Free Theater, Opera, & Classical Music Documentaries

An intimate portrait of playwright Suzan-Lori Parks featuring actors Don Cheadle and Jeffrey Wright; a close-up of the theater experience that's rarely seen on film.

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa takes a personal journey exploring the physical and artistic demands of being an international soprano in the 21st century.

In this short documentary, Canadian concert pianist Glenn Gould enjoys a respite at his lakeside cottage.

Howard Goodall traces the story of music from the ancient world to the modern day.

Dr. David Starkey explores how the story of British music has been shaped by the monarchy.

This documentary is an informal portrait of the great modern composer Igor Stravinsky.

A documentary on the life and work of acting teacher Stella Adler. It features an extensive conversation with Adler as well as interviews with actors Karl Malden and John Abbott, and director and acting teacher Bobby Lewis.

This short documentary follows Glenn Gould to New York City. There, we see the renowned Canadian concert pianist kidding the cab driver, bantering with sound engineers at Columbia Records, and then, alone with the piano, fastidiously recording Bach's Italian Concerto.

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is primarily known for his operas (or, as some of his later works were later known, "music dramas").

Harold Clurman has been called the most influential figure in the history of the American theater.