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| Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
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Maya Plisetskaya, Alexander Bogatirev, Boris Efimov & others. Yuri Grigorovich, choreographer.
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| Studio: VAI Audio. Format: DVD Full screen.
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| UPC: 4446. Daedalus Item Code: 35075 |
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| This 1976 performance stars the legendary Maya Plisetskaya—one of the supreme ballerinas of the 20th century—in the challenging dual role of Odette and Odile. Prince Siegfried (swoon) is danced by ... (Read More)
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| Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
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Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Etta James, Julian Lennon, Keith Richards, Linda Ronstadt, & others. Taylor Hackford, director.
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| Studio: Image Entertainment. Format: 2 DVDs Widescreen.
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| UPC: 3080. Daedalus Item Code: 35050 |
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| In 1986, Keith Richards invited a roster of great musicians to honor Chuck Berry during an evening of music at St. Louis's Fox Theatre in celebration of Berry's 60th birthday. The show included ... (Read More)
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| Van Cliburn: Concert Pianist
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Van Cliburn with Leontyne Price, Marilyn Horne, Leonard Slatkin & others. Dan Rather, narrator. Peter Rosen, director.
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| Studio: RCA Red Seal. Format: DVD Full screen.
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| UPC: 887654145192. Daedalus Item Code: 38656 |
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| After his triumph at the USSR's First International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958, Van Cliburn became the only classical musician to be honored with a ticker-tape parade in New York City. This ... (Read More)
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| Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
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Maria Callas, Grace Bumbry, John Copley, Judi Dench, Placido Domingo, Franco Zeffirelli & others. Steve Cole, director.
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| Studio: TDK Marketing. Format: DVD Widescreen.
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| UPC: 824121000875. Daedalus Item Code: 25892 |
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| No other female singer has provoked such worldwide fascination as Maria Callas. This musical documentary uses Puccini's Tosca—an opera closely identified with Callas—as a framework for an ... (Read More)
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| The Dybbuk
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Carol Lawrence, Theodore Bikel, Ludwig Donath, Michael Tolan & others. Sidney Lumet, director.
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| Studio: E1 Entertainment. Format: DVD Full screen.
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| UPC: 1417234725. Daedalus Item Code: 35141 |
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| After her father (Theodore Bikel) breaks his vow to marry her to her bashert ("fated one"), a young woman (Carol Lawrence) becomes possessed by the soul of her deceased lover. As a rabbi ... (Read More)
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| Wagner: Gotterdammerung
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Albert Bonnema, Hernan Iturralde, Franz-Josef Kapellmann & others. Staatsorchester Stuttgart. Lothar Zagrosek, conductor.
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| Studio: Euroarts. Format: 2 DVDs Widescreen.
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| UPC: 2052099. Daedalus Item Code: 25899 |
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| Recorded live at the Staatsoper Stuttgart in October 2002 and January 2003, this updated, pared-down production of the last opera in the Ring cycle eschewed elaborate stagecraft and traditional ... (Read More)
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| Verdi: La Traviata
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Kristiane Kaiser, Magdalena Anna Hofmann, Daniel Ohlenschlager & others. Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus. Ernst Marzendorfer, conductor.
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| Studio: Medici Arts. Format: DVD Widescreen.
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| UPC: 2057218. Daedalus Item Code: 25857 |
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| This well-cast, outdoor stage production from the Opernfestspiele St. Margarethen was recorded in July of 2008. After the final curtain calls, spectacular fireworks appear over the stage area, ... (Read More)
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| Wagner: Das Rheingold
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Wolfgang Probst, Motti Kaston, Bernhard Schneider & others. Staatsorchester Stuttgart. Lothar Zagrosek, conductor.
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| Studio: Euroarts. Format: DVD Widescreen.
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| UPC: 2052069. Daedalus Item Code: 25900 |
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| "It plays like gangbusters," says the Washington Post of Lothar Zagrosek's acclaimed Ring cycle (of which this is the first installment), "and offers a valid cultural critique of a work whose ... (Read More)
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| Verdi: Falstaff
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Donald Gramm, Benjamin Luxon, Kay Griffel & others. The Glyndebourne Chorus. The London Philharmonic Orchestra. John Pritchard, conductor.
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| Studio: Arthaus Musik. Format: DVD Full screen.
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| UPC: 101083. Daedalus Item Code: 25775 |
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| Directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, this splendidly cast production from Glyndebourne stars the much-missed Donald Gramm as Verdi's "rogue who gets up to every kind of mischief." "His voice range is ... (Read More)
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| Bach: Goldberg Variations
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Evgeni Koroliov, piano.
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| Studio: Euroarts. Format: DVD Widescreen.
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| UPC: 2057238. Daedalus Item Code: 25858 |
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| Winner of the Van Cliburn Competition and the Grand Prix Clara Haskil, Russian Bach specialist Evgeni Koroliov was deeply inspired by Glenn Gould's playing yet he offers a more lyrical approach, with ... (Read More)
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