, this film sets out to pay tribute to the man who summed up his credo, obsession and life’s work, in the following way: “They led the public to believe that classical music belonged to a restricted elite. I was the way to prove to the world that was wrong.

Overcoming the seemingly insurmountable odds that life threw his way, Liston became heavyweight cham...

Pierre Clément, student and photographer of René Vauthier, first accompanied him to Tunisia to make ...

From Schubert to Strauss, Bach to Brahms, Mozart to…Billy Joel, Itzhak Perlman’s violin playing tran...

Young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a music professor. He is advised to play whichever kind of...

There's not a person in the world who wouldn't recognize Mickey Mouse. But until now, not many knew ...

At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Florenz Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more-succ...

Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano Marjor...

Why does Doris Dörrie have a bag on her head in the interview? Consistent in the sense that in her w...
For more than 30 years, Lucille Ball was one of the most recognized and loved entertainers in the wo...

The fascinating story of the cultural, social, spiritual, and musical revolution ignited by the comi...

Benjamin Britten's 1973 opera, performed in 2008 at the Liceu Opera in Barcelona, Spain.

A peculiar, meticulous, vocationally archeological account of the professional life of the actor, Sp...

This special is a thorough retrospective of Jackie's most popular characters from his 1950's televis...

A film biography of the composer John Philip Sousa, from his early days in the Marine Corps Band thr...

The story of legendary jazz drummer, Gene Krupa. Since his youth, all Gene ever wanted to do is play...

Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.

The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.

Helena Bonham-Carter narrates this explorative doc about Noele Gordon. Witness the rise & fall of a ...