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Puccini, choreographed by Julien Lestel
Movie
Type: Contemporary Ballet
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Choreographer: Julien Lestel
Company: Ballet Julien Lestel
Soloists: Julien Lestel, Maria Stefania Di-Renzo, Gilles Porte
Location: The Opera of Marseille, France
Year: 2014A series of interconnected tableaux, each evoking one of the c...
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“When It's Sleepy Time Down South” Louis Armstrong - Live in Australia
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Type: Jazz
Performer: Louis Armstrong
Band: All Stars Ensemble
Program: Core repertoire
Location: Sydney Stadium, Australia
Year: 1964Watching Armstrong perform is iconic. He chats with the audience with genuine warmth and humility. Armstrong sings behind the beat, creating tension and i...
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The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 60th Anniversary Gala
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Type: Orchestra, Gala
Company: Israel Symphony Orchestra
Conductors: Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim
Venue: Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, Israel
Soloists: Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman, Maxim Vengerov, Gil Shaham, Itzhak Perlman, Menahem Breuer, Ariel Shamai
Year: 1996This gala celebrated the Israel...
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Morricone conducts Morricone
Movie
Type: Film Scores
Conductor: Ennio Morricone
Location: Gasteig Philharmonic Hall, Munich, Germany
Performed by: Munich Radio Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Choir
Soloists: Susanna Rigacci (Soprano), Gilda Butta (Piano), Ulrich Herkenhoff (Pan Flute)
Program: Once Upon a Time in America, Cinema Pa... -
Faure's Requiem with Les Siecles and Ensemble Aedes
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Type: Requiem
Company: Ensemble Aedes, Les Siecles
Conductor: Mathieu Romano
Venue: Chapelle Corneille Auditorium, Rouen, France
Soloists: Roxane Chalard, L-N Bestion de Camboulas - organist
Composer: Gabriel Faure
Year: 2015Enjoy the original 1893 instrumentation of Faure's Requiem, wi...
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Behind the Scenes with Scottish Actor, Robert Carlyle
Movie
Type: Interview
Actor: Robert Carlyle
Film Resume: Trainspotting, The Full Monty, Angela's Ashes
Year: 2011Enjoy this intimate conversation with award winning Robert Carlyle. Known for performances that feel lived-in and combustible, as if the character might rupture at any moment, he has ...
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Tosca by Puccini
Movie
Type: Opera
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Title: Tosca
Location: Baden-Baden, Easter Festival
Choir: Vienna Philhamonia Chorus
Orchestra: Berliner Philhamoniker
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Soloist: Kristina Opolais, Jonas Kaufmann
Staging: Philipp Himmelmann
Year: 2017This impassioned performance i...
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A Film and its Era Oliver Stones Wall Street
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This fascinating documentary on the making of "Wall Street" examines the social, political, and economic climate surrounding the film’s release. The movie resonated powerfully in the late 1980s. Learn how Stone’s personal life experiences, the rise of deregulation, and the culture of excess shape...
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Pavlova: A Woman For All Time
Movie
Type: Biopic
Starring: Galina Belyayeva, James Fox
Director: Emil Loteanu
Studio: Mosfilm; Poseidon Films
Year: 1983This is the full program, also offered in episodes on Ovation Arts. The biography presents the life and legend of prima ballerina, Anna Pavlova with elegant performances fro...
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Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
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Type: Opera
Location: Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain
Performed by: Orchestra of the Teatro Real Madrid
Soloists: Ludovic Tézier, Barbara Frittoli, Luca Pisaroni, Isabel Rey
Conductor: Jesús López Cobos
Year: 2009From the sparkling energy of the overture to the final curtain, Emilio Sagi’s elegant a...
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Simon Bolivar Big Band
Movie
Type: Big Band
Group: Simon Bolivar Big Band
Conductor: Andres Eloy Briceno
Soloists: Ocmaly Sierra (Angel Eyes) Maria Beatriz Occeas (Me Gusta Soñar) Genesis Brito (El Catire)
Location: Conservatoire de Limonest, France
Year: 2015A gem of a concert for large-ensemble jazz fans, with power, and...
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Dances and Folk Tunes - Gala concert from Berlin
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Type: Classical, Folk
Orchestra: The Berlin Philharmonic
Soloist: Cecilia Bartoli, Maxim Vengerov
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Composer: Brahms Hungarian Dances plus Ravel, Rossini and Berlioz
Location: Philharmonie Berlin, Germany
Year: 1996This Gala is an unusual and distinctive concert that b...
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Stan Getz: The Last Recording
Movie
Type: Jazz
Performer: Stan Getz
Band: The Stan Getz Quartet
Program: Own recordings, jazz standards, modern post-bop
Location: Munich Philharmonie Hall, Germany
Year: 1990This program documents one of Stan Getz’s final live performances before his death in 1991, capturing him during a Eu...