"Actor: Gerald Finley"

• Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) -- Glyndebourne | DVD | (25/10/1999) from £18.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Mozart's immortal adaptation of Beaumarchais' satirical tale has always been a Glyndebourne staple, so it was appropriate that this delightfully traditional production of Le Nozze di Figaro was chosen to reopen a refurbished Gyndebourne in May, 1994. Here, John Gunter's set design is airy and uncluttered, leaving the actors plenty of breathing space, while director Stephen Medcalf likewise allows the characters to speak (and sing) for themselves. Gerald Finley's Figaro and Alison Hagley's Susanna make a charming central pairing; Renee Fleming and Andreas Schmidt are a formidable aristocratic duo, while Marie-Ange Todorovitch fills Cherubino's trousers with pleasing playfulness. Haitink and the London Philharmonic sparkle, as of course they should. Unfussily filmed, this is as close to the real thing as you are likely to get without a Glyndebourne season ticket.On the DVD: This is a double-sided disc requiring a changeover between Acts 2 and 3. With a running-time of 189 minutes, the disc is no longer than some epic Hollywood movies, so such flipping is hard to justify. But at least opera lends itself to natural breaks like this. The sound options are Dolby stereo or 5.1 and the picture is in 4:3 ratio. Subtitles are provided in English, French or German and the booklet contains a plot synopsis. --Mark Walker

• Adams - Doctor Atomic (Netherlands Po) | DVD | (28/07/2008) from £20.00   |  Saving you £9.99 (49.95%)   |  RRP £29.99

  John Adams' 'Doctor Atomic', performed by the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Lawrence Renes.

• Mozart: Don Giovanni (Kate Royal, Gerald Finley, Luca Pisaroni, Anna Samuil , Vladimir Jurowski, Jonathan Kent, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Glyndebourne Chorus) | DVD | (11/04/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Tracklist: Disc 1: 1. Don Giovanni - Overture 2. Don Giovanni - Act I No.1 Notte E Giorno Faticar 3. Don Giovanni - No.2 M Qual Mai S'offre - Fuggi Crudele Fuggi! 4. Don Giovanni - No.3 Ah! Chi Mi Dice Mai? 5. Don Giovanni - No.4 Madamina! Il Catalogo Questo 6. Don Giovanni - No.5 Giovinette Che Fate All'amore 7. Don Giovanni - No.6 Ho Capito 8. Don Giovanni - No.7 L Ci Darem La Mano 9. Don Giovanni - No.8 Ah Fuggi Il Traditor! 10. Don Giovanni - No.9 Non Ti Fidar O Misera 11. Don Giovanni - No.10 Don Ottavio Son Morta! 12. Don Giovanni - No.10b Dalla Sua Pace 13. Don Giovanni - No.11 Finch' Han Dal Vino 14. Don Giovanni - No.12 Batti Batti O Bel Masetto 15. Don Giovanni - No.13 Finale. Presto Presto! Pria Ch'ei Vengo! 16. Don Giovanni - S Svegliatevi 17. Don Giovanni - Bisogna Aver Coraggio 18. Don Giovanni - Signor Guardate Un Poco 19. Don Giovanni - Protegga Il Giusto Cielo 20. Don Giovanni - Riposate Vezzose Ragazze! 21. Don Giovanni - Venite Pur Avanti 22. Don Giovanni - L'iniquo Da Se Stesso 23. Don Giovanni - Ecco Il Birbo Disc 2: 1. Don Giovanni - Act II. No.1 Eh Via Buffone 2. Don Giovanni - No.2 Ah Taci Ingiusto Core! 3. Don Giovanni - No.3 Deh Vieni Alla Finestra! 4. Don Giovanni - No.4 Met Di Voi Qua Vadano 5. Don Giovanni - No.5 Vedrai Carino 6. Don Giovanni - No.6 Sola Sola In Bujo Loco 7. Don Giovanni - No.7 Ah Piet Signori Miei! 8. Don Giovanni - No.8 Il Mio Tesoro Intanto 9. Don Giovanni - No.8c In Quali Ecessi O Numi! - Mi Trad Quall' Alma Intrata 10. Don Giovanni - Rez. Ah Ah Ah! Non Mi Dir Bell' Idol Mio 11. Don Giovanni - No.9 O Statua Gentilissima 12. Don Giovanni - No.10 Crudele! Non Mi Dir Bell' Idol Mio 13. Don Giovanni - No.11 Finale Gi La Mensa Preparata 14. Don Giovanni - L'ultima Prova 15. Don Giovanni - Don Giovanni! 16. Don Giovanni - Scena Ultima. Ah Dov' Il Perfido 17. Don Giovanni - Curtain Calls

• Opera, Ballet & Theatre (The Blu-ray Experience II) | Blu Ray | (30/08/2010) from £3.35   |  Saving you £2.90 (138.76%)   |  RRP £4.99

  I will ship by EMS or SAL items in stock in Japan. It is approximately 7-14days on delivery date. You wholeheartedly support customers as satisfactory. Thank you for you seeing it.

• L'Amour De Loin - Saariaho | DVD | (15/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Kaija SaariahoL'Amour De LoinOpera in five acts

• Britten: Death In Venice | DVD | (28/02/2001) from £22.15   |  Saving you £2.84 (12.82%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Britten's last opera, Death in Venice will always be associated with the two voices for which the major parts in it were written. It is the achievement of Robert Tear and Alan Opie, in this magisterial performance by Graeme Jenkins with the Glyndebourne touring company, to produce telling performances that are entirely separate from our memories. Tear's Aschenbach is more bull-like than Peter Pears' moralist dreamer; his drift into sentimental eroticisation of the boy Tadzio upsets him as much for the weakness it reveals as for the collapse of his virtue. Alan Opie is as much of a virtuoso as John Shirley-Quirk in the multiple roles that culminate in the corrupting voice of Dionysus--the hotelier who persuades Aschenbach to stay, the barber who gives him a toupee and paints his face, the street entertainer, the rake who flirts with sailors; the otherworldly counter-tenor of Michael Chance is spookily right as Apollo. The scenes for dancers manage to be at once dreams of the erotic and plausible adolescent sea-side wrestling; the direction by Stephen Lawless and Martha Clarke manages to capture the mistiness of the piece from which fate and strangeness suddenly emerge. On the DVD: The DVD has subtitles in German, French and Spanish, as well as an acoustic which brings out the subtleties of Britten's string, brass and percussion in this difficult work. --Roz Kaveney

• Adams: Doctor Atomic | Blu Ray | (02/02/2009) from £25.65   |  Saving you £4.34 (16.92%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Doctor Atomic

• Turnage: Anna Nicole | Blu Ray | (01/08/2011) from £27.29   |  Saving you £2.70 (9.89%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, 23 and 26 February 2011

• Britten: Owen Wingrave - Berlin/Nagano | DVD | (22/12/2003) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Owen Wingrave is perhaps Britten's most radical opera, both politically and artistically. Originally written for television, and here presented in a 2001 Channel 4 version, the 1970 score is based, like The Turn of the Screw, on a Henry James ghost story. Britten, though, is more in tune than James with the pacifism into which Owen revolts from a long family tradition of military service. The fluid, impassioned, often declamatory music given Owen makes him one of the most sympathetic of Britten's outsider protagonists, though he has a streak of self-centredness, which stops him being an implausible paragon. Gerald Finley is quite admirable in the part, conveying fully the sense that by losing and dying at the hands of family ghosts, Owen demonstrates the integrity which is central to his character. The other parts are admirably filled here, notably Martyn Hill as Owen's harsh General grandfather, Josephine Barstow as his aunt and Charlotte Hellekant as the fiancee who unknowingly sends him to his death. They and Elizabeth Gale are quite extraordinary in the first act quartet of recrimination and condemnation. This excellent performance compares vocally with the original on almost entirely equal terms--modern technology means that the ghost scenes are far more dramatic and plausible. Kent Nagano and the Berlin Orchestra do full subtle justice to the chamber orchestra sonorities of one of Britten's most interesting scores, never overstressing its complex musical architecture at the expense of the drama. On the DVD: Owen Wingrave is presented in a widescreen 16:9 visual aspect ratio with PCM stereo sound. It is accompanied by The Tender Heart, a documentary about Britten's career full of personal reminiscences by his surviving friends, colleagues and family, that concentrates on Peter Grimes, the War Requiem and Death in Venice, the three popular masterpieces of his early, middle and late career. It has menus and subtitles in English, French, German and Spanish. --Roz Kaveney

• Capriccio - Richard Strauss | DVD | (06/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The new production in June 2004 was a huge success in Paris because of the illustrious cast especially Renee Fleming in the role of countess. She sung this part for the first time and impressed the audience with her exceptional voice and stage presence. She will sing the role also at the Met in 2006/07.The other singers Anne Sofie von Otter Rainer Trost Gerald Finley Dietrich Henschel and Franz Hawlata are all idiomatic and beautifully singing so that the performance was regarded as an ideal interpretation of Richard Strauss' last opera by the French press. Ulf Schirmer is a German conductor who is regularly appearing at the Paris Opera the Deutsche Oper Berlin or the Vienna State Opera and recorded the same opera with Kiri Te Kanawa on Decca. Stage director Robert Carsen created a luxurious stage with colourful costumes which links up the tradition with the modern chic.