Reference & Special Interest

Entertaining British film about the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership--definitely topsy turvy!   Rated R

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.

This program defines everything that is fresh and exciting about this collaboration.

A dazzling production featuring ice dancing, ballet, and synchronized underwater swimming. 

Hear the lush, velvety voice of Grace Bumbry singing arias from French and Italian operas.

Prokofiev's opera with designs by Maurice Sendak is brought to life by the Glyndebourne Festival Opera.

Two exquite films by Christopher Nupen about Schubert.

Two Ravel operas get a magic touch with creative production design by Maurice Sendak. 

Opera in One Act by Gian Carlo Menotti.  Sung in English, tailored for children, about 45 min.—a perfect intro to opera.

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.

performed by the Fort Smith Symphony under John Jeter.