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- In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay.
- A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.
- Stephen Hawking gets unprecedented success in the field of physics despite being diagnosed with motor neuron disease at the age of 21. He defeats awful odds as his first wife Jane aids him loyally.
- A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.
- A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
- When her daughter joins a ballet company, a former dancer is forced to confront her long-ago decision to give up the stage to have a family.
- Operatic version of George Orwell's totalitarian masterpiece "Nineteen Eighty-Four."
- A TV screening of a production of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by the Royal Ballet, staged at the Royal Opera House in London. It's the first full-length score commissioned for the Royal Ballet in 20 years.
- One of the most iconic operas of all time; "The Magic Flute" (Die Zauberflöte) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is about a Prince, Tamino, conquering all odds to be wise and to rescue the daughter, Pamina, of the Queen of the Night. This is one of the best known productions of this opera, in Covent Garden- London 2003. Conducted by Sir Colin Davis, performers include Simon Keenlyside as Papageno, Dorothea Röschmann as Pamina, Will Hartmann as Tamino and the legendary Diana Damrau as the Queen of the Night (Königin Der Nacht).
- The story of opera soprano Dame Nellie Melba.
- This is the Andrei Tarkovsky production of the famous Pushkin/Mussorgsky opera, performed in 1990 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, conducted by Valery Gergiev.
- An opera based on the story of Asterios, half-human half-bull half-brother of Ariadne, and the quest of Theseus to kill him and end the blood debt between Athens and Crete.
- The opera tells the story of the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the wiles of the fiery gypsy Carmen.
- An energetic and patriotic young woman named Marie, raised by a regiment of French soldiers and their Sargent, learns that she is an heiress, forcing her to leave the life of a soldier behind and enter an arranged marriage. Meanwhile her true love, Tonio, discovers a secret he hopes will save Marie.
- Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
- An aging actor remembers his past stage triumphs and contemplates a dim future on the stage of an empty theatre.
- The famous fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm of two children lost in the woods is told in Engelbert Humperdinck's ever-popular opera, Hansel and Gretel, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The production, full of wit and black comedy, has a star-studded cast.
- The comic misadventures of Sir John Falstaff, adapted from "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "Henry IV" by 'William Shakespeare'. Sir John Falstaff and his rascally friends, Bardolph and Pistol, are partying at the Garter Inn in Act I. Jack, of course, can't afford to pay for his food and drink, so he plans to seduce Alice Ford and Meg Page, some wealthy wives of Windsor town. These two ladies meet Alice's daughter Nannetta and Mistress Quickly and discover that they have received identical love letters from him. They decide to teach him a lesson. Ford also learns of Falstaff's plan and plots with young Fenton (who loves Nannetta) to take revenge on Falstaff. Ford speaks to Falstaff disguised as Fontana, saying that he wishes also to seduce Alice but wants Falstaff to corrupt her first. Fat Jack visits Alice, but the tryst turns into chaos when Ford and the other men storm in. Meg hides Jack in a laundry basket. Alice orders the servants to dump the dirty linen, Falstaff included, into the Thames. Ford realizes his wife is loyal and they all have a good laugh. Act III opens with Falstaff washed up on the river bank. Wet and sorry for himself, he wishes to get drunk and grumbles about the wicked world. The Fords and their friends are not through punishing him yet and plot to disguise themselves as fairies to scold and frighten him. At last Falstaff repents and, through a series of comic mix-ups, Fenton and Nannetta are united and all live happily ever after.
- An opera based on the life of celebrity and actress Anna Nicole Smith.
- A thoroughly Italian work inspired by Viennese operetta, this rarely performed Puccini gem tells the story of love between a kept woman from high society and a naïve younger man of moderate means. From the composer's fabled Act I aria, "Chi il bel sogno," to the glorious Act II cafe scene, this San Francisco Opera production features two world renowned singers at their finest: Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu and Russian tenor Misha Didyk. Ion Marin conducts La Rondine ("The Swallow") in an opulent Art Deco production design by Nicolas Joël.
- Björk in an amazing performance live at The Royal Opera House, following her album Vesperine and her greatest hits.