Research Guides: Theatre Arts: Performance

Welcome!

Welcome to the Performance Tab! This section offers four categories: Acting, Musical Theatre, Dance, and Opera. These resources are just a starting point. Musselman Library has a wealth of sources available on all of these subjects.

Watch Theatre Online

Musselman Library provides access to the following resources where you can watch full Theatre and Opera performances.

Met Opera on Demand: Student Access This link opens in a new window
Streaming video access to more than 800 full-length performances from the Met's Live in HD series, as well as more than 350 full-length video and audio performances. Adobe® Flash® Player is required to access Met Opera on Demand. Internet browser(s) should be fully up to date. Not currently compatible with iPad or iPhone.
National Theatre Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the National Theatre Collection available via Academic Video Online. The collection, volumes I and II, draws on 10 years of National Theatre Live broadcasts and includes comedies, 20th Century classics, literary adaptations, and Greek classics, as well as modern stagings of Shakespeare such as Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet. Videos are captioned and have transcripts.

Opera in Video
Will provide 250 of the most important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries.
Theatre in Video
Provides more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video - more than 500 hours in all, representing hundreds of leading playwrights, actors and directors.