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Mozart's opera has been refashioned by director Dorris Dorrie as a'hippie' musical opera, looking more like Hair' or Jesus Christ Superstar while retaining the music of Mozart. Noted conductor Daniel Barenboim handles the baton while the Berlin State Opera Orchestra does an excellent job with the music. Among the notable singers in this production are: Katharina Kammerloher, Dorothea Roschmann and Werner Gura.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseAnamorphic WidescreenAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 DTS 5.1 PCM StereoInteractive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Access
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Antonin Dvorak's most famous opera has the distinction of the largest attendance of any ever shown in the Czech Republic, and has been performed in distinguished opera houses worldwide since its 1901 premier. Dvorak has assumed his place in the canon of great composers, and with RUSALKA he produced the great Czech national opera. This version, staged for Czech television in 1975, was directed by Bohumil Zoul, with stunning cinematography by Ilja Bojanovsky. Essentially a Bohemian interpretation of the little mermaid fairy tale, legendary soprano Milada Subrtova stars as Rusalka, and Eduard Haken as the water sprite who risks everything for the sake of human love. Many of the roles were filled by top soloists of the National Theater opera company, including alto Marie Ovcacikova singing the witch; Zdenek Chalabala conducts with an eye for the fantastical.
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CUBA VISTA presents a look at the people of Cuba through some of their most popular musicians. Included in this collection are: Los Soneros De Cuba, Jose Gonzalez, Habana All Stars, Daniel Miranda, Don Alberto Rodrigez, Pedro Martinez, Sexteto Habana, Oscar Reguera, and Luis F. Carrillo.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseFull Frame - 1:33Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Access
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For his first opera production, Dario Fo, the theater director known for his brilliant wit, chose to stage Rossini's The Barber of Seville for the Netherlands Opera.
First mounted in 1987, it was a huge success, and a live recording of its revival in May 1992, the 200th anniversary of Rossini's birth, was made. The cast includes David Malis, Jennifer Larmore, Richard Croft, and Simone Alaimo.DVD Features:Region 0 EncodingSnap Case
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RENT: Director Christopher Columbus (MRS. DOUBTFIRE, HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER S STONE) adapts the hit Broadway musical of the same name to the big screen in RENT. A modern spin on the opera LA BOHEME, RENT tells the story of eight friends dealing with life and love in Manhattan`s Alphabet City in 1989. Wannabe filmmaker Mark (Anthony Rapp) and singer/songwriter Roger (Adam Pascal) are facing eviction at the hands of their former roommate and current landlord, Benny (Taye Diggs). Benny has married rich, moved out of the neighborhood, and wants to build a state-of-the-art studio where the local tent city stands. Their downstairs neighbor, vivacious Mimi (Rosario Dawson), who strips at a local club to feed her heroin habit, takes a shine to Roger, a self-imposed recluse and former junkie whose last girlfriend died of AIDS. Their friend, Collins (Jesse L. Martin), returns to town and quickly falls for Angel (Wilson Jermaine Heredia), a glamorous, gracious, HIV positive transvestite. Finally, there is Maureen (Idina Menzel), a spitfire and performance artist who is planning a protest against Benny s plans and has dumped Mark for cerebral Joanne (Tracie Thoms), a lawyer.Over the course of a year, the friends face poverty, drug addiction, break-ups, reconciliations, eviction, and AIDS. Despite these challenges, they find support, hope, and acceptance in each other, all the while embracing the bohemian lifestyle that was so much a part of the Lower East Side. Newcomers Dawson and Thoms mix seamlessly with the original cast members, and Columbus introduces some interesting staging locations. With a concept, music, and lyrics by the late Jonathan Larson, RENT is an exuberant rock-&-roll musical with the underlying message that love can prevail despite all odds and that, ultimately, there really is no day but today. TOMMY: Director Ken Russell`s vibrant, hyperactive version of the Who`s classic rock opera tells the story of a boy (Roger Daltrey) rendered d
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