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BEATRICE DI TENDA was one of Vincenzo Bellini's forgotten operas, it was re-staged more than a hundred years after the composer's death. Admired by Richard Wagner at the time, Bellini was a composer who tried many different styles of operas, and this more'experimental' opera was considered a failure at the time, as fans shouted Norma! Norma! from the audience, referring to his more popular work. It is currently considered not one Bellini's strongest works, but one that contains many strong elements and the title role is coveted by sopranos as a showpiece.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseWidescreen AnamorphicAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 DTS 5.1 LPCMAdditional Release Material: Interview With Marcello ViottiInteractive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Access
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With a pulsing Philip Glass soundtrack graced by the beautiful cello music of Yo-Yo Ma, Godfrey Reggio's NAQOYQATSI is the final installment of his Qatsi trilogy, which also includes KOYAANISQATSI and POWAQQATSI. In this film, computer-enhanced imagery rolls across the screen to the tune of the Glass concert music. NAQOYQATSI makes a departure from the previous films, which centered on the often cruel but always fascinating struggle for survival on Earth. This film focuses mostly on technology, industry, and our increasingly machine-operated world, focusing on the United States. Not only are its images largely computer-generated, the film is in itself about computer-generated images. Strings of numbers swirl into a tunnel of black and green code, rainbow-colored Windows icons flash across the screen, and a glowing computerized globe twirls in programmed perfection. More natural imagery, such as a horse running, oceans waves crashing, or soldiers sounding off in formation, is displayed in computer-edited negative. While the visuals start to look like stock photography, their generic nature communicates another message about the narrowing of our vision as technology and industry facilitate the conversion to a more efficient, systemized, productivity driven global society.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Interactive Features: Interactive Menus
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Sergei Prokofiev - The Stone Flower (DVD)
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Roy Orbison - In Dreams (DVD)
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Although French pianist Aldo Ciccolini is best known for his interpretations of the works of Erik Satie, here he turns his hand to another acclaimed composer--Claude Debussy. This concert was shot in 1987, with Ciccolini taking to the stage at La Scala in Milan, and delivering an electrifying performance as he works his way through a number of classic Debussy pieces.
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