"Actor: José Cura"

• Verdi: Il Trovatore -- Royal Opera House | DVD | (24/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Carlo Rizzi conducts Verdi's Il Trovatore with the assistance of the Royal Opera House Orchestra.

• Verdi - Il Trovatore (Rizzi, Orch of Royal Opera House) | Blu Ray | (30/06/2008) from £25.65   |  Saving you £4.34 (16.92%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Il Trovatore

• Lesley Garrett - Live At Christmas | DVD | (30/09/2003) from £16.90   |  Saving you £-1.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Tracks include: 'O Holy Night' 'Alleluia' 'In The Bleak Midwinter' 'On Holy Ground' 'Abide With Me' 'Sound The Trumpet' 'Khumbula' and 'El Nacimiento'.

• Verdi Gala -- Greatest Operatic Arias from Giuseppe Verdi | DVD | (01/01/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In March 2001 some of the world's greatest lyric voices assembled in the cavernous Teatro Padiglione Palacassa in Parma for a Verdi Gala to commemorate the centenary of the composer's death. The works included in this concert are generally taken from his most famous operas, but there are one or two surprises too: it's not often you get the chance to hear the gorgeous "Dieu nous separe" from the Parisian grand opera Jerusalem (1847), for example, or arias from Il Corsaro (1848). The singing is mostly of a very high standard: Barbara Frittoli uses her glorious voice with intelligence in the excerpt from Il Trovatore, and Daniela Dessi is stunning in "Pace, pace" from La Forza del Destino. Older singers like Carreras and Domingo are also still on superb form, too, and both men manage to sound heavenly while packing a mighty dramatic punch. But there are also some weak links: Mariella Devia is a little too slippy-slidy in her coloratura to be a convincing Violetta, and Leo Nucci simply shouts his way through Il Trovatore. Despite the familiarity of the material, Zubin Mehta conducts with a beguiling freshness of approach and plenty of warmth and wit: the playful phrasing in "La donna e mobile" is simply charming On the DVD: Verdi Gala comes with fine picture quality, but the recording balance favours the singers over the orchestra and leaves some details of the ensemble inaudible. Each number is introduced with a personal comment from the singers, leading to some old ham from Jose Cura and some silly journalese from the others: "And thus La Traviata was born overnight", is one particularly vacuous example. The DVD also includes a slide-show of stills from the rehearsals, and subtitles in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian. --Warwick Thompson

• Verdi - Otello | DVD | (05/02/2007) from £28.55   |  Saving you £1.44 (5.04%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The first of Verdi's two late Shakespearian operas stands as one of the great masterpieces of grand opera. Jose Curu, ranked among the world's leading interpreters of Verdi's music, takes the title role in Willy Decker's profound and intense production, recorded live at the Liceu in 2006 in true surround sound and filmed with high definition cameras.

• Verdi - Il Trovatore (Rizzi, the Royal Opera Chorus) | HD DVD | (28/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

• Verdi - Il Trovatore, Rigoletto, Falstaff (Haitink, Rizzi) | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £41.49   |  Saving you £8.50 (20.49%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Contains the operas:- Falstaff.- Il Trovatore.- Rigoletto.

• Puccini - the Tosca Centennial (Castiglione, Cura) | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The world renowned tenor Jose Cura flexes his vocal chords and his dramatic muscle on this acclaimed production of Giacomo Puccini's masterpiece 'Tosca'.

• A Passion For Verdi | DVD | (27/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A Passion For Verdi

• Verdi - Gala 2004 (Palumbo, Cura, Nucci, Damato) | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £3.90   |  Saving you £17.35 (657.20%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Includes the following:Part 1:OpeningGiovanna D'Arco:SinfoniaSempre all'alba ed alla seraHo risolto...Attila:Di vergini straniereTardo per gli anni e tremuloQui qui sostiamo!... Ella in poter del barbaro!Tregua e con gl'Unni... Dagli immortali verticiPart 2:Macbeth:Nel di della vittoria... Vieni t'affrettaSchiudi inferno...Perfidi!... Pieta rispetto amore...I Masnadieri:Vecchio! Spiccai de te... La sua lampada vitale...Qual mare qual terra...Il Corsaro:Tutto parea sorridere...Non so le tetre immagini...Finale (Atto Secondo)