"Actor: Nucci"

• La Traviata - Verdi | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £22.13   |  Saving you £2.86 (11.40%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The famous performance of Verdi's romantic tragedy captures one of the most sensational debuts in operatic history. Singing Violetta for the first time was the young Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu whose remarkable interpretation reached the front pages of the world's press and led the BBC immediately to film the production. Equally notable was the masterly conducting of Sir Georg Solti and director Richard Eyre's stylish staging. This DVD and highlights CD present the definitive record of a momentous occasion.

• Verdi: Otello -- La Scala/Muti | DVD | (19/09/2003) from £9.98   |  Saving you £15.01 (150.40%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Riccardi Muti conducts a performance of Otello at the La Scala Theatre before the start of a three year renovation project.

• Verdi: Rigoletto | Blu Ray | (08/04/2013) from £28.51   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Luciano Pavarotti And Joan Sutherland - An Evening With Pavarotti And Sutherland | DVD | (03/03/2008) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-3.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  A gala performance from the Metropolitan Opera, New York with the great operatic pairing of Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti in fully staged scenes from their classic stage roles. The evening includes the final acts of Verdi's La Traviata and Rigoletto, as well as scenes from Donizetti's bel canto masterpiece Lucia di Lammermoor.

• Titanic (Special Edition) | DVD | (08/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Nothing on earth can rival the epic spectacle and breathtaking grandeur of Titanic the sweeping love story that sailed into the hearts of moviegoers around the world ultimately emerging as the most popular motion picture of all time. Leonardo DiCaprio and Oscar nominee Kate Winslet light up the screen as Jack and Rose the young lovers who find one another on the maiden voyage of the 'unsinkable' R.M.S. Titanic. But when the doomed luxury liner collides with an iceberg in the frigid North Atlantic their passionate love affair becomes a thrilling race for survival. From acclaimed filmmaker James Cameron comes a tale of forbidden love and courage in the face of disaster that triumphs as a true cinematic masterpiece.

• Brotherhood Of Justice | DVD | (04/09/2006) from £3.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Sick of violence and vandalism in their neighbourhood Derek and his friends decided to form the Brotherhood of Justice to protect their community. But things start to get out of control and Derek finds himself in deep water.

• Leo Nucci, Maria Guleghina, Coro dell´ Arena di Verona, Orchestra dell´ Arena di Verona, Daniel Oren - Nabucco | DVD | (03/12/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A truly breathtaking production of Verdi's story of lust intrigue blackmail and deceit recorded live in summer 2007 at the glorious Roman amphitheatre at Verona. Renowned Verdi singers Leo Nucci and Maria Guleghina take on the roles of Nabucco and his daughter Abigail. Daniel Oren conducts Verona's resident orchestra. 1. Opening 2. Overture 3. 'Gli Arredi Festivi Giu Cadano Infranti' 4. Sperate O Figli! - D'Egitto La Sui Lidi 5. Come Notte A Sol Fulgente 6. Fenena! O Mia Diletta! 7. Prode Guerrier! 8. Io T'amava! 9. Lo Vedeste? 10. Viva Nabucco! 11. Tremin Gl'insani Del Mio Furore! 12. Mio Furore Non Pi'' Costretto 13. Ben Io T'invenni 14. Anch'io Dischuiso Un Giorno 15. Salgo Gi'' Del Trono Aurato 16. Vieni O Levita! 17. Tu Sul Labbro Dei Veggenti 18. 'Che Si Vuol?' / 'Il Maledetto Non Ha Fratelli' 19. Deh Fratelli Perdonate 20. S'appresan Gl'istanti 21. S'oda Or Me 22. Chi Mi Toglie Il Regio Scettro! 23. E Assiria Una Regina 24. Eccelsa Donna 25. Donna Chi Sei? 26. Oh Di Qual'onta Aggravasi 27. Deh Perdona 28. Va Pensiero Sull'ali Dorate 29. Oh Chi Piange? ... Del Futuro Nel Buoio Discerno 30. Son Pur Queste Mie Membra 31. Dio Di Giuda! 32. Cadran Cadranno I Perfidi .. O Prodi Miei Seguitemi 33. Marcia Funebre ... Va! La Palma Del Martirio 34. Oh Dischiuso ''ˆ Il Firmamento! 35. Viva Nabucco ... Qual Grido ''ˆ Questo? 36. Immenso Jeovha 37. Oh! Chi Vegg'io? - Su Me .. Morente ...Esanime 38. Credits

• Verdi - Un Ballo In Maschera - Verdi | DVD | (01/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  John Schlesinger directs Placido Domingo in Verdi's opera...

• Verdi: Rigoletto (Zurich Opera 2006) (Leo Nucci/ Elena Mouc/ Piotr Beczala/ László Polgár/ Gilbert Deflo/ Nello Santi) (Arthaus: 108057) | Blu Ray | (17/09/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  ARTH 108057; ARTHAUS MUSIK - Germania; Classica Lirica

• A Matter of Justice | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  A young soldier returns home with an older woman on his arm and announces that she is his wife. His mother bitterly disapproves of the relationship and the marriage soon fails. Before the divorce the young man is brutally murdered and his mother convinced of his wife's guilt embarks on a crusade to see justice done...

• Puccini: Tosca -- La Scala/Muti | DVD | (02/12/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Tosca was revived to great acclaim at La Scala in this 2000 production, which built on Luca Ronconi's 1996 version with musical direction from principal conductor Riccardo Muti and Lorenza Cantini's nightmarishly distorted set. Puccini's most recorded opera is loved and derided in equal measure for its high-octane dramatics, rich arias and the fire-spitting exchanges of the eponymous heroine and her wily tormentor Scarpia. Under Muti, the music takes precedence over the self-conscious theatricality of the book. As a result, some high dramatic points--the stabbing, always tricky, and Tosca's suicide, equally dicey--are underplayed here. Singers of the calibre of Maria Guleghina and baritone Leo Nucci can be relied upon for rounded, controlled performances. Guleghina eschews the ferocity of Callas for a less stately, earthier honesty and enjoys moments of great delicacy, particularly in a sweet "Vissi d'arte". And her grief at Cavaradossi's death is searing. The key to Tosca, though, is the ambivalent relationship between the singer and the chief of police. Scarpia is probably the most toxic antihero in opera, and Nucci could do with a touch more virulence. Even so, this is a fascinating production that strips away much of the traditional artifice and gives real insight into the complex emotions that make the opera so compelling for its devotees. On the DVD: Tosca, like so many operas recorded in the theatre, here relies on the performances to compensate for the camera's inability to convey the overall majesty of the production. The 16:9 anamorphic picture format gives no more than a hint of the crushing power of Cantini's set. Happily, the choice of Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS 5.1 surround sound means there is no compromise on the sound front. Orchestra, chorus and principals unite in a fluid homage to Puccini's score. There are no extras on the DVD. One minor niggle: careless editing of the booklet notes means that Puccini briefly becomes Verdi in the description of the opera's genesis. --Piers Ford

• The Unknown Cyclist | DVD | (08/10/2001) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When the founder of a community center dies of AIDS old friends family and lovers come out of the woodwork to do anything they can for their lost loved one and his grieving partner. An intersting mix of his ex-wife (Lea Thompson) homophobic brother (Vincent Spano) and his parents find themselves in the adventure of their life as they join a 450 mile long bike trip across California to scatter the man's ashes and raise money for AIDS.

• Killer Nun | Blu Ray | (24/04/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Verdi - Rigoletto (Santi, Orch. of the Zurich Opera House) | Blu Ray | (27/10/2008) from £30.05   |  Saving you £-0.06 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  A powerful and stirring performance of Verdi's Rigoletto recored at the Zurich Opera House.

• I Due Foscari - Giuseppe Verdi | DVD | (29/08/2005) from £33.73   |  Saving you £-8.74 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A staging from the magnificent Teatro San Carlo opera house in Naples sees Leo Nucci formidably cast in the role of the Doge of Venice.The father and son tragedy I Due Foscari premiered in Rome in 1844 has not received as much attention as it deserves. Less opulently orchestrated than some of his preceding operas and with a gloomier story than his other operas it is a jewel in its own right. TDK presents a staging directed by Werner Duggelin one of the most distinguished theatre directors in Europe and choreographed by the superb Heinz Spoerli - both closely associated with the Zurich Opera and Theatre. The story of the conflict between paternal love and the political duties of the Doge of Venice unfolds before a backdrop of the severe facades of classical Venetian architecture symbolising the strict rules that bind the elder Foscari's decisions.

• Shark In A Bottle | DVD | (19/06/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Guy Normal is an everyday sort of guy as his name suggests. Stuck in a boring badly paid job as a postman in Phoenix Arizona it seems unlikely he will ever realise his ambitions of a laid back new life surfing the waves off the coast of Australia. But one day Guy becomes the sole survivor of a headline-grabbing postal massacre and is forced to go on the run. The cops mistakenly think he's an ice-cold killer and so do a deadly organisation of assassins-for-hire run by the sinister Ben Gazzara They recruit Guy in best Nikita fashion brainwash him into forgetting his past identity and set him loose to kill on their behalf - with totally unexpected and blackly comical results...

• Verdi: Rigoletto | DVD | (02/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Opera in three in acts by Francesco Maria Piave. Music by Guiseppe Verdi

• Rigoletto - Verdi | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £23.44   |  Saving you £1.55 (6.20%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Live Recording from the Zurich Opera House 2006)

• La Traviata - The Story of the Opera | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £12.13   |  Saving you £2.86 (23.58%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This documentary presents an anatomy of Verdi's La Traviata with Kathleen Cassello Roberto Alagna Leo Nucci and Gianluigi Gelmetti guiding viewers through the work explaining Verdi's intentions and how he expressed these in his music. The story of the opera is traced through substantial extracts drawn from acclaimed productions by Francesca Zambello Terry Edwards Peter Hall and Ruth Berghaus. Seen singing the central role of Violetta are Kathleen Cassello Angela Gheorghiu Marie McLaughlin and Carla Basto and there are contributions from Roberto Alagna - Alfredo to Cassello's Violetta - and Leo Nucci who appears opposite Angela Gheorghiu as Germot.

• Nabucco - Verdi | DVD | (30/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Giuseppe Verdi was a defining figure in Italian opera credited with reviving the form after the death of Rossini. Nabucco was his breakthrough opera and it was a great success playing across Europe and marking the beginning of a long and fruitful career for the composer. The opera includes one of the most famous melodies ever written created to express the Hebrews' homesickness and adopted by the Italian people as a kind of second national anthem. The song was ""Va Pensiero