Ariadne auf Naxos - Wiener Staatsoper

A message from Jim Morrison in a dream prompts cable access TV stars Wayne and Garth to put on a rock concert, "Waynestock," with Aerosmith as headliners. But amid the preparations, Wayne frets that a record producer is putting the moves on his girlfriend, Cassandra, while Garth handles the advances of mega-babe Honey Hornée.

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Stephen Surjik

Cast

Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Christopher Walken

Gruber is a normal 16-year-old growing up in Budapest in 1962, but he has a problem -- how does he get to know the opposite sex? At the Sunday afternoon dance classes the young "ladies and gentlemen" hold each other while dancing, and that makes the lessons worth something. Otherwise, the pianist's attention wanders and the orchestra d...

Runtime

1h 21m

Director

János Kovácsi

Cast

Péter Rudolf, Tallós Rita, Epres Attila

A musician is offered a job in Vienna as stage director, but his disagreements with the aristocratic opera manager end in abrupt firing in spite of a mutual attraction. He's quickly engaged by another theatre and becomes famous for his lavish stage productions and fine acting, which begins their golden age with Suppé and Strauss.

Runtime

1h 47m

Director

Willi Forst

Cast

Maria Holst, Dora Komar, Paul Hörbiger

Cast

Fito Cabrales

This telecast offers a rare opportunity to see the legendary Joan Sutherland in the role that first catapulted her to international stardom. She drove audiences wild by the way her opulent voice caressed the music’s long phrases and sprinted effortlessly through the fiendish runs, trills, embellishments and stratospheric high notes. On...

Runtime

2h 16m

Director

Richard Bonynge, David Stivender

Cast

Joan Sutherland, Alfredo Kraus, Pablo Elvira