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• Maria Callas - La Callas... Toujours - Paris, 1958 | DVD | (26/03/2001) from £5.02   |  Saving you £10.97 (218.53%)   |  RRP £15.99

  La Callas... Toujours is a black-and-white televised recital (Callas' Paris debut) that took place at the Paris Opera on December 19, 1958 when television was still in its infancy. We might wish that it had happened earlier, when her voice was in better condition, or later, when video recording technology was more advanced--so that, for example, we would not have to take the narrator's word that Callas is wearing a red dress. After all, visual elements were as important as the vocal dimensions in her art but her fans will welcome this warmly. The material, carefully chosen to show Callas at her best and most versatile, includes "Casta Diva" from Bellini's Norma (a Callas speciality), the haunting "Miserere" scene from Verdi's Il trovatore, and the mischievous "Una voce poco fa" from Rossini's Barber of Seville, a fine series of stylistic contrasts in which the essential point is not pure tonal beauty but characterisation and subtle expressive nuances. Others have made this music sound prettier; nobody has presented it with more impact. But the climax of this programme is its second half, a staged performance of Act II of Puccini's Tosca. This is a study in police brutality, sexual harassment and sheer violence, psychological and physical, that has some of opera's most extreme moments--including the great aria "Vissi d'arte", the murder of the villain Scarpia and the contemptuous dismissal flung at his corpse--"and all Rome trembled before him". In this segment, Callas goes mano a mano with Tito Gobbi, her only equal as a singing actor during her career. They savour this material in a virtuoso performance. --Joe McLellan, Amazon.com

• Chailly Conducts Mendelssohn | DVD | (30/12/2005) from £13.03   |  Saving you £9.96 (43.30%)   |  RRP £22.99

  A performance of Mendelssohn recorded live at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in September 2005 Riccardo Chailly's inaugural concert as Kapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra captures the full atmosphere of a unique musical occasion a feast of Mendelssohn from the orchestra the composer founded. Includes an overwhelming performance of Mendelssohn's Second Symphony 'Lobgesang' with its celebratory choral last movement in a new edition as well as the ever-popular overture 'A Mi

• Bloody Moon | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £12.96   |  Saving you £-6.97 (-116.40%)   |  RRP £5.99

  As the moon rises over a masked swimming pool party a young girl entices a man to her bungalow. She tears off his mask to discover he is hideously disfigured; in anger the crazed man stabs her to death. The murder in bungalow 13 at the Youth Boarding Club for Languages becomes an unsolved mystery and as the brutal murders continue inextricably linked to the fate of another young girl...

• Touch & Go | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £6.54   |  Saving you £-2.55 (-63.90%)   |  RRP £3.99

  An ice hockey star is accosted by a youth gang who attempt to rob him. After he chases them off he catches the youngest member and gives him a ride home where he meets the boys mother. A romantic plot ensues as well as a confrontation with the gang leaders.....

• Blue Money | DVD | (29/03/2005) from £9.24   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Alain Patrick stars in this dark drama about a man losing control of his life as he becomes caught up in the sleazy underworld of pornographic filmmaking. The cast also includes Inga Maria and Barbara Caron.

• George Balanchine - New York City Ballet in Montreal Vol. 2 | DVD | (06/05/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Balls | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £12.93   |  Saving you £5.06 (28.10%)   |  RRP £17.99

  In the tradition of The Full Monty Billy Elliot and Bend It Like Beckham comes a tremendous feel good movie for everyone. Winner of numerous festival audience awards including Outfest Los Angeles BALLS will bring you to your feet cheering. Ecki revealed his sexuality by mistake and his team-mates started to practice discrimination deeming 'softies' like him would not be able to catch a ball. Disgraced and ostracized from his local football team Ecki swears revenge. With the help of his sister he forms a rag-tag all-gay team in the ultimate grudge match. It is a hilarious journey for Ecki his family and the entire town in this thoroughly surprising comedy.

• La Ragazza Del Lago | DVD | (01/10/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Assault On Precinct 13 | UMD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A classic head-to-head showdown ignites in Assault On Precinct 13, an all-new update of the 1976 action thriller of the same name.

• Dear God | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When conman and petty criminal Tom Turner (Kinnear) makes the mistake of attempting to hustle some undercover police officers he is offered the choice of either going to jail or getting a real job. Turner chooses work and finds himself in the Dead Letters Office of the Post Office. After accidentally opening one of the many letters and addressed to God Turner then takes it upon himself to read and reply to as many as he can. Soon his colleagues including Rebecca (LAURIE METCALF) fol

• Lucia Di Lammermoor | DVD | (24/05/2002) from £20.95   |  Saving you £4.04 (19.28%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Donizetti - Lucia Di Lammermoor (Cillario RAI Chorus)

• Keoma / Texas Adios | DVD | (01/09/2008) from £12.96   |  Saving you £2.03 (13.50%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This special two-disc DVD set features two classic Spaghetti Westerns starring the inimitable Franco Nero in Enzo G. Castellari's seminal and highly acclaimed masterpiece 'Keoma' and Ferdinando Baldi's rarely-seen gem 'Texas Adios'.

• Midnight Express/The China Syndrome/The Odessa File | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Midnight Express: Brad Davis and John Hurt star in this riveting true story of a young American's nightmarish experiences in a Turkish prison and his unforgettable journey to freedom. Busted for attempting to smuggle hashish out of Istanbul, American College student Billy Hayes (Davis) is thrown into the city's most brutal jail. After suffering through four years of sadistic torture and inhuman conditions, Billy is about to be released when his parole is denied. Only his inner courage ...

• Elegy of the Uprooting - Eleni Karaindrou | DVD | (17/11/2008) from £18.21   |  Saving you £-1.22 (-7.20%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Eleni Karaindrou: Elegy Of The Uprooting

• To Kill A Stranger | DVD | (20/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Christina Carver finds herself in dire straits after she arrives to spend some time with her TV-reporter husband who is visiting a Latin American country by a military dictator. After a car accident one day Chritina brings the helpful Col. Kostik home and then kills him in self defense when he violently attempts to rape and murder her. Terrified she covers up her act and hides the body yet in spite of her husband's efforts to protect her a local police detective starts to figure o

• Various Composers - Passion Callas | DVD | (20/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Maria Callas: Passion Callas

• Handel: Teseo (Pal) | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £20.20   |  Saving you £7.78 (45.21%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Opera in Five ActsRecorded Live from the 8th to the 11th of July 2004 at the Schlosstheater Neues Palais Potsdam

• Touch And Go | DVD | (16/12/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Bobby Barbato is an all-star hockey player who is dedicated to his sport and of course to himself. Denise Canno is dedicated to her son whom she is struggling to raise in a tough neighbourhood. Denise and her son both want Bobby in their lives. Whether you're a romantic a sports fan or indeed both this is a heart warming tale.

• Treasure Island | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

• Wagner: Die Walkure (Die Walkure - Staged By La Fura Dels Baus) | Blu Ray | (30/11/2009) from £25.50   |  Saving you £4.49 (17.61%)   |  RRP £29.99

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