George Frederic Handel's oratorio Theodora, in its first-ever staged version at the Salzburg Festival, was among the highlights of Handel Year 2009. Acclaimed director Christof Loy presented Theodora as the profoundly moving tale of a woman who prefers death to denying her faith, an interpretation captivated with bravura by world-renowned video director Hannes Rossacher. A luminous Christine Schaefer and countertenor Bejun Mehta formed a perfect leading couple altogether suited to conductor Ivor Bolton's vigorus reading.
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George Frederic Handel's oratorio Theodora, in its first-ever staged version at the Salzburg Festival, was among the highlights of Handel Year 2009. Acclaimed director Christof Loy presented Theodora as the profoundly moving tale of a woman who prefers death to denying her faith, an interpretation captivated with bravura by world-renowned video director Hannes Rossacher. A luminous Christine Schaefer and countertenor Bejun Mehta formed a perfect leading couple altogether suited to conductor Ivor Bolton's vigorus reading.
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This is an exhilarating experience both visually and aurally. How wonderful that Barenboim is havng such success with Verdi this late in his career.The excitement and power is there in all the big movements and the tempi shouldn't upset anyone. There is clarity and drive in all the big choral fugues and the climaxes will knock your socks off. But it was the quiet moments I found most moving. The incredibly detalied camera work increases this sense of intimacy and the video quality is excellent. Really.
Deutsche Grammophon celebrates Nikolaus Harnoncourt's 80th birthday with this 2-DVD release of rare, vintage, period Bach performances for the first time. Never released on DVD and, to the dismay of fans, long unavailable--these glorious Bach pieces are conducted by period instrument pioneer, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, as only he can. Harnoncourt, a notable cellist, performs in two concertos and on gamba in one. Harnoncourt warns, "If we lose contact with the great works of Bach, we lose our contact with humanity." Vocalists Janet Perry, Robert Holl, and Peter Schreier sing with distinction in the Coffee Cantata. The Surround Sound makes clear that they revel in the acoustics of the visually magnificent Baroque library of Wiblingen Monastery.
Requiem in D minor, K 626 by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Performer: Walter Berry Gundula Janowitz Christa Ludwig Peter Schreier Orchestra/Ensemble: Wienere Symphoniker Orchestra Conductor: Bohm Karl Chor der Wiener Staatsoper Period: Classical Written: 1971 ; UNITEL
A beautiful, sensitive, reverent performance. Fischer allows Bach to speak with no unnecessary flourishes. Padmore as the Evangelist is superb, and the other soloists and choirs are near perfect. And of course the Concertgebouw orchestral musicians are absolutely first class.
Johann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle was one of the outstanding events of the past season. As before with the St Matthew Passion, star director Peter Sellars succeeded in creating a staging which made the spiritual and dramatic content of the Passion story even more intensive. The New York Times also praised the “brilliant and energetic” playing of the orchestra, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung the “haunting, almost unsurpassable singing of all those involved.”
After breaking-up with her boyfriend, Florence tries to find herself again in the middle of an emotional storm of a heartbreak.
Namie Amuro's 15th tour (focusing primarily on her _genic album) consisted of 44 performances throughout Japan from September 2015 to February 2016. The concert was released to home video a month later in the same year. Aside from the format both the DVD and Bluray are identical content-wise and include two bonus tracks shot at Miyagi Sekisui Heim Super Arena. The track set: What I Did For Love, Close your eyes, Close to you, Fly, Photogenic, NAKED, Time Has Come, Space Invader, BRIGHTER DAY, It, B Who I Want 2 B, Sit! Stay! Wait! Down!, Say the word, SWEET KISSES, Golden Touch, Get Myself Back, BLACK DIAMOND, grotesque, REVOLUTION, Dr., Red Carpet, TSUKI, Black Make Up, Every Woman, Stranger, Scream, Fashionista, Birthday, Anything, and Fight Together.
The sequel to the 2013 short, August sings Carmen 'Habanera'. After Elfie and her nerdy son August successfully proved themselves on their home webcam in MeTube 1, the odd pair venture onto the street to present the biggest, boldest, and sexiest operatic flash mob the internet has ever witnessed!
Interviews and performances with Nashville celebrities and hopefuls from the late 1960's era of the Nashville music scene. Featured performers include Porter Waggoner, Tex Ritter, Dolly Parton, Roy Acuff, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Johnny Cash, Charley Pride, Jeannie C. Riley, Loretta Lynn, Bill Monroe, and more.
Grey and Neyna Neviana’s close friendship loosens when Grey's family move to Jakarta. After being separated for nine years, Neyna and Grey reunite during the student orientation in college. Neyna is a college freshman while Grey is a sophomore who loves to make trouble. Neyna is still the same little girl from nine years ago while Grey has changed. They have to struggle to rebuild their friendship again.
Amuro Namie's last dome tour! Starting in February 2018, the diva went on her Final Tour 2018 ~Finally~, bidding farewell to fans through 17 shows nationwide and another six Asia tour stops. She attracted 800,000 people to her tour, the largest ever for a solo artist in Japan. Each limited edition release of the tour includes her final Tokyo Dome live, her outdoors 25th Anniversary Okinawa live in September 2017, and one other live, giving fans the most complete Amuro Namie experience. This edition includes the Nagoya Dome live.
Amuro Namie's last dome tour! Starting in February 2018, the diva went on her Final Tour 2018 ~Finally~, bidding farewell to fans through 17 shows nationwide and another six Asia tour stops. She attracted 800,000 people to her tour, the largest ever for a solo artist in Japan. Each limited edition release of the tour includes her final Tokyo Dome live, her outdoors 25th Anniversary Okinawa live in September 2017, and one other live, giving fans the most complete Amuro Namie experience. This edition includes the Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome live.
Amuro Namie's last dome tour! Starting in February 2018, the diva went on her Final Tour 2018 ~Finally~, bidding farewell to fans through 17 shows nationwide and another six Asia tour stops. She attracted 800,000 people to her tour, the largest ever for a solo artist in Japan. Each limited edition release of the tour includes her final Tokyo Dome live, her outdoors 25th Anniversary Okinawa live in September 2017, and one other live, giving fans the most complete Amuro Namie experience. This edition includes the Kyocera Dome Osaka live.
Amuro Namie's last dome tour! Starting in February 2018, the diva went on her Final Tour 2018 ~Finally~, bidding farewell to fans through 17 shows nationwide and another six Asia tour stops. She attracted 800,000 people to her tour, the largest ever for a solo artist in Japan. Each limited edition release of the tour includes her final Tokyo Dome live, her outdoors 25th Anniversary Okinawa live in September 2017, and one other live, giving fans the most complete Amuro Namie experience. This edition includes the Sapporo Dome live.
Amuro Namie's last dome tour! Starting in February 2018, the diva went on her Final Tour 2018 ~Finally~, bidding farewell to fans through 17 shows nationwide and another six Asia tour stops. She attracted 800,000 people to her tour, the largest ever for a solo artist in Japan. Each limited edition release of the tour includes her final Tokyo Dome live, her outdoors 25th Anniversary Okinawa live in September 2017, and one other live, giving fans the most complete Amuro Namie experience. This edition includes the Tokyo Dome live in May
Burn the Stage: the Movie is the first movie from BTS, going behind-the-scenes of the BTS WINGS TOUR to reveal the full story of the band’s meteoric rise to fame. This unmissable film provides an intimate look at what happens when the most successful global boy band of all time breaks down barriers and invades the mainstream music scene. Exclusive tour footage and brand-new one-on-one interviews with BTS members give fans an unprecedented glimpse into their lives and an opportunity for everyone to celebrate together worldwide.
There are elements of Macbeth in this political fable, in which the ghost of the child that Boris has had killed in order to seize the throne appears as an impostor. Adapting Pushkin's epic poem, Mussorgsky composed a meditation on the solitude of power, a populist drama in which the real protagonist is the Russian people with its burden of eternal suffering. Ivo Van Hove is no stranger to grand political frescos. This is his first production for the Paris Opera.