Musicals and Stage

• Elvis - Blu-ray - Steelbook | Blu Ray | (22/09/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Tristan Und Isolde: Bayreuther Festspiele (Schneider) | DVD | (01/01/2010) from £29.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Berlin Philharmonic -- New Year's Gala 1996 | DVD | (14/11/2001) from £3.34   |  Saving you £17.91 (861.06%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The New Year's Gala Concert given by the Berlin Philharmonic is one of the fixtures of the German music scene, as much as the Vienna Philharmonic concerts are of the Austrian one. This concert from 1996 is typical of the genre, including a selection of highbrow lollipops, a brilliant internationally renowned soloist (Maxim Vengerov) and a generous helping of waltzes with which to swing in the new year. Claudio Abbado brings his usual unflashy savoir-faire to the job of conducting, and the orchestra responds with some gorgeously silky, perfectly executed, if not always electrifying, playing. Vengerov makes Ravel's Tzigane flash and thunder with gypsy passion and gives an equally fiery performances of Brahms' Hungarian Dances Nos. 7, 17 and 21. If the Swedish Radio Choir aren't quite as thrilling in Brahms' Liebeslieder Waltzes and Gypsy Songs they still do a fine job with a remarkably tight sense of ensemble and excellent phrasing. All in all, this is an attractive (if not earth-shattering) performance from one of the world's finest orchestras. On the DVD: there are no pleasant surprises here. The visual content includes concert shots of the orchestra, choir and soloist in the Philharmonie Hall. There are no subtitles in any language for the choral sections, and the special features comprise two trailers for Cecilia Bartoli's Vivaldi album and a recording of Penderecki's The Seven Gates of Jerusalem. --Warwick Thompson

• Gluck: Alceste | DVD | (12/02/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro | Blu Ray | (19/03/2021) from £28.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Puccini: Madama Butterfly | Blu Ray | (13/06/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Boito: Mefistofele | DVD | (02/01/2007) from £29.68   |  Saving you £-4.69 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  From 1980 the Canadian director Robert Carsen worked for several years at the renowned Glyndebourne Opera Festival, for which he was awarded the Carl Ebert Ward directing. This young talent was then recognised and nurtured by huge for directing. This young talent was then recognised and nurtured by Hugues Gall, who was later to become general manager at the Paris Bastille Opera. Carsen's breakthrough came with his production of Mefistofele, first shown in Ghent in 1988. Among the works which he has tackled with huge success are Bellini's la Straniera and Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor from the bel canto repertoire, as well as modern (classical) works, such as Igor Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale or The Lighthouse by Peter Maxwell Davies. The main centres of Carsen's work in the 1990's were the festival at Aix-en-Provence and the Flemish Opera, Antwerp, where the director received universal acclaim for his seven-part Puccini cycle. Where Verdi is concerned, Carsen has directed productions in Paris and Cologne of Nabucco, Macbeth, Otello and Falstaff. The New York Metropolitan Opera staged Carsen's guest production of Peter Tchaikovsky's Eugen Onegin, and he produced Die Frau ohne Schatten by Rochard Strauss for the Vienne State Opera. For Cologne Opera at the end of the 2000 season Carsen takkled Wagner's summum opus - a new Ring cycle.

• Weber:Der Freischutz | DVD | (27/11/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Doll Face | DVD | (17/03/2008) from £8.98   |  Saving you £2.00 (33.39%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Doll Face is a hugely entertaining musical starring Vivian Blaine Carmen Miranda who brings her unique and special charm to 'Chico' Martha Stewart with the amusing 'Dig You Later' and Perry Como sings his chart topping hit 'Hubba Hubba Hubba'. A semi-biographical tale based on the play 'Naked Genius' by legendary burlesque queen-turned-actress Gypsy Rose Lee in which a veteran burlesque queen yearns for the big time and publishes her autobiography ghost written by a high society writer in order to make it big on Broadway.

• Kit Armstrong Plays Wagner | Blu Ray | (05/02/2021) from £15.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Vivaldi:Orlando Furioso | DVD | (26/02/2016) from £13.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Bizet: Carmen Ballet | DVD | (09/10/2020) from £21.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Kirov Opera - Three Russian Opera Classics | DVD | (27/03/2020) from £32.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Waldbuhne 1994 Dance And Rhapsodies | DVD | (02/04/2002) from £9.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (100.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  At the Waldbuhne concert in 1994 the Berlin Philharmonic put a programme together under the heading' A night of Dances and Rhapsodies' which is presented the works of central European composers. The dance and folk pieces of music from the 19th century which the orchestra performed under the baton of Mariss Jansons emphasised the different styles and trends from this musically significant era.

• Elvis Presley Box Set (Volume 2) | DVD | (30/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £30.99

  Includes the films Viva Las Vegas Speedway and Harum Scarum. Viva Las Vegas: Lucky Jackson (Elvis) is a Vegas gambling car racing singing and dancing ladies man. But all does not go the way he plans when he finds himself distracted by the lovely pool manageress... Speedway: Stock car racer Steve Grayson (Elvis) has a generous disposition and a wastrel manager (Bill Bixby) - it's no surprise that he finds himself owing the taxman 5 000. Sparks fly when gorgeous tax inspector Susan Jacks (Nancy Sinatra) arrives on the scene... Harum Scarum: Johnny Tyronne (Elvis) is a swashbuckling action-adventure movie star on a goodwill tour of the Middle East to promote his latest film. Disaster strikes when he is kidnapped by a clandestine group of assassins who want him to kill a desert king!

• Operas - Teatro Alla Scala | DVD | (20/08/2021) from £47.86   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Bugsy Malone | UMD | (30/01/2006) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

• Residents - Talking Light: Bimbo's | DVD | (16/01/2012) from £17.90   |  Saving you £-1.91 (-11.90%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In April 2011 The Residents brought their acclaimed Talking Light tour to Bimbo's 365 Club in San Francisco.The inspiration behind the Talking Light tour is The Residents' fascination with spooky stories. The Residents realised that what they saw as Ghost Stories had become a show about aging & death. They wanted to have fun with the concept and, in true Residents' fashion, their idea of fun is darker and scarier than the mainstream defines it. All of these ghost stories share a common theme, centered around TV culture and commercials, which ultimately asks the question: In a world where nearly everything has been categorized, how do we fulfill our need for the Fuzzy, the Vague or the Supernatural with TV commercials? The Residents have more creative answers for you.

• Carmina Burana | DVD | (26/10/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Moulin Rouge | DVD | (23/04/2007) from £5.98   |  Saving you £7.01 (117.22%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Set in 1899, this musical drama from director Baz Luhrmann ("Romeo + Juliet") stars Ewan McGregor as a young poet who begins a passionate but doomed affair with the most famous courtesan in Paris (Nicole Kidman).