Zhangzhou puppet head carving is a special workmanship of props making for puppet show. It is one of the folk arts and crafts mainly spreading over Zhangzhou, Xiamen, Quanzhou and their surrounding areas of Fujian Province. Zhangzhou puppet carving, which originated in the Jin Dynasty and flourished in the Tang Dynasty, has enjoyed a history of nearly 2,000 years.
The brilliant Jordi Bertran Company with a unique style of humor and puppetry
Jim Henson and Richard Bradshaw discuss the enduring popularity of shadow puppetry in this 1985 documentary.
“Fisherman” mesmerising puppetry from the German Master Puppeteer Raphael Mürle.
Salzburg Marionette Theatre was established in 1913 and is one of the oldest continuing marionette theatres in the world. performs a large repertoire of operas, ballets and productions for children, using marionettes
Great puppetry and manipulation by Master puppeteer Raphael Mürle.
Great vintage German Marionette Puppet Theatre
The Legendary Philip Huber Marionettes. USA
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Le Nozze di Figaro (Marriage of Figaro)
Performed by the Salzburg Marionette Theatre and the Philarmonic Orchestra and Choir London, conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini
Text and Narrator – Sir Peter Ustinov
Figaro – Giuseppe Taddei
Susanna – Anna Moffo
Il conte d’Almaviva – Eberhard Wachter
La Contessa – Fiorenza Cassotto
Bartolo – Ivo Vinco
Marcellina – Dora Gatta
Don Basilio / Don Curzio – Renato Ercolani
Barbarina – Elisabetta Fusco
Antonio – Piero Cappuccilli
Due Ragazze – Gillian Spencer & Diana Gillingham
Pathé News visits the legendary Little Angel Theatre in London in 1964