"Actor: Luciano"

• Verdi - Messa Da Requiem | DVD | (15/08/2005) from £15.79   |  Saving you £1.20 (7.60%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Acknowledged to be the finest Karajan recording of this overwhelming sacred masterpiece. This 1967 performance features four of the 20th century's greatest Verdi singers - Price Cossotto and Ghiaurov were at the peak of their careers while the young Pavarotti was still comparatively unknown (though not for long).

• Verdi - Rigoletto | DVD | (12/06/2006) from £16.05   |  Saving you £0.94 (5.86%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Filmed on location in Italian Renaissance landmarks including the Castello di San Giorgio in Mantua the Piazza Duomo in Cremona and the Teatro Farnese in parma Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's lavish production of Rigoletto captures all the tenderness and tragedy of Verdi's heartbreaking drama. Luciano Pavarotti in his formidable prime is the dashing dissolute Duke of Mantua who seduces fair innocent Gilda - a virtuoso performance by Edita Gruberova - away from her protective father the hunchback court jester Rigoletto sung and acted with indelible pathos by Ingvar Wixell.

• Odds And Evens | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The most unlikely pair ever to take on the mob! You'll be rolling in the aisles! Because the law has been unable to rid Miami of the gamblers and bookmakers infesting the city under the leadership of dodgy Parapolis the Greek. The man in charge Admiral O'Connor declares war using Lieutenant Johnny (oh so honest) Firpo (Terence Hill) as his major weapon. Gifted both physically and mentally Johnny has a half brother Charlie (Bud Spencer) formely a brawny gambler working

• Verdi: Don Carlo | Blu Ray | (03/06/2013) from £23.69   |  Saving you £6.30 (26.59%)   |  RRP £29.99

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• The Whip And The Body - Deluxe Collector's Edition | Blu Ray | (27/03/2023) from £26.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Seduction, sadism and sexual obsession The Whip and the Body is one of the greatest films of legendary director Mario Bava (Hatchet for the Honeymoon; Black Sunday). The equally legendary Christopher Lee (everything from Dracula to The Lord of the Rings) plays Kurt Menliff. He's the black sheep of his family, banished for his wicked, wicked ways. But now he's home, and keen to resume his sadomasochistic affair with his brother's wife Nevenka (Daliah Lavi). So keen, in fact, that not even his untimely death cannot put a stop to his violent lust... A delirious journey into troubled souls, this is arguably the greatest film Bava ever made and now it's looking better than ever, gorgeously restored from newly discovered film elements. 88 Films are proud to present Bava's masterpiece, finally resplendent in all its gothic splendour.

• Puccini: La Boheme -- San Francisco/Severini | DVD | (28/08/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  One way to use the DVD format for opera is to provide a video format with a clear picture and sumptuous sound and let a good performance speak more or less for itself. Severini's La Boheme comes with a minimum of trimmings--subtitles in English, French and German; even a short account of the performance history is relegated to text in a booklet. The live performance has real theatrical presence, even to the extent that, at times, the vocal and orchestral subtleties get lost in wild applause. Pavarotti's Rodolfo was, in 1988, as plangently lyrical as ever and Freni's care-worn Mimi is a deeply touching and musical performance; Pacetti is a beefy full-blooded no-nonsense Musetta--the waltz song and ensuing duet with Marcello is for once the Broadway show-stopper it ought to be. Of the supporting roles, though, perhaps the most moving is Ghiaurov's Colline--his farewell to his old coat is a short passage of deep pathos which he has rarely sung as well as he does here. --Roz Kaveney

• Puccini - La Boheme (Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra) | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £13.58   |  Saving you £0.40 (3.78%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Puccini - La Boheme (Levine Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)

• Malena | Blu Ray | (26/03/2012) from £16.18   |  Saving you £8.81 (54.45%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The latest triumph from Giuseppe Tornatore, the writer and director of the Academy Award-winning Cinema Paradiso, Malena is an utterly unforgettable story of a boy's journey into manhood amid the chaos and intolerance of World War II.In a sleepy Italian village, the most beautiful woman in town, Malena (Monica Bellucci), becomes the subject of increasingly malicious gossip among the lustful townsmen and their jealous wives. But only her most ardent admirer, young Renato Amoroso (Giuseppe Sulfaro), will learn the untold true story of the mysterious and elusive Malena! In a captivating motion picture nominated for two Academy Awards, the eventual struggles and hardships that Malena must bravely endure serve to inspire Renato to new heights of compassion, courage and independence.

• Pavarotti: Pavarotti Plus | DVD | (04/05/2015) from £15.09   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Torso | Blu Ray | (25/09/2017) from £17.82   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Sergio Martino directs this Italian horror starring Suzy Kendall and Tina Aumont. Two college girls are butchered by a masked killer who leaves a scarf at the scene. A classmate of the dead girls has seen the scarf before - but where? Her attempts to track down the culprit become more urgent as the hacksaw-wielding maniac sets about a killing spree across the Italian countryside.

• Luciano Pavarotti - The Italian Opera Collection - L'Ellsir D'Amore/La Boheme/Pagliacci | DVD | (18/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £30.99

  Giacomo Puccini's La Boheme and Il tabarro, Ruggiero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci and Gaetano Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, performed by The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by James Levine.

• The Three Tenors - In Concert 1994 | DVD | (29/06/1998) from £13.43   |  Saving you £4.56 (33.95%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Featuring Jose Carreras Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti in concert on July 16th 1994 at the Dodger Stadium Los Angeles California. Zubin Mehta conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and the Los Angeles Music Center Opera Chorus. Tracklist includes: 'America' (West Side Story) 'O Sole Mio' (Di Capua) 'Brindisi' (La Traviata) and 'Tribute To Hollywood' (Medley).

• The Three Tenors In Paris | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £12.19   |  Saving you £2.80 (18.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The Concert of the Century recorded live. Includes 11 minutes of exclusive interviews and behind the scenes footage not available elsewhere. Tracklisting: 1. Le Carnaval Romain2. Io Conosco Un Giardino3. Amor Ti Vieta4. Quando Le Sere Al Placido5. T' Estimo6. Memoires De Danton7. Granada8-15. Medley Of Romance 16. Voce 'E Notte!17. Quiero Desterrar De Tu Pecho El Temor18. Caruso19. Bacchanale20. Intenditi Con Dio21. Rachel Quand Du Seigneur22. Nessun Dorma23-29. Medley Of The WorldFeaturing the hit You'll Never Walk AlonePlus 6 Encores!

• Verdi - Don Carlo (Muti, Pavarotti, Ramey) | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  This 1992 live recording of DON CARLO at La Scala Milano is directed by Franco Zeffirelli and features a highly prestigious cast. Luciano Pavarotti Samuel Ramey and Paolo Coni all figure largely throughout making this one of the greatest renditions of Verdi's works available.

• Strauss: Die Fledermaus -- Royal Opera House | DVD | (16/01/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Originally broadcast live by the BBC from the Royal Opera House on New Year's Eve 1990, this production of Die Fledermaus, Johann Strauss' masterpiece of comic operetta, was a truly historic occasion, marking the retirement from the stage of one of the greatest sopranos of the 20th century, Dame Joan Sutherland. Sung in English, in a version by John Mortimer, conducted by Sutherland's husband Richard Bonynge and directed for television by Humphrey Burton, this is an exceptional translation from stage to screen. The story, an elaborate farce with elements of satirical comedy set around a lavish masked ball in 19th-century Vienna comes to life through outstanding performances by a large, vivacious cast, including Judith Howarth, Nancy Gustason and Jochen Kowalski as Prince Orlofsky. Gorgeously designed, wonderfully costumed and enthusiastically played as it is, attention inevitably centres on the "special recital" by the "surprise guests": Sutherland herself, Marilyn Horne and Luciano Pavarotti. No finer, more exhilarating and touching a farewell could have been imagined. After the curtain there is a short, on-stage tribute to Sutherland by Jeremy Isaacs, bringing to a close a glorious, unforgettable evening of music-making for which the word "glittering" might have been invented. --Gary S. Dalkin On the DVD: By presenting the production on two discs the picture quality is maximised, and, by the standards of live-filmed opera, is very good indeed. The discs are presented with PCM stereo sound and a 4:3 TV ratio image. There are options for French and German subtitles, but unless trailers for two further Arthaus DVDs count, there are no extras. The booklet is well documented, though lacking the libretto. --Gary S. Dalkin

• Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera -- Metropolitan Opera/Levine | DVD | (09/09/2002) from £15.79   |  Saving you £1.20 (7.60%)   |  RRP £16.99

  A performance of Verdi's opera 'Un Ballo In Maschera' by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus; conducted by James Levine. Singers include: Luciano Pavarotti and Aprile Millo. Directed by Brian Large.

• Luciano Pavarotti In Barcelona | DVD | (03/12/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  No longer the great operatic tenor of his heyday, Pavarotti proves in Pavarotti--Barcelona that he's still capable of remarkable things on a smaller scale. This recital mostly consists of attractive trifles, but the operatic extracts--"Un Aura Amorosa" from Cosi fan Tutte, in particular--remind us of his gift for vocal characterisation and his capacity for real subtlety. Most of the programme is made up of Neapolitan songs--many of them by Tosti, including the less common "A'Vuchella" with words by the poet D'Annunzio--where Pavarotti has a real feel for both music and words. In some of the songs, notably the two late Rossini songs "La Promessa" and "La Danza Gioacchino", he also demonstrates a sense of fun, playing with the tarantella rhythms of the latter song in a flirtatious yet still musical way. On the DVD: the disc, which is presented in 4:3 ratio, has excellent Dolby sound that gives us just enough of the ambient audience sound to remind us that this is a live performance. It comes with a short interview, a biography and discography as bonuses. --Roz Kaveney

• La Cenerentola | DVD | (30/01/2006) from £15.96   |  Saving you £14.03 (87.91%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Vladimir Jurowski and Sir Peter Hall are re-united for a fresh and vibrant but timelessly elegant production of Rossinin's much-loved setting of the Cinderella story with a fine cast led by Ruxandra Donose in the title role. Filmed in June 2005 with high definition cameras and recorded in multi-track 5.1 surround sound

• The Key | DVD | (22/10/2001) from £24.49   |  Saving you £-8.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Tinto Brass director of ""Caligula"" and ""Salon Kitty"" brings you ""The Key"" the story of married couple Nino and Teresa Rolfe who three days into 1940 on the 20th anniversary of their wedding begin to keep diaries expressing their most intimate and private thoughts on paper in the hope that somehow these thoughts will be communicated to each other. ""The Key"" of the title opens the drawer where unknown to each other the husband and wife hide their diaries. Nino wants his wif

• Sutherland / Pavarotti / Bonynge Gala Concert | DVD | (02/05/2006) from £28.60   |  Saving you £-13.61 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Live From Sydney Opera House (Joan Sutherland / Luciano Pavarotti)