The choreographer Alonzo King, acclaimed as “one of the few, true Ballet Masters of our times” by world-famous William Forsythe, works with his company The Alonzo King LINES Ballet in San Francisco. Before founding LINES Ballet in 1982 King has been working for companies around the world, includi...

Underestimated by his contemporaries, but today acclaimed as one of the greatest and imaginative composers of his time. Anton Bruckner was a genius of tones. The reception to Anton Bruckner´s music has been late and slow. The recording of a complete Bruckner Cycle by Telmondis with Valery Gergiev...

Maya Plisetskaya is one of the most outstanding dancer of the second half of the 20th century. Immediately after graduation from the Moscow Choreography School she became well-known, creating her own style which is characterized by a brilliant technique, elegance, perfection of each individual ge...

„Barockstar“ tells the story of Handel‘s life as he journeyed through baroque Europe, leaving Germany for Italy and experiencing Florence, Rome and Venice, before arriving in London to begin the career that would bring him a worldwide reputation. The film shows the original locations in Halle, Ro...

Bel canto: The Tenors of the 78 Era - Dialogue with Eternity by Various Composers, 2016. Starring Beniamino Gigli, Joseph Schmidt, Jussi Björling, Lauritz Melchior, Georges Thill, Helge Rosvaenge, Ivan Kozlovsky. Performed in German, English and Subtitled in German, English, Spanish, French, Ital...

Beniamino Gigli - Bel canto: The Tenors of the 78 Era by Various Composers, 2016.

Elly Ney (1882-1968) is a myth, a legend. Some worshipped her as the high priestess of Beethoven, for others she was Hitler’s pianist. With the help of contemporary witnesses, experts and music researchers this film explores the real causes for Elly Ney’s rapid career as a pianist, her great succ...

Elly Ney (1882-1968) is a myth, a legend. Some worshipped her as the high priestess of Beethoven, for others she was Hitler’s pianist. With the help of contemporary witnesses, experts and music researchers this film explores the real causes for Elly Ney’s rapid career as a pianist, her great succ...

Enrico Caruso - Bel canto: The Tenors of the 78 Era by Various Composers from, performed at Various, 2016. Performed in English and Subtitled in English, French, Germany, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and Korean.

Frieder Bernius conducts Missa Solemnis by L. V. Beethoven, from inpetto filmproduktion, 2019. Conductor Frieder Bernius, starring Sebastian Kohlhepp, Sophie Harmsen, Arttu Ktaja and Johanna De Winkel. Performed in Latin.

George London was one of the most impressive bass-baritones of the postwar era. He sang on the side of Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi and Nicolai Gedda, to name only a few, and captured the audience’s hearts with his distinctive voice and his charismatic stage presence. Way too early he had to stop...

Georges Thill - Bel canto: The Tenors of the 78 Era by Various Composers, 2016. Performed in Various languages and Subtitled in English, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish.

“Hans Zender belongs to the last of that generation of composers who drove the establishment of a new music after WWII. Modernity and tradition were the two strands of his artistic career, music, making, composition and reflexion on music were the leading subjects of his untiring mental activity....

“Heavenly Voices” tells the story of the castrato phenomenon, and how the most gifted amongst these singers rose to international stardom. Names like Farinelli, Senesino, Caffarelli and Carestini come to mind, to name but the most famous ones, who enjoyed great popularity during the time of the g...

Heinrich Schütz was presumably the first internationally renowned German composer. In the 40 years he spent as court "kapellmeister" in Dresden, he left a strong impression on musical life in Europe. Although he was named "father of our modern, meaning German, music", he was long forgotten after ...

Helge Rosvaenge - Bel canto: The Tenors of the 78 Era by Various Composers, 2016. Performed in Various languages and Subtitled in English, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish.

“A towering monument to our world and to the appalling mess we have made of it,” is how director Tony Palmer describes Henryk Górecki's phenomenally successful Symphony No. 3. Taking his cue from Górecki's remarks about the inspiration for this symphony, Palmer overlays a performance by the Londo...

„Ein überragendes Denkmal für unsere Welt und für das entsetzliche Chaos, das wir daraus gemacht haben“, beschreibt Regisseur Tony Palmer Henryk Góreckis phänomenal erfolgreiche Symphonie Nr. 3. In Anlehnung an Góreckis Bemerkungen über die Inspiration für diese Symphonie überlagert Palmer a Darb...

Ivan Kozlovsky - Bel canto: The Tenors of the 78 Era by Various Composers, 2016. Performed in Various languages and Subtitled in English, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish.

Jiří Kylián is a living legend. He is the creator of more than a hundred works, several of which form part of the repertories of some of the greatest dance centres in the world. Due to the choreographer’s extreme reluctance to engage in a documentary, this film is exceptional. For the first time ...

John McCormack - Bel canto: The Tenors of the 78 Era by Various Composers, 2016 . Performed in various languages and Subtitled in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean.

Joseph Schmidt - Bel canto: The Tenors of the 78 Era by Various Composers, 2016. Performed in Various languages and Subtitled in English, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish.

Jussi Björling - Bel canto: The Tenors of the 78 Era by Various Composers, 2016. Performed in various languages and Subtitled in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean.

Lauritz Melchior - Bel canto: The Tenors of the 78 Era by Various Composers, 2016. Performed in various language and Subtitled in English, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish.