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The story of Violetta, a doomed courtesan, comprises one of Verdi's most popular operas, performed at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Music by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - Italian
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LA PLATEE is a
French Baroque opera, often called a ballet bouffant, that challenges all preconceived notions of opera in a delightfully irreverent, anachronistic manner. The story revolves around a scheme devised by the gods to punish the ceaselessly jealous Juno by creating the illusion of an affair between her husband, Jupiter, and Platea, an ugly little frog who fruitlessly attempts to seduce anyone she encounters. Cruelly convinced by the gods that she has finally found true love, Platea and Jupiter go through the motions of a mock courtship and wedding, only for Juno to raise her veil and recognize the joke; poor Platea becomes the laughingstock of the country. This production by the Paris Opera proves an engaging romp, with a spectacular amalgam of styles ranging from hip hop to West Side StoryDVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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The legendary opera gloriously performed to the recording of composer Giacomo Meyerbeer, by Joan Sutherland and the Australian Opera Chorus and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra under the baton of Richard Bonynge. **Cancelled by Home Vision.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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The incredible life of Argentinean tango composer Astor Piazzolla is explicitly detailed in this absorbing documentary. Piazzolla enlivened the genre by combining his use of a little-known instrument called the bandoneon with an ear for esoteric sounds, leading to him radically altering the traditional template on which tango is based. The footage included here is culled from various archive sources, and spans 30 years of vintage performance from Piazzolla. Illustrating his diverse appeal to a number of musicians from varying backgrounds, artists such as the Kronos Quartet, Yo-Yo Ma, and Gary Burton pay tribute to Piazzolla throughout.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Anamorphic Widescreen - 16:9Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0- (unspecified), Natural sound/Music Subtitles - English, French, Spanish, German - OptionalAdditional Release Material: Bonus Feature: Piazolla: The Man and His Music Alternate Audio Track - 1. MILONGA DEL ANGEL - James Crabb, Joanna



















MacGregor, Members of Piazolla's Quintet
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One of the three most famous tenors in the world, the exceedingly round Luciano Pavarotti has a voice that could shake all of New York City. And it surely shook all of Central Park on the night that the star performed in 1993. As captured on this video, Pavarotti is ably backed by members of the New York Philharmonic as he belts out dozens of classical and traditional tunes ranging from Verdi's LA TRAVIATA to Duke Ellington's It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing).Selections:Verdi: LUISA MILLEROvertureQuando le sere al placidoMercadante: Flute Concerto in E MinorRondo russoDonizetti: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOORFra poco a me ricoveroVerdi: I VESPRI SICILIANI - OvertureCilea: L'ARLESIANA - Il lamento di FedericoTake the'A' train (Strayhorn)It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing) (Ellington)I can go to God in prayer (traditional)Mattinata (Leoncavallo)Serenata (Mascagni)La mia canzone al vento (Bixio)Fantaisie brilliante sur Carmen (Bizet/Borne)Chitarra romana (Di Lazzaro)La Girometta (Sibella)Occhi di fata (Denza)Verdi: LA TRAVIATA - Prelude to Act IIIRondine al nido (De Crescenzo)Non ti scordar di me (De Curtis)Massenet: WERTHER - Porquoi me reveiller?Puccini: TOSCARecondita armoniaE lucevan le stelleO sole mio (Di Capua)Puccini: TURANDOT - Nessun dorma
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