Renée Fleming

A celebrated talent shares what she has learned from her experience. From struggling to get a career under way to dealing with her own personal doubts, Fleming is candid and articulate about her art, the roles played by a solid education, supportive mentors, and mental and physical discipline. Here is a look at the real life of an artist today, confronted by the loneliness of touring, the challenges of stress, coping with business issues, and, most...

This classical tragedy tells of the eponymous heroine, a sunlight-worshipping virgin who has no interest in earthbound romantic relationships. Unable to return her childhood-friend Leukippos's affections, and unwilling to don a special dress for the Dionysian festival, Daphne soon encounters a mysterious stranger, in the guise of a herdsman, who makes an unsuccessful attempt to wheedle her into romance. He ultimately reveals himself as Apollo, the...

"A mystery within a mystery, the painting The Garden of Earthly Delights is the most famous and intriguing work by Early Netherlandish master Hieronymus Bosch. Through unique exclusive access granted by the Prado Museum - such as witnessing the processes of X-raying and restoring the painting - the film explores unanswered questions about the enigmatic painting as well painter himself, on the ocasion of the 500th anniversary of his death."--Container....

A documentary about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart told through dramatic readings from his personal letters. Includes interviews with noted personalities and excerpts from numerous musical performances.

Live from the Opera national de Paris, 2002. Lyrical fairy tale in three acts. Libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil.