"Actor: Bryn Terfel"

• Puccini: Tosca (Royal Opera House, 2011) | DVD | (15/10/2012) from £14.25   |  Saving you £-0.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Powerful music, a gripping story and a tragic end: In July 2011 Puccini's ever-popular Tosca returned to The Royal Opera with a fabulous cast. The star singers in this revival were Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel; the Royal Opera Chorus and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House were under the baton of Antonio Pappano, the Music Director of the Royal Opera House. The a score includes such great set pieces as the Act I 'Te Deum', 'Vissi d'arte' and 'E lucevan le stelle' and Jo...

• Gounod: Faust | DVD | (13/09/2010) from £15.67   |  Saving you £2.32 (14.81%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Disc 1 Faust - Programme Start Scene 1 - Rien! En vain j'interroge Scene 2 - Mais ce Dieu que peut-il pour moi? Scene 2 - '' merveille! Scene 1 - Vin ou bi''re Scene 2 - '' sainte m''daille....Avant de quitter ces lieux Scene 3 - Allons amis!....Le veau d'or Scene 3 - Merci de ta chanson! Scene 4 - Nous nous retrouverons mes amis! Scene 5 - Ainsi que la brise l''g''re [Cabaret d'enfer] Scene 1 - Introduction Scene 1 - Faites-lui mes aveux [Flower Song] Scene 2 - C'est ici?....Attendez-moi l'' Scene 2 - Quel trouble inconnu me p''n''tre!....Salut! demeure chaste et pure Scene 2 - Alerte! la voil''! Scene 3 - Je voudrais bien savoir....'Il ''tait un roi de Thul''' Scene 3 - Que vois-je l''?....'' Dieu! que de bijoux! [Jewel Song] Scene 4 - Seigneur Dieu que vois-je! Scene 4 - Prenez mon bras un moment! Scene 5 - Il ''tait temps! Scene 5 - Il se fait tard! Adieu! Scene 5 - '' nuit d'amour ciel radieux! Scene 5 - T''te folle!....Tenez! Elle ouvre sa fen''tre! Disc 2 Scene 1 - Seigneur daignez permettre Scene 2 - D''posons les armes! Scene 2 - Gloire immortelle de nos a''eux [Soldiers' Chorus] Scene 2 - Allons Siebel Scene 3 - Qu'attendez-vous encore?....Vous qui faites l'endormie [Serenade] Scene 3 - Que voulez-vous messieurs? Scene 3 - Par ici par ici mes amis!....''‰coute-moi bien Marguerite! Scene 1 - Entr'acte....Dans les bruy''res Scene 1 - Jusqu'aux premiers feux du matin Scene 2 - Ballet: Qu'as-tu donc?....Ne la vois-tu pas? Scene 3 - Intermezzo Scene 3 - Va-t-en!.... Le jour va luire Scene 3 - Marguerite!....Ah! C'est la voix du bien-aim''! Scene 3 - Alerte alerte ou vous ''tes perdus!....Anges purs Scene 4 - Apotheosis - Christ est ressuscit''!

• Don Giovanni - Mozart | DVD | (14/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  The Opera Don Giovanni drama in two acts.

• Cecilia And Bryn At Glyndebourne - Arias And Duets | DVD | (04/06/2002) from £19.49   |  Saving you £0.50 (2.57%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Opera arias and duets from Mozart Rossini Haydn Donizetti and Handel.

• Salome | DVD | (03/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  A performance of Strauss's biblical 'Salome' at the Royal Opera House.

• Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) -- Paris/Gardiner | DVD | (15/10/2001) from £14.74   |  Saving you £2.25 (15.26%)   |  RRP £16.99

  It is an oft-repeated saw, about life in the heavenly spheres, that the angels revere Bach but listen to Mozart. If they have DVD players, you can bet theyre now watching this stunning production of Le Nozze di Figaro ("The Marriage of Figaro"), which comes about as close to Mozartian perfection as one could possibly hope to get. The faultlessly cast youthful performers bubble with infectious energy. Alison Hagley is a sprightly Susanna with a voice as clear as a bell, and brilliantly matched by a 28-year-old Bryn Terfel both acting and sounding in fine form. Hillevi Martinpelto demonstrates why she is one of the worlds favourite Mozart singers with her melting tones, richly coloured voice and generous stage presence, and Rodney Gilfry gives a muscular, wonderfully controlled performance as the Count. Olivier Milles direction mixes knockabout comedy and restrained pathos with fluid inventiveness, and there are even--heavens, can this really be an opera?--quite a few belly laughs, and deliciously amusing details. (Susannas guitar playing during Cherubinos "Voi che sapete" is a comic delight, and Figaros hidden sneers at Count Almaviva are hilarious.) John Eliot Gardiner draws exquisite playing from his authentic-instrument orchestra and employs tempos that are ideal. Add to that gorgeous 18th-century costumes and effective sets--it doesnt get much better than this. On the DVD: the production is beautifully realised for home viewing, with clear sound (the sets are simple wooden panels, which continually and flatteringly push the sound to the front) and great camera direction. There are subtitles in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish and Chinese but no other special features.--Warwick Thompson

• Oedipus Rex - Stravinsky | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Opera-oratorio in two acts. Poem after Sophocles by Jean Cocteau.

• Puccini: Tosca (Royal Opera House, 2011) | Blu Ray | (12/11/2012) from £17.23   |  Saving you £1.76 (10.21%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Powerful music, a gripping story and a tragic end: In July 2011 Puccini's ever-popular Tosca returned to The Royal Opera with a fabulous cast. The star singers in this revival were Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel; the Royal Opera Chorus and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House were under the baton of Antonio Pappano, the Music Director of the Royal Opera House. The a score includes such great set pieces as the Act I 'Te Deum', 'Vissi d'arte' and 'E lucevan le stelle' and Jo...

• R. Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten -- Salzburg Festival/Solti | DVD | (09/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  A performance of Richard Strauss' opera 'Die Frau Ohne Schatten' performed at the Salzburg Festival in 1992.

• Vienna State Opera Gala 2005 - Gala Concert 50th Anniversary Of The Re-Opening | DVD | (30/01/2006) from £14.57   |  Saving you £10.42 (71.52%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A 50 year celebration of the re-opening of the Vienna State Opera since the Second World War.

• Bryn Terfel - Songs And Arias | DVD | (08/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Recorded live at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam 1 June 2002. Tracklist: 1. Candide Overture 2. Wagner: Song To The Evening Star 3. Wagner: Ride Of The Valkyries 4. Wagner: Wotan's Farewell (From Die Walkure) 5. Mozart: Marriage Of Figaro Overture 6. Mozart: Non Piu Andrai (From Figaro) 7. Mozart: The Birdcage (From The Magic Flute) 8. Verdi: Eh Paggio! (From Falstaff) 9. How To Handle A Woman (Camelot) 10. It Might As Well Be Spring (State Fair) 11. Stars (Les Miserables) 12.

• Bryn Terfel - Live In Concert | DVD | (12/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Bryn Terfel captured live in concert recorded at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam on June 1st 2002 and featuring works from Tannhauser Falstaff Les Miserables and The Magic Flute.

• Verdi - Falstaff / Graham Vick, Bernard Haitink, Royal Opera House | DVD | (10/10/2001) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Graham Vicks production of Falstaff opened the new Covent Garden Royal Opera House, and was not to everybody's taste; the garish primary colours of the costumes, especially Falstaff's unusually hideous get-ups, go several steps beyond the Breughelian effect Vicks intended. The staging is effective--the complicated counterpoint of the ensembles is reflected in unobtrusive blocking that keeps the vocal lines clear and separate, especially in the final fugue. Bryn Terfel's Falstaff is a memorable creation, self-mocking and self-aggrandising at the same time--so much so, in fact, that he almost does not need the vast prosthetic body he has to wear for the part. Desiree Rancatore is an admirably sweet-toned Nanetta; Bernadette Manca di Nissa an appropriately sardonic Mistress Quickly; Roberto Frontali as Ford, in his Act 2 scena, perfectly distils and parodies every jealousy aria ever written, including Verdi's own. Haitink's conducting is exemplary in the lyrical passages, gets almost everything out of the fast and furious comic sections. --Roz Kaveney On the DVD: The Dolby Digital 5.1 sound is powerful and filled with detail, capturing the excitement of the performance and the atmosphere of the Royal Opera House superbly. The anamorphically enhanced 1.77:1 widesceen image is very clear, and while given the source inevitably not up to the highest feature film standards, is among the best live classical titles yet released on DVD. The bold colours are particularly well realised, though the red lighting of the Garter Inn scenes causes the image to falter a little. There are optional subtitles in English, French and German. These are presented directly over the picture and would be easier to read had they been a little larger, or outlined in some way. The special features consist of a brief synopsis by James Naughtie, taken directly from the original television broadcast, a minute-long "comment" by conductor Bernard Haitink and short but interesting interviews with Bryn Terfel and director Graham Vick. Finally there is a nine-minute episode from the series of short BBC films, Covent Garden Tales on the 1999 modernisation of the Royal Opera House. --Gary S Dalkin

• Renee Fleming And Bryn Terfel - Under The Stars | DVD | (31/03/2003) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-3.24 (-19.10%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Filmed live in the magical mountains of Wales at Bryn Terfel's Faenol Festival Under The Stars comprises partly of classical favourites and partly of the Broadway musicals. The Orchestra of Welsh National Opera is conducted by Gareth Jones (classical) and Paul Gemignani (musicals).

• 20 Years of BBC Singer of the World in Cardiff | DVD | (05/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Highlights from the first twenty years of the BBC 'Singer Of The World' competition.

• Puccini - Gold | DVD | (07/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  The ultimate A Night At The Opera collection from the world's most popular opera composer, featuring many o the greatest singers of our time. Eighteen favourite arias and ensembles from the classic operas La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot, performed by Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni and many more.

• Tosca - Puccini/Terfel/Malfitano/Chailly | DVD | (16/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Riccardo Chailly conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and an outstanding cast in Nikolaus Lehnhoff's sensational staging of Puccini's great operatic thriller. Stars Catherine Malfitano as Tosca Bryn Terfel as Scarpia and Richard Margison as Cavaradossi. Bryn Terfel plays the 'tough guy' in contrast to many of his other stage characters which makes this Tosca immediately stand out as unusual from others. Outstanding orchestral performance with Riccardo Chailly conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam.

• Verdi: Falstaff -- Royal Opera House | DVD | (20/11/2000) from £30.24   |  Saving you £-5.25 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This Graham Vicks production of Falstaff opened the new Covent Garden Royal Opera House, but was not to everybody's taste; the garish primary colours of the costumes, especially Falstaff's unusually hideous get-ups, go several steps beyond the Breughelian effect Vicks intended. The staging is effective--the complicated counterpoint of the ensembles is reflected in unobtrusive blocking that keeps the vocal lines clear and separate, especially in the final fugue. Bryn Terfel's Falstaff is a memorable creation, self-mocking and self-aggrandising at the same time--so much so, in fact, that he almost does not need the vast prosthetic body he has to wear for the part. Desiree Rancatore is an admirably sweet-toned Nanetta; Bernadette Manca di Nissa an appropriately sardonic Mistress Quickly; Roberto Frontali as Ford, in his Act 2 scena, perfectly distils and parodies every jealousy aria ever written, including Verdi's own. Haitink's conducting is exemplary in the lyrical passages, and gets almost everything out of the fast and furious comic sections. --Roz KaveneyOn the DVD: The disc comes with act introductions by James Naughtie, interviews with Haitink, Terfel and Graham Vicks and a documentary about the reaction of the stage-hands to the new building. It has scene selection and subtitles in English. --Roz Kaveney

• Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem | DVD | (01/04/2004) from £5.73   |  Saving you £15.52 (347.20%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A performance to mark the centenary of Brahms' death in the Musikverein Vienna on the 3rd April 1997.

• BBC - Singer Of The World - Cardiff (Wide Screen) | DVD | (19/05/2003) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  SINGER OF THE WORLD began in 1983 to celebrate the opening of St David's Hall in Cardiff. Watched by eight million viewers worldwide it is generally regarded as the world's leading vocal competition having launched a host of stars in their opera career. In 1989 a Lieder Prize (now called the Song Prize) was introduced the same year that featured the legendary 'Battle of the Baritones' with Bryn Terfel winning the Lieder Prize and Dmitri Hvorostovsky taking the overall title. This DVD celebrates the rich harvest of talent in the first 20 years of BBC SINGER OF THE WORLD in Cardiff from the fist winner Karita Mattila to 2001 winner of both prizes Marius Brenciu.DVD1 - Performances of all ten competition winnersDVD 2 - 10 Years BBC Singer of the World in Cardiff - Lieder Prize Winners - The Battle of the Baritones