Ten years ago, Fun Home entered our lives with its world premiere at The Public Theater and began its journey of touching and inspiring the lives of millions. After a critically acclaimed and sold-out run at The Public, Fun Home transferred to Broadway winning five Tony Awards including Best Musical, before going onto productions worldwide. Join Jeanine Tesori, Lisa Kron, Chris Fenwick, and Sam Gold as they reunite with original company members as well as some new faces to present a special concert of the Tony Award-winning production with proceeds benefiting the nonprofit organization, Outright International.
It has been 50 years since ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo. But of all who celebrated there on the stage in Brighton, perhaps the biggest rock star of them all wasn't even in the band, but was instead a gentleman in a suit and mustache: Stikkan Anderson.
The success of Verdi’s third opera, a stirring drama about the fall of ancient Jerusalem at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar (Nabucco), catapulted the 28-year-old composer to international fame. The music and Verdi himself were subsumed into a surge of patriotic fervor culminating in the foundation of the modern nation of Italy. Specifically, the Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves ('Va, pensiero'), in which the Israelites express their longing for their homeland, came to stand for the country’s aspirations for unity and that exciting era in Italian history, the Risorgimento, or 'Resurgence'.
“Love 119” is part of Riize’s 1st mini-album Riizing. This pop dance song that has a dreamy atmosphere with a sweet mellow piano riff and drum beat is about the feeling of falling in love for the first time. It express the emotions felt when falling in love in a dreamy and melancholic manner.
The unmistakable voice of the eleven-time Anděl Award winner, first-class musicians, and songs that flow across musical genres in a concert experience from Brno's Sono Music Club... The concert, recorded on November 28, 2022, at the SONO Music Club in Brno, is the culmination of Dan Bárta & Illustratosphere's concert tour for their joint fifth studio album, Kráska a zvířený prach (Beauty and Stirred Dust). This mutually inspiring and authentically creative community of musicians included not only new songs in the program, but also a selection of some older atmospheric hits from their more than twenty-year musical career. Enjoy Bárta's refined vocal performance and a fusion of virtuosically played original compositions on the domestic scene, combining pop rock, jazz, soul, and funk with intimate poetry in the lyrics, just like hundreds of fans in one of the most acoustically perfect halls in the country.
A pair of mice attempt to board Noah's Ark: Vini, a charismatic poet with terrible stage fright, and Tito, a talented and charming guitarist. When the rains come, only one male and one female of each species is allowed on Noah's Ark. With the help of an ingenious cockroach and fate's good luck, Vini and Tito sneak their way onto the Ark and together avert a showdown among the ships carnivores and plant eaters. All the while, the animals perform a series of classic songs inspired by world renowned poet, Vinicius de Moraes. Can these talented stowaways use music to break the tension and help these cooped up creatures survive the 40 days and 40 nights together?
The recording process of musician Nilufer Akdogu's Turkish jazz album Aristo'ya Inat (Against Aristotle). The film presents the musical searches during the creation of an album with all its fragility. At the same time, it is a record of special sharings which elements from world jazz history are discussed with experiences, and the joy is never lost despite the setbacks.
Hov1 is one of Sweden's most popular bands and in the summer of 2023 they played 27 sold-out gigs. In the unique film "HOV1 4-EVER", the audience gets to follow the band on stage where they sing their biggest songs and meet their fans, but also take part in their personal conversations behind the scenes and when they produce music. It will be an intimate concert film where the fans can get close to their idols - while they get a strong musical experience.
This is our updated musical about the runaway Statue of Liberty getting arrested. Her opponent is McGreedy, NYC's worst slumlord. This second project is with new cast of experienced teens and younger.
Explore the secrets of the universe with Professor Brian Cox in this special event that combines ground-breaking science with the power of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
First modern performance of a 1692 oratorio for soloists and orchestra by Francesco Gasparini, in the wonderful setting of the cloister of Trinità dei Monti in Rome, with a remarkable Baroque ensemble and exceptional soloists, conducted by Emmanuel Resche-Caserta.
Under the baton of Pascal Rophé, the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra performs Luciano Berio's Sinfonia and Mahler's Fünf frühe Lieder, after introducing us to Bára Gísladóttir's sea sons seasons.