Reference & Special Interest

Music by Jerrry Bock and John Williams, directed by Norman Jewison.

Cats musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and the book it was based on, "Old Possum's Book" by T.S. Eliot.

Rodgers and Hammerstein

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. 

All-black cast, upbeat singing & dancing,  music arranged by Quincy Jones. 

The Royal Ballet with choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, and score by Joby Talbot.

A charming one-act ballet interpretation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream set to the music of Felix Mendelssohn and staged by Anthony Dowell with the American Ballet Theater.

Ballet, mime, acrobatics and theater combine with magnificent sets combine with music by Viktor Kalabis for Lewsi Carroll's classic story.

The Royal Ballet brings Beatrix Potter's lovable animal tales to life with choregraphy by Frederick Ashton. 

Magical choreography by Lev Ivanov with the expressive music of Tchaikovsky creates a fantastical atmosphere. Bonus features and booklet.

10 year of concerts on DVD and 15 lectures in the book.

Enchanting live opera production has joyous, cartoon-like sets, colorful imaginative costumes. 

Designed to capture the imaginations of children, these classroom length DVDs are a perfect intro to opera and ballet. Humperdinck, Mozart, Prokofiev.

Five joyful ballet and opera productions designed to capture the imaginations of children.

15 lectures from the TV series.

Joyful classics, abridged for the classroom. A great intro to opera & ballet for kids!

These joyful productions, abridged for the classroom, capture a child's imagination and are a perfect introduction to classical music.

Humperdinck's 1893 opera, animated using 35 hand-sculpted dolls and lavish sets, done especially for children.

42 min. production with lavish sets and costumes, English narration and songs in German—perfect way to introduce children to opera.

Introduce Mozart's opera to children through the story adapted by Kyra Teis and the video of the shortened opera from the Children's Cultural Collection.