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Between the years 1954 and 1956, master tenor Jon Vickers displayed talent that went beyond the call in more than a few performances that were captured and televised by Radio Canada. This program features the best of those telecasts and includes Vickers along with Eva Likova, Robert Savoie, Louis Quilico, and Pierre Boutet in a series of phenomenal operatic masterworks. Backed by the Orchestre symphonique de Radio-Canada and staged by the legendary Irving Guttman, PAGLIACCI, MANON LESCAUT, TOSCA, and IL TRAVATORE are all performed in part and led by the unmistakable voice of Jon Vickers.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseSingle Side - Single LayerFull Frame - 1.33
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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 the fiery Maureen (Idina Menzel), a 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. GODSPELL: The gospel according to `60s hippie counterculture in a film version of the stage musical. Jesus` life and teachings are illustrated in
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This fascinating look at the work of Zizi Jeanmarie sees her dancing to the work of Roland Petit. Offering a real insight into the practices of a working dancer, Jeanmarie
works her way through a number of pieces, and also features her on tour with Rudolph Nureyev, Dirk Sanders, and Roland Petit himself.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: (unspecified) - Natural sound/Music
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Conjuring up all the seasonal warmth and cheer that Christmas brings, the Lettermen perform a series of songs on this release. The members of the group harmonize their way through a number of festive numbers, which are complemented by solo turns from each of the Lettermen. A mixture of carols and secular songs make up the set list, with
Winter Wonderland
and
Silent Night
among them.
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Johann Strauss - Dance and Dream (DVD)
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