"Actor: Plácido Domingo"

• Christmastime in Vienna (Domingo/Kaas/Fernandez/Mercurio) | DVD | (09/11/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Rostropovich/Domingo - Perform and Conduct | DVD | (21/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  One of the greatest tenors Placido Domingo joins forces with legendary cellist Mstislav Rostropovich for a stellar performance of of some of the best operatic overtures and cello concertos ever composed.

• Our Favourite Things | DVD | (10/12/2001) from £18.88   |  Saving you £-4.89 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The tracklist includes 'Our Favourite Things' 'Through The Eyes Of A Child' 'One More Year' 'O Holy Night' 'I'll Be Home For Christmas' 'Winter Wonderland' 'The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)' 'Silent NIght' 'Jesus De Nazareth' and 'Do You Hear What I Hear'.

• Manon Lescaut | DVD | (02/05/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Placido Domingo - Gala Concert in Miami | DVD | (29/08/2003) from £6.26   |  Saving you £13.73 (219.33%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Track Listing:
  01. Oh Paradis! (L'Africane/Giacomo Meyerbeer)
  02. Fra poco a me ricobero (Lucia di Lammermoor/Gaetano Donizetti)
  03. Quel Guardo il cavaliere (Don Pasquale/Gaetano Donizetti)
  04. Esulti pur la Barbara (L'elisir d'amore/Gaetano Donizetti)
  05. Intermezzo (Manon Lescaut/Giacomo Puccini)
  06. E lucevan le stelle (Tosca/Giacomo Puccini)
  07. O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicci/Giacomo Puccini)
  08. Madrilena Bonita (La del manojo...

• Puccini: Madama Butterfly -- 1974 film version/Von Karajan | DVD | (15/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.79

  Of all Puccinis major operas, the intimate tragedy of Madama Butterfly is least in need of elaborate staging and might therefore benefit most from the close scrutiny of film. The story is domestic, the setting Spartan, the incidental characters kept to a minimum. This 1974 version, however, demonstrates that Butterfly still needs a healthy injection of proscenium arch melodrama. Director Jean-Pierre Ponelles production strives for realism but remains unfortunately studio-bound, having neither the benefit of location filming nor the heightened reality of an opera stage. The exterior is a perpetually fog-shrouded heath of indeterminate locale; the interior is cramped and unadorned. The setting is just too prosaic to contain the epic emotions of grand opera. Thankfully, the cast is superb, headed by Placido Domingos rakish Pinkerton and Mirella Frenis rubicund Butterfly. Their singing is incomparable, as is Herbert von Karajans musical direction of the Vienna Phil. The singers mime to pre-recorded music, which is occasionally disconcerting since when film demands close-ups opera provides broad gestures. Musically, this Butterfly is impeccable. Visually it adds nothing that could not be seen to better effect in a stage version. On the DVD: Madama Butterfly is presented disappointingly on disc in a poor NTSC transfer full of distracting graininess that makes every scene, both inside and out, look like it takes place in an omnipresent drizzle. Sound is reasonable stereo and adequate 5.0 surround. There are subtitles in the major European languages as well as Chinese, and the booklet contains a background essay plus synopsis. --Mark Walker