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.

La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo (Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant) is an operatic dramma...

Based on Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci. The film recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clo...

An account of the life and work of controversial German orchestra conductor Herbert von Karajan (190...

After an absence of five years, six times Mr Olympia winner Arnold Schwarzenegger makes a comeback a...

L’Étoile did much to establish Chabrier as a major force on the Parisian stage and his contemporary ...

Trapped in an abusive marriage, a wealthy German prince desperately seeks a way out. But what appear...

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Who loves whom in Così fan tutte, Mozart’s and Da Ponte’s cruelly comic reflection on desire, fideli...

As he turns 50, filmmaker Pini Schatz sets out to explore his life-long obsession with the band Spar...

Paris, France, February 2, 1922. The novel Ulysses, by Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941), is publ...

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

It's hard to imagine confirmed Straussians not wanting this starry Metropolitan Opera performance of...

A Ukrainian comic opera with spoken dialogue in three acts with music and libretto by the composer S...

Adapted from the opera written by the composer Semen Hulak-Artemovsky.

Dvořák's "Rusalka" in a production by David Pountney at the English National Opera in 1986. Mark Eld...

A behind-the-scenes look at the of how the Paris Opera is run under the direction of Stephane Lissne...

Known for his mournful "Adagio for Strings," Samuel Barber was never quite fashionable. This acclaim...