Humphrey Burton Movies

  • 1990
    Prince Igor

    Prince Igor

    Prince Igor

    01990HD

    TV movie version of the famous Prince Igor opera

    Prince Igor
  • 1991
    War and Peace

    War and Peace

    War and Peace

    01991HD

    The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's...

    War and Peace
  • 2002
    The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland

    The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland

    The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland

    9.52002HD

    Claudio Monteverdi's operatic adaptation of this story from Homer's The Odyssey receives a modern and distinctive staging in this 2002 production...

    The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
  • 1984
    Die Fledermaus

    Die Fledermaus

    Die Fledermaus

    7.81984HD

    Most opera houses ring in the New Year with Johann Strauss Jr.'s most popular operetta--the festiveness of which is appropriate for the occasion--and...

    Die Fledermaus
  • 1967
    Benjamin Britten and His Festival

    Benjamin Britten and His Festival

    Benjamin Britten and His Festival

    01967HD

    A behind-the-scenes look at the Aldeburgh Festival and the opening by The Queen of the new concert hall at Snape.

    Benjamin Britten and His Festival
  • 2009
    Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

    Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

    Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

    6.82009HD

    A documentary on the mysterious and influential pianist.

    Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
  • 1989
    Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide

    Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide

    Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide

    01989HD

    This is the historic concert performance of the final operatic version of Bernstein's Candide. It was recorded on December 13, 1989 at the Barbican...

    Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
  • 2008
    Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen

    Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen

    Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen

    02008HD

    Documentary on conductor Herbert van Karajan, focusing on his early adoption of audio and video recording technology and his impetus to make use of...

    Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
  • 2009
    Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)

    Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)

    Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)

    02009HD

    Haydn’s Creation, the culmination of his life’s work, in a legendary 1986 performance conducted by Leonard Bernstein in the exquisite...

    Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
  • 2003
    Vincent in Brixton

    Vincent in Brixton

    Vincent in Brixton

    62003HD

    Based on Nicholas Wright's 2002 play exploring the life of the young Vincent Van Gogh during a stay in Brixton, London in 1873. In the play, which is...

    Vincent in Brixton
  • 1976
    The Story of Pantomime

    The Story of Pantomime

    The Story of Pantomime

    01976HD

    This 1976 BBC documentary sees Ken Campbell (and his Roadshow) investigate the origins and the development of the traditional British Christmas...

    The Story of Pantomime
  • 1989
    Ode to Freedom

    Ode to Freedom

    Ode to Freedom

    01989HD

    Conducted by Leonard Bernstein, this is an historic performance marking the fall of the Berlin Wall. Performed on Christmas Day 1989 in the former...

    Ode to Freedom
  • 1990
    Boris Godunov

    Boris Godunov

    Boris Godunov

    71990HD

    This is the Andrei Tarkovsky production of the famous Pushkin/Mussorgsky opera, performed in 1990. Modest Mussorgsky's opera in prologue and four...

    Boris Godunov
  • 2007
    Bach The Cello Suites

    Bach The Cello Suites

    Bach The Cello Suites

    02007HD

    Johann Sebastian Bach composed his Six Suites for Solo Cello in the early 1720's. Unlike the Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, composed...

    Bach The Cello Suites
  • 1976
    The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology

    The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology

    The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology

    91976HD

    This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question. Bernstein drew...

    The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
  • 1998
    A Gala Christmas in Vienna

    A Gala Christmas in Vienna

    A Gala Christmas in Vienna

    01998HD

    Plácido Domingo, Sarah Brightman, Helmut Lotti and Riccardo Cocciante interpret traditional, European and American songs in Vienna, Austria....

    A Gala Christmas in Vienna
  • 1994
    Eugene Onegin

    Eugene Onegin

    Eugene Onegin

    01994HD

    The cynical young Onegin rejects Tatyana, a dreamy, bookish country girl. But Onegin lives to regret it when, years later, he re-encounters Tatyana,...

    Eugene Onegin
  • 1973
    Trouble in Tahiti

    Trouble in Tahiti

    Trouble in Tahiti

    01973HD

    Leonard Bernstein's 1952 opera is a biting satire on the emptiness of materialist values and the false promise of suburban comforts. This production,...

    Trouble in Tahiti
  • 1978
    Marevna and Marika

    Marevna and Marika

    Marevna and Marika

    81978HD

    Documentary on 84-year old Marevna; painter, friend of Picasso and one-time mistress of Diego Rivera; and her daughter by Rivera, Marika; former...

    Marevna and Marika
  • 2005
    Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde

    Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde

    Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde

    102005HD

    Filmed on tour at Berlin's Philharmonie, this account of the valedictory Ninth Symphony is an intense interpretation, expressing Bernstein's...

    Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde