On May 12 in 1832, the Milan premiere of Donizetti's comic opera L'elisir d'amore ("The Elixir of Love") was an unqualified success; it resulted in a series of 32 sold-out houses and even ... (Read More)
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Stefania Bonfadelli, Marcelo Alvarez, Roberto Frontali & others. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Carlo Felice. Patrick Fournillier, conductor.
Studio: TDK Marketing. Format: DVD Widescreen.
UPC: 824121000851. Daedalus Item Code: 25897
Originally taped for television, this beautifully shot performance from June 2003 captures some outstanding artistry. In his staging of Lucia for the opera house in Genoa, director Graham Vick ... (Read More)
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A master of the classical guitar, Douglas Niedt performs 16 works on this DVD, including Granada, Carioca, Take Five, and medleys from Gershwin and West Side Story. Niedt ... (Read More)
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Carol Lawrence, Theodore Bikel, Ludwig Donath, Michael Tolan & others. Sidney Lumet, director.
Studio: E1 Entertainment. Format: DVD Full screen.
UPC: 741952693895. Daedalus Item Code: 35141
After her father (Theodore Bikel) breaks his vow to marry her to her bashert ("fated one"), a young woman (Carol Lawrence) becomes possessed by the soul of her deceased lover. As a rabbi ... (Read More)
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Oliver Hailey. Aline MacMahon, David Hedison, Barbara Barrie, Susan Anspach & others. Lee Grant & Rick Bennewitz, directors.
Studio: Kultur. Format: DVD.
UPC: 032031275195. Daedalus Item Code: 25658
Wrtten by Oliver Hailey, this madcap, yet heartfelt comedy about success and failure is built on wonderfully ridiculous situations involving a penniless heiress (Barbara Barrie), a disillusioned nun ... (Read More)
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Frank Sinatra with Nancy Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Antonio Carlos Jobim & the Count Basie Orchestra.
Studio: Shout. Format: 2 cutout DVDs Full screen.
UPC: 826663122213. Daedalus Item Code: 26025
Whether swinging and improvising with Ella or easing into a samba groove with Jobim, Frank Sinatra was a master singer and a consummate performer. This set compiles some of his best moments on ... (Read More)
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With some of the greatest names in opera, this limited edition set opens with 2000 Verdi centennial excerpts, from Un ballo in maschera, Don Carlos, Rigoletto, La Traviata, and ... (Read More)
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Studio: Harmonia Mundi. Format: cutout DVD Full screen.
UPC: 794881987092. Daedalus Item Code: 35389
Technique exists to serve the music, Gerard Poulet explains to acolyte Renaud Capuçon—even in the most demanding caprice of Paganini. His anecdotes are rare gems, whether about the Debussy Sonata ... (Read More)
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Gil Evans, piano. Michael Brecker, tenor saoxphone. Randy Brecker, trumpet. Tim Landers, bass. Billy Cobham, drums, & others.
Studio: TDK Marketing. Format: DVD Full screen.
UPC: 824121000103. Daedalus Item Code: 25894
Gil Evans' career first took flight in the 1950s and 1960s, when he collaborated with Miles Davis on several albums. This 1983 concert, recorded live at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Lugano, ... (Read More)
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Flavio Oliver, Elena de la Merced, Ewa Podles & others. Orquestra Simfonica i Cor del Gran Teatre del Liceu. Michael Hofstetter, conductor.
Studio: TDK Marketing. Format: 2 DVDs Widescreen.
UPC: 824121001407. Daedalus Item Code: 25916
To stage the opera regarded by many as Handel's most exquisite work, director Herbert Wernicke concentrated on the inherent psychology and politics of the story. In Handel's Giulio Cesare (a ... (Read More)
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Helmuth Rilling conducts Mozart's 1789 arrangement of Handel's "Grand Musical Entertainment." According to Rilling, the details make this arrangement so fascinating: dynamic changes, a different ... (Read More)
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Laura Aikin, Par Lindskog, Tom Fox & others. Orquestra Simfonica del Gran Teatre del Liceu. Zoltan Pesko, conductor.
Studio: Euroarts. Format: DVD Widescreen.
UPC: 880242563583. Daedalus Item Code: 25852
Recorded live at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu, in March 2007, this updated version of François Prévost's story about Manon Lescaut shifts the focus from Manon to her aristocratic lover, Des ... (Read More)
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