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.

Emma, a talented conductor and rising star on the Montreal scene, has a complicated relationship wit...

You could be forgiven for mistaking Charlie Siem for James Bond. Whether he's driving an orange Pors...

There never was a star quite like her. Adored by adults and children alike, at four she already led ...

Live performance of Verdi's Missa da Requiem at the Edinburgh Festival in 1982. An all-star quartet ...

The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of th...

An Italo-French biopic about one of the most famous women of Belle Époque, Spanish-born dancer and a...

Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his ...

Elizabeth Bagshaw was a forerunner of the women's movement. As one of the first women to practise me...
Taylor Alison Swift has evolved into one of the most popular names in modern music. Her strong voice...

To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story is the harrowing story of a stuntman overcoming a dehumanizi...

After an 18-year hiatus from acting, Sherihan returns to the stage to portray Coco Chanel, the renow...
The programme offers unique access to Julia Donaldson, her family, her rich archives and home movies...

Follows the story of "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Par...

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...

Jenny is young. Her life is over. She killed someone. And she would do it again. When an 80-year-old...

This shows physicist Stephen Hawking's life as he deals with the ALS that renders him immobile and u...