John Pringle

Movies4

• Movie10.0

  A sumptious and compelling film adaptation of one of Australia's boldest contemporary operatic works by Andrew & Julianne Schultz. Seen through the eyes of its central character, Miriam, an Aboriginal woman, whose son recently died in police custody and performed by the award winning mezzo soprano, Maroochy Barambah, the film portrays the tormented world of injustice; past and present perpetuated against indigenous Australians.

  Black River

  1994 · 1 votes

• Movie8.0

  Music

  Richard Strauss' Intermezzo is an autobiographical piece - a domestic comedy of marital strife, told in fourteen scenes. John Cox's stylish production is set in the 1920s and stars Felicity Lott as the volatile Christine Storch. The splended art nouveau settings by Martin Batters by evoke perfectly the luxurious lifestyle of Strauss' Vienna.

  Intermezzo - Glyndebourne

  1983 · 1 votes

• Movie7.0

  RomanceMusic

  Opera Australia's 1976 production of Lakmé, an opera in three acts by Léo Delibes, with a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille. Set in India during the British Raj, the story focuses on Lakmé, the daughter of a Hindu priest. Lakmé's life is troubled by her infatuation with a British officer.

  Lakmé

  1976 · 1 votes

• Movie10.0

  Michael Hampe’s acclaimed production of Wagner’s comic opera tells a charming, human, romantic love story. And yet, at the same time, registers his protest against the narrow-minded critics and the prejudiced public who for so long refused him recognition.

  Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

  1988 · 1 votes