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Modern dance choreographer Hans van Manen infuses his pieces with a politics of sexual difference. The two pieces on this video, Concertante and Black Cake, are both illuminating physical explorations of gender conventions and male-female relationships. Filmed at Munich's Prinzeregententheater, Concertante has male and female dancers posturing as upper-class ballroom goers, while Black Cake cultivates a tenser, more aggressive confrontation between the sexes.DVD Features:Region 1Snap CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.78Audio: Stereo - English
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Two of Dame Joan Sutherland's finest performances are highlighted on this program. The well-loved soprano's talent are presented with with a 1963 Canadian television appearance and a 1969 solo recital at the University of Toronto. Arias and scenes from LA SONNAMBULA, I PURITANI, and LA TRAVIATA are performed along with renditions of other works by Bellini, Handel, Rossini, Bizet, and others. Pianist Richard Bonynge accompanies Sutherland as well.DVD Features:Region (Unknown)Keep CaseSingle Side - Single LayerFull Frame - 1.33
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A prolific composer who enjoyed a great deal of success during his own time, Verdi has come to be credited with reviving opera after Rossini--with whom many thought the form to have died--endowing it with new life and a greater possibility for expression. Considered to have grown only more imaginative and inventive in his later years, Verdi's last three operas are commonly thought to be his best, and the present work takes its place among these. Completed in 1886 after a 15-year break from opera, OTHELLO is Verdi's second Shakespearean dramatization, and adheres closely to the original text. The opera is extremely dramatic and among the composer's most complex; it also includes two tremendous songs for soprano, Willow Song and Ave Maria.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital Dolby Digital 5.1 Mono
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Riot-dance act The Prodigy return to the limelight with this DVD for their UK hit, Baby's Got a Temper.
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A huge-selling world music artist, powerful vocalist Cesaria Evora has developed a devoted following, enraptured by her blending of world music and Latin rhythms. Born in Mindelo on the island of Cape Verde, which is situated off the coast of western Africa, she did not record an album until the age of 47 (in 1988), but has been making up for lost time ever since. Recorded live during an April 2004 concert at The Grand Rex in Paris, songs include Nutridinha, Velocidade, Lua Nha Testemunha, Angola, Besame mucho, Mar de Canal, Cretcheu di Creu, Saia Travada, Isolada, Ramboia, Nha cancera ka tem medida, Vaquinha Mansa, Sodade, Carinha di bo mae, Beijo roubado, and Saia Travada.
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