Plácido Domingo
Author
Publication Date
p1993
Physical Desc
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The tenors of our times perform a collection of traditional and popular holiday standards, including "Joy to the World," "Jingle Bells," "Stille Nacht," "Ave Maria," "White Christmas" and "I'll Be Home for Christmas."
Author
Publication Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
BMG Strategic Marketing Group assembles here, the definitive single disc collection of Denver favorites, along with a bonus disc of special & previously unreleased songs that every fan will want to have. Pulled from the original master tapes & remastered to perfection, this is the purest sounding John Denver ever.
11) Carmen
Publication Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 155 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Film version of the classic opera, with Migenes-Johnson as Carmen, and Domingo as Don José. Carmen seduces Don José who then deserts his post, his family and his honor. When the dashing toreador Escamillo wins Carmen's affections, the spurned Don José is filled with rage and jealousy, and tragedy ensues.
15) La traviata
Publication Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of a beautiful courtesan dying of consumption and her love for a poor nobleman.
16) Don Carlos
Author
Publication Date
©1992
Physical Desc
3 audio discs (209 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
18) Manon Lescaut
Publication Date
©2000, 1983
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Hamburg State Opera's production of Puccini's opera. The Chevalier des Grieux meets and seduces the young Manon when she is being escorted by her brother to a convent. Manon lives with des Grieux in Paris, but leaves him for a rich admirer. She is later arrested, charged with prostitution, and deported to Louisiana. Des Grieux accompanies her and during an escape attempt she dies in his arms.
20) Tosca
Publication Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 123 + 36 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. + 1 booklet ([18] pages)
Description
The story begins with Napoleon Bonaparte, political enemy of Scarpia advancing upon Rome. Cavaradossi a painter and Angelotti an escaped prisoner are political allies and see Napoleon as a hero. Angelotti has taken refuge in a chapel of a church in Rome in which Cavaradossi is painting a portrait of the Madonna. Cavaradossi has as his lover a famous singer Floria Tosca who attempts to enter the church and finds the door locked. She becomes jealous...