Videos

Renowned Italian tenor Pavarotti (1935–2007) sings the aria from the final act of Puccini's opera Turandot, live in concert with The Three Tenors in Los Angeles in 1994. Watch the full performance, newly available in digital video: https://w.lnk.to/The3TenorsLY...

Female gladiators in ancient Rome – referred to by modern-day scholars as gladiatrix – may have been uncommon but they did exist. Evidence suggests that a number of women participated in the public games of Rome even though this practice...

Hadrian (l. 78-138 CE) was emperor of Rome (r. 117-138 CE) and is recognized as the third of the Five Good Emperors (Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius) who ruled justly. His reign marked the height of the Roman Empire...

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 2 - Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (Königin der Nacht) · Karin Ott · Edith Mathis · Heinz Kruse · José van Dam · Berliner Philharmoniker · Herbert...

Ancient Roman culture affected vast numbers of people across the known world of its time, beginning with the rise of the Roman Republic (509-27 BCE) and throughout the duration of the Roman Empire (27 BCE - c. 476 CE in the West and 1453...

The first ever biography of the founder of Western philosophy Considered by many to be the most important philosopher ever, Plato was born into a well-to-do family in wartime Athens at the end of the fifth century BCE. In his teens, he...

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group J. Strauss II: An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 · Berliner Philharmoniker · Herbert von Karajan · Johann Strauss II Strauss, J.: An der schönen blauen Donau (The Blue Danube) ℗ 1981...

Get to know the history of Juneteenth, a commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States after the Civil War. – At the end of the Civil War, though slavery was technically illegal in all states, it still persisted in the last...

Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of Rome and Germanic tribes continue with a video on the rise of the Vandals and how an initially minor Germanic tribe managed to take over the Roman province of Africa...

Berliner Phillharmoniker - Herbert Von Karajan. Antonio Vivaldi's violin concertos, the Four Seasons.