Reach out with ‘The Most Beautiful Operas of All Time’ format to a viewership beyond the typical classical music fans: Present the most beautiful operas of all time by combining the broadcast of the documentaries with the according opera productions in as many different stagings as you like. Let the viewers not only discover the rich world and full variety of opera music but also let them choose the ‘most beautiful opera of all time’ and create the classical music TV-event which is widely perceived in all media. Documentaries: AIDA, LA BOHÈME, CARMEN, DON GIOVANNI, FIDELIO, LOHENGRIN, DER ROSENKAVALIER, TOSCA, LA TRAVIATA, DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
The Queens of Pop
ARTE viewers voted for the ‘Queens of Pop’. 8 pop queens were chosen from 50 proposals and these are presented in a 26-minute documentary: From the 1960s: Diana Ross. From the 1970s: Donna Summer and Debbie Harry. From the 1980s: Madonna. From the 1990s: Britney Spears and Mariah Carey. From 2000-2009: Lady Gaga and Beyoncé. The title of the programme, ‘Queens of Pop’, in itself shows where the emphasis lies – none of those simplistic chart rankings, but instead a documentary series that looks at our cultural history, dealing with the women who shaped popular music over the past fifty years.
Summer of Love
In four (two) creatively composed episodes provided with clips from Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, The Rolling Stones, Cat Stevens, Led Zeppelin and many other legendary artists of that time, the documentary deals with the central topics of this unique phenomenon in pop history: The Summer of Love. The sexual liberation and the search for new, spiritual ways were most important for an attitude towards life that established its own event- and party culture for the first time in history. The documentary is based on interviews with vocalists like Donovan, Art Garfunkel, Adam Green, Bob Marley, Yoko Ono and Michelle Philipps from „The Mamas & The Papas”. As a leitmotif we pose the question of actuality of the cultural achievements in which the hippies succeeded.