San Antonio College Library

Here is a breathtaking portrait of one of the 20th century's musical giants, a man who sought to stand aloof from the turbulent events of his time only to be swallowed up and crushed by them. The program offers superb performances of judicious selections of his works, from the barely-known products of his childhood through the canon of his famous works, from solo piano and vocal pieces to orchestral and ballet selections; it also interweaves stills...

This film explores Rembrandt's "The Return of the Prodigal Son," completed circa 1668 and housed in the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.

Modern version of the Agamemnon tragedy.

Premiere: February 23, 1950, New York City Ballet. Cast: Prodigal Son, Jerome Robbins; Siren, Maria Tallchief; Father, Michael Arshansky; Servants to the Prodigal Son, Frank Hobi, Herbert Bliss; Two Sisters, Jillana, Francesca Mosarra; Drinking Companions, 9 men. 2015. Music: Sergei Prokofiev. Lighting by Jean Rosenthal.

"The Edwardian years in England, nostalgically remembered as 'the good old days,' were not so content as they are nowadays represented. Although the serious playwrights of the period were intent on a theatre of social and psychological significance -- the influence of Ibsen and Strindberg was just being felt -- their complacent idea of inevitable social progress through political action was tinged with pessimism. This attitude was responsible for...