Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is given a fine treatment on DVD. The cinematography,
which won Conrad Hall his first Oscar, was sorely mistreated by years in pan-and-scan video prints. The 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer thankfully restores Hall's stunning photography ...
Juan Diego Flórez, Ruggero Raimondi, and Oliver Widmer star in this live stage presentation of
Donizetti's opera Don Pasquale, mounted and produced at the Opernhaus Zurich. The Chorus and Orchestra of the Opernhaus Zurich provide musical accompaniment.
This performance of the Vincenzo Bellini opera I Puritani performed with the Nederlanse Philharmonic Orchestra
features vocalists such as Mariola Cantarero and John Osborn in the leading roles.
This screen adaptation of the popular revue saluting the songs of French composer Jacques Brel
(produced as part of the American Film Theater series) has been given a respectful presentation for its release on DVD. Jacques Brel Is Alive and ...
Jesus Christ Superstar was Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's first international success, first as
a top-selling concept album and then as a hit stage production. In 1996, a successful new production of the show was staged in London, and ...
Experience Franco Zeffirelli's lavish production of the Puccini favorite La Bohème in this release of
a live performance conducted by Nicola Luisotti, and featuring the magnificent voices of Angela Gheorghiu, Ainhoa Arteta, and Ramón Vargas.
John Neumeier adapted his ballet La Dame aux camélias from novelist Alexandre Dumas's roman of
the same title (the same book that reportedly inspired Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata and Baz Luhrmann's 2001 film Moulin Rouge), making fervent use of the ...