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• William Shakespeare - The Winter's Tale - Complete Edition | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £12.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (53.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Royal Shakespeare Company's 1999 production of The Winter's Tale is the finest production of this great classic for the past decade. This landmark production was hailed by critics and played to packed houses both in Stratford and London. Originally released in an edited version in 2001 Heritage Theatre is delighted to be able to bring you the complete edition; the full three hour production exactly as it was staged at the Barbican. Also included are interviews with the cast and creative team as an extra feature.

• George Frideric Handel - Giulio Cesare (Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2005) | Blu Ray | (02/03/2009) from £28.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (20.70%)   |  RRP £34.99

  audio in italianocon georg friedrich handel, richard hickox, yvonne kenny, graham pushee.

• The Lives of Lee Miller | DVD | (16/05/2011) from £10.35   |  Saving you £9.64 (93.14%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A breathtaking beauty whose face graced the cover of Vogue, Miller was an impulsive traveller, compulsive risk taker and legendary heartbreaker whose friends, lovers and photographic subjects were among the most brilliant artists, writers and intellectuals of inter-war Europe. From the cafes of Paris to the battlefields of World War II, Miller's work reveals the richness of her life and the extremes of an era' (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art).

• Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito -- Glyndebourne | DVD | (29/04/2002) from £11.74   |  Saving you £14.51 (138.45%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Mozart's Clemenza di Tito ("The Clemency of Titus") makes for riveting viewing in this Glyndebourne performance directed by Nicholas Hytner and conducted by Andrew Davis staged in the composer's bicentenary in 1991. Mozart's last opera, Clemenza was for some time considered below par by his own exalted standards. He composed it in a rush, the recitatives are by a pupil and it had to be on an appropriate theme to please the new Hapsburg monarch, for whose enthronement it was designed. There's little character development and the musical style harks back to operatic conventions Mozart had done so much to overthrow. Watching this production one would scarcely credit that such reservations once held sway. Hytner and his team have put a contemporary angle on a story set in Rome AD 78 in which sets, props and the stage itself are constructed to different dimensions offering alternate perspectives on a static tale. A slanting pillar and a sloping corridor allude to the unhinged mind of the scheming Vitellia, the central character, who puts her confidant Sesto on an emotional roller coaster ride as she ensnares him to plot the downfall of Titus. The principals use their eyes to communicate to one another as well as the audience and in the imaginatively staged entrances and exits of the ensembles one senses Hytner's choreographic instincts coming to the fore. The superb cast sing magnificently and look stunning. Philip Langridge is an eloquent Titus, Diana Monatgue a sincere Sesto and Ashley Putnam brings a touch of Alexis Colby to her portrayal of Vitellia. The London Philharmonic are all fired up under conductor Andrew Davis' fervent direction. The performance (the "Overture" accompanied by a visual montage of artefacts of Ancient Rome) is played on modern instruments yet articulated and reproduced with the clarity and definition associated with period ones. On the DVD: La Clemenza di Tito has no special features save for the obligatory subtitles. The picture quality is outstanding with the imaginative and colourful production design caught, like the music, with exceptional fidelity. The high drama at the conclusion of Act 1 justifies running on without a break into Act 2. This is a must for all lovers of opera. --Adrian Edwards

• Britten: Death In Venice | DVD | (28/02/2001) from £22.15   |  Saving you £2.84 (12.82%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Britten's last opera, Death in Venice will always be associated with the two voices for which the major parts in it were written. It is the achievement of Robert Tear and Alan Opie, in this magisterial performance by Graeme Jenkins with the Glyndebourne touring company, to produce telling performances that are entirely separate from our memories. Tear's Aschenbach is more bull-like than Peter Pears' moralist dreamer; his drift into sentimental eroticisation of the boy Tadzio upsets him as much for the weakness it reveals as for the collapse of his virtue. Alan Opie is as much of a virtuoso as John Shirley-Quirk in the multiple roles that culminate in the corrupting voice of Dionysus--the hotelier who persuades Aschenbach to stay, the barber who gives him a toupee and paints his face, the street entertainer, the rake who flirts with sailors; the otherworldly counter-tenor of Michael Chance is spookily right as Apollo. The scenes for dancers manage to be at once dreams of the erotic and plausible adolescent sea-side wrestling; the direction by Stephen Lawless and Martha Clarke manages to capture the mistiness of the piece from which fate and strangeness suddenly emerge. On the DVD: The DVD has subtitles in German, French and Spanish, as well as an acoustic which brings out the subtleties of Britten's string, brass and percussion in this difficult work. --Roz Kaveney

• Gioachino Rossini - La Cenerentola | Blu Ray | (28/04/2008) from £25.79   |  Saving you £4.20 (16.29%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Vladimir Jurowski and Sir Peter Hall are reunited for a fresh and vibrant but timelessly elegant production of Rossini's much-loved setting of the Cinderella story, with a fine cast led by Ruxandra Donose in the title role.

• Mozart: Don Giovanni | Blu Ray | (20/04/2009) from £29.05   |  Saving you £5.94 (20.45%)   |  RRP £34.99

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• Simon Boccanegra | DVD | (05/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Verdi's gritty political drama of 14th century Grnoa is a tale of family feuding political intrigue and ultimate reconciliation. Simon Boccanegra is an underrated opera with a majestic and stirring score. This elegant production was a major highlight of the 1998 Glyndebourne Season.

• Betty Buckley - Stars And The Moon - Live At The Donmar | DVD | (16/09/2002) from £19.98   |  Saving you £-3.99 (-25.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Recorded live at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre London. Tracks includes 'Not A Day Goes By' 'Just The Way You Look Tonight' ' Come Rain Or Shine' 'Come On Come On' 'Meadowlark' 'Answer Me My Love' 'Stars And The Moon' 'Migratory V' 'Horse With Wings' 'Finding Home' 'Fire And Rain' and many more!