"Actor: Domingo"

• Puccini: Manon Lescaut | DVD | (01/01/2024) from £19.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Original Three Tenors Concert - Luciano Pavarotti/Placido Domingo/Jose Carreras | DVD | (18/06/2007) from £4.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (401.34%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

• The Tribute to Pavarotti | Blu Ray | (24/02/2009) from £24.95   |  Saving you £-8.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Tribute Concert - A Celebration Live from Petra 1. Introduction 2. Overture: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) 3. Chitarra romana (Di Lazzaro)- Jos Carreras 4. Amor, vida de mi vida (Maravilla)- Plcido Domingo 5. Non ti scordar di me (De Curtis)- Jos Carreras & Plcido Domingo 6. Shall we gather at the river (Copland)- Sherrill Milnes 7. Surely the presence of the Lord (Wolfe)- Sherrill Milnes 8. Vissi d’arte from Tosca (Puccini)- Cynthia Lawrence 9. Gabriel’s Oboe from The Mission (Morricone)- Andrea Griminelli 10. Czardas (Monti)- Andrea Griminelli [Sherrill Milnes speech] 11. Guarda che luna (Malgoni)- Jovanotti 12. Have you seen the bright lily grow (Johnson)- Sting & Edin Karamazov 13. Va’ pensiero from Nabucco (Verdi)- Zucchero [Speech by Nicoletta] 14. Granada (Lara )- Angela Gheorghiu [Pavarotti introduction of Bocelli] 15. Mattinata (Leoncavallo)- Andrea Bocelli [Zucchero’s speech] 16. Miserere (Zucchero/Bono)- Zucchero & Luciano Pavarotti [Laura Pausini’s speech] 17. Il mondo che vorrei (Buffat/Pausini/Salvatori)- Laura Pausini 18. L ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni (Mozart)- Sting & Angela Gheorghiu 19. E lucevan le stelle from Tosca (Puccini)- Andrea Bocelli 20. Nel cos blu (Fornaciari)- Zucchero 21. A te (Jovanotti)- Jovanotti 22. My man’s gone now from Porgy and Bess (Gershwin)- Cynthia Lawrence 23. Vivace from Concerto in D minor (Bach)- Andrea Griminelli & Aleem Kandour 24. Vivere (Bixio)- Laura Pausini & Andrea Bocelli 25. Caruso (Dalla)- Laura Pausini & Jovanotti 26. Dunque proprio finita! from La Bohme (Puccini)- Angela Gheorghiu, Andrea Bocelli, Cynthia Lawrence & Sherrill Milnes 27. Nessun dorma from Turandot (Puccini)- Luciano Pavarotti Jos Carreras, Andrea Bocelli, Angela Gheorghiu, Aleem Kandour, Cynthia Lawrence, Andrea Griminelli, Sherrill Milnes, Sting, Zucchero, Laura Pausini, Jovanotti. The Prague Philharmonia, conducted by Eugene Kohn. The star-studded official Pavarotti Memorial Concert, filmed live at the stunning ancient city of Petra, Jordan. Decca releases this very special all-star pop and classical concert to mark the first anniversary of Pavarotti's death. Performed against the stunning backdrop of the ancient city of Petra in the Jordanian desert, this is THE official memorial concert, organised and supported by Pavarotti's widow. Fabulous guest line-up includes Andrea Bocelli, Sting, Placido Domingo, Angela Gheorghiu, Zucchero, Jos Carreras and Jovanotti, with the Prague Philharmonia conducted by Eugene Kohn. Televised across the world and filmed in HD widescreen this makes a wonderful addition to the Pavarotti legacy. Pavarotti had a special relationship with the Queen of Jordan and always wanted to perform there. Unfortunately he never got to do this during his lifetime, so holding the Memorial Concert at Petra seemed only fitting. Filmed in High Definition Widescreen Extras: Memories of Pavarotti (11 minutes of interviews with artists) and the Memorial Ceremony (approximately 1hr 15 minutes)

• Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti - The Three Tenors Christmas | DVD | (04/12/2000) from £12.98   |  Saving you £2.01 (15.49%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The Three Tenors capture the joy and spirit of the season with their first ever Christmas concert. Featuring live performances of international seasonal favorites by the best-selling and world-renowned trip - all music that has never appeared on any previous Three Tenors CD or video. Recorded live at the Konzerthaus in Vienna December 1999. Track Listing: 1. White Christmas 2. Let It Snow 3. Oh Tannenbaum 4. Ay! Para Navidad 5. Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle 6. Carol Of The Drum (The Little Drummer Boy) 7. Ave Maria Dolce Maria 8. Wiegenlied I 9. Jingle Bells 10. Children Of Christmas 11. La Virgen La Panales 12. I'll Be Home For Christmas 13. Adeste Fideles 14. Cantique De Noel (O Holy Night) 15. Amazing Grace 16. Feliz Navidad 17. Silent Night 18. Paregaria (El Can de L'Anima a La Verge) 19. Winter Wonderland 20. Wiegenlied II 21. Sleigh Ride 22. Susani 23. Un Nuevo Siglo 24. Dormi O Bambino 25. Happy Christmas/War Is Over

• Tchaikovsky: Gala Tribute To Tchaikovsky | DVD | (29/10/2001) from £6.85   |  Saving you £25.14 (367.01%)   |  RRP £31.99

  Recorded on December 1st 1993 this programme celebrates the centenary of Tchaikovsky's death.

• Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalila -- San Francisco Opera | DVD | (11/06/2001) from £4.41   |  Saving you £21.84 (693.33%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Saint-Saens' Samson et Dalila is here realised in a lavish 1981 San Francisco Opera production with Placido Domingo in his prime. Significantly expanded from the famous Bible story of the Jews under the Philistine yoke, and recast in late-19th century romantic terms, the opera was close to the composer's heart: Saint-Saens began work in 1859 but did not complete his score until 17 years later. While elements of the originally planned more formal oratorio remain, Samson et Dalila nevertheless develops considerable dramatic and orchestral power, with Domingo giving a performance worthy of a great tragic hero. Likewise, mezzo-soprano Shirley Verrett brings complex characterisation to the temptress Dalila, offering a performance of such seductive intelligence that her scenes with Domingo spark with electrifying force. Equally fine support comes from Wolfgang Brendel as Samson's nemesis, the High Priest of the pagan god Dagon. Director Nicolas Joel knows when to emphasise the spectacle of the stage production or focus on more intimate personal drama, though it is the latter which is best served in a small screen version somewhat diminished by early 1980s TV technical standards. That aside, this is music drama with the grip of a psychological thriller and is unlikely to disappoint those looking for a feast of fine singing. On the DVD: Samson et Dalila on disc has good if occasionally a little harsh PCM stereo. The 4:3 picture is somewhat soft and prone to blurring, evidencing all the problems of live concert material shot on video. There are optional multi-language subtitles, trailers for two further ArtHaus releases and a booklet with chapter details, cast list, notes on the composer, opera, production and performers, and a detailed synopsis.--Gary S Dalkin

• Meyerbeer: L'Africaine | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Enormously popular and influential in its time, Meyerbeer's L'Africaine has become a rarity--the conventions of grand opera which it embodies so thoroughly are only familiar as adapted by Verdi and Wagner, so this work usefully reminds us of how radical they were. Meyerbeer and his librettist Scribe give us a five-act plot full of confrontations and threats of death, a shipwreck and the suicide of the Indian heroine Selika and her rejected suitor by inhaling the poisonous aromas of a deadly tree. The expedition of Vasco Da Gama round the Cape of Good Hope and up to the spice ports of India becomes less a story about the crusade for profit and more a matter of messy triangular love affairs. Heavy fathers, Brahmin priests and Grand Inquisitors are handled with much facility and no intensity. What L'Africaine really amounts to is a singers' display piece, and the two principals here--Shirley Verrett as Selika and Placido Domingo as Vasco--are entirely up to its demands. Domingo reminds us that Vasco's Act 4 aria "Oh Paradis" was for decades a standard tenor showstopper. The other principals, Ruth Ann Svenson and Justino Diaz, are entirely admirable and Marco Arena and the San Francisco Opera give the work as a whole both the grandeur it certainly possesses and rather more subtlety than one might have expected. On the DVD: The DVD, presented in 4:3 ratio, and in PCM stereo, has no features apart from instructions and subtitles in French, German, English and Spanish. This failure to provide extras, or even an especially informative leaflet, becomes especially regrettable with a work whose conventions are now far out of the operatic mainstream. --Roz Kaveney

• Sherrill Milnes: An All-Star Gala | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £16.39   |  Saving you £0.60 (3.66%)   |  RRP £16.99

  I PAGLIACCI: Prologue (Leoncavallo) Sherrill MilnesUP IN CENTRAL PARK: Close as Pages in a Book (Romberg/Fields) Julia Migenes and Sherrill Milnes.COSI FAN TUTTE: Un'aura amorosa (Mozart) Peter Schreier.O TOD WIE BITTER BIST DU: (Brahms) Sherrill Milnes with Jon Spong piano.LA TRAVIATA: Pura siccome un angelo (Verdi) Mirella Freni and Sherrill Milnes.DON CARLO: Dio che nell'alma infondere (Verdi) Placido Domingo and Sherrill Milnes.OTELLO: Credo in un Dio crudel (Verdi) Sherrill Milnes.

• Puccini - Gold | DVD | (07/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  The ultimate A Night At The Opera collection from the world's most popular opera composer, featuring many o the greatest singers of our time. Eighteen favourite arias and ensembles from the classic operas La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot, performed by Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni and many more.

• Verdi - Un Ballo In Maschera - Verdi | DVD | (01/04/2005) from £51.27   |  Saving you £-26.28 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  John Schlesinger directs Placido Domingo in Verdi's opera...

• Puccini: Tosca -- 1976 film version | DVD | (15/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Opera is an inherently theatrical medium that does not lend itself readily to the realism of film treatment. The shining exception is Puccini's Tosca, an action-packed melodrama that unfolds in three taut and gripping acts, like the meatiest of Hollywood films noir. And unlike most operas, these three acts are set in three very specific Roman locales. Thus this 1976 film takes place in the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle (Act 1), the Palazzo Farnese (Act 2) and the Castel Sant'Angelo (Act 3). The evocative settings, however, would be mere window-dressing if the cast wasn't just right; fortunately here Placido Domingo is at his virile peak in the heroic tenor role of Cavaradossi; Raina Kabaivanska is a sultry, vocally beautiful Tosca; while a more infamous and domineering Scarpia than that of Sherrill Milnes can hardly be imagined. Bruno Bartoletti and the New Philharmonia Orchestra give lustily dramatic support. Here the music and vocals are pre-recorded and the singers mime to the playback. Occasionally the result is a little unnatural, but overall the cast are good enough actors to bring off the conceit even in the close-ups. It all pays off triumphantly with the gripping realism of the rooftop finale, the one place where film can improve on stage. With the authenticity of the settings assured and such distinguished leads singing so well, this is an almost ideal filmed Tosca. On the DVD: Tosca on disc is presented in 4:3 ratio with a choice of Dolby 5.1 or LPCM Stereo. The picture is adequate but a little flat (possibly because the format is NTSC not PAL) and the same can be said for the sound, which does what it should but is never revelatory. Subtitles are provided in the main European languages and Chinese. --Mark Walker

• Tan Dun: The First Emporer | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £13.21   |  Saving you £2.04 (17.07%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Legendary tenor Pl''cido Domingo stars in the visually stunning opera The First Emperor by Academy Award winning composer Tan Dun (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) - Filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in High-definition. EMI Classics continues its 'Metropolitan Opera : Live in High-Definition DVD series' with the Metropolitan Opera's world-premiere of Tan Dun and Ha Jin's The First Emperor. Commissioned by the MET in the mid-1990s this spectacular new production was one of the most highly anticipated cultural events of the 2006-07 Metropolitan Opera season. The Opera tells of Emperor Qin's quest for a national anthem for his new country and his ill-fated decision to force a rebellious but talented young composer to write it. Tragedy results following the composer's love affair with the emperor's crippled daughter including the deaths of three principal characters. Pl''cido Domingo as Emperor Qin leads an all-star ensemble in this classic story ideally suited to the opera stage. The First Emperor combines the expressive power of traditional ancient Chinese singing with the long musical lines of Italian Opera. This juxtaposition of musical cultures illustrates Tan Dun's musical style and influences perfectly. In his music not only East and West but ancient and modern coexist. One of just six composers to conduct their own works at the Met Tan Dun lead all the performances of the first run of the opera. Revered Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou (Hero Raise the Red Lantern) directs and was instrumental in the opera's creation having worked closely with Tan Dun while he composed the music.

• Spanish Night | DVD | (04/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Plácido Domingo is no stranger to stadium events, though in the old days it was as a singer with his pals, Pavarotti and Carreras. In Spanish Night with baton in hand he has an appealingly avuncular manner, and he couldn't hope for a better class of orchestra than the Berlin Philharmonic, here playing in their annual open-air concert given at the city's Waldbühne. It's a real crowd-pleaser of a programme (and the audience's enthusiasm is immediately apparent and increasingly boisterous as the evening wears on). None of the works stretches the concentration unreasonably, and the views of Spain come not only from home-grown composers (Sarasate, Torroba, Serrano and Vives) but also as viewed through other eyes: Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio espagnole, Chabrier's España and Johann Strauss II's Spanish March. A pair of soloists increase the sequin quotient of the evening: the consummately poised violinist Sarah Chang (who has been round for so long it's difficult to believe she's still only 20) and the full-voiced soprano Ana María Martínez, winner of the Plácido Domingo Vocal Competition in Barcelona. Given the visual limitations of such events, the camerawork is imaginative without being distracting, and the sound, if a little boxy, is perfectly acceptable. Above all there's a great sense of fun to the occasion, and in the final number, Lincke's Berliner Lufte, Domingo is unable to resist seizing the microphone and leading the singing. On the DVD Sound options are either Dolby Digital 5.1 or PCM stereo and the picture is formatted for 16:9 TVs. A variety of goodies have been added to the concert itself, including interviews with Domingo and Sarah Chang, footage of flamenco dancing in Berlin (which is vaguely relevant) and a behind-the-scenes documentary.--Harriet Smith

• Sibelius - Violin Concerto / De Falla - Nights In The Gardens Of Spain | DVD | (15/05/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sibelius's solitary concerto is one of the most passionate tests for the violin virtuoso, one to which Maxim Vengerov is more than equal; he captures the work's passion and its occasional quirky patches of the spookily sublime. His performances of the "Sarabande" from the Bach Second Partita, and the "Ballade" from Ysaye's Third Sonata, are admirable encores demonstrating his range and his elegant control. Barenboim's performance of the de Falla Nights is equally virtuoso, bringing out the work's structure as well as its local colour; Domingo's conducting is solid and serviceable. Barenboim ends the concert with three de Falla orchestral showstoppers--the "Farruca" from The Three-Cornered Hat and the "Magic Circle" and "Ritual Fire Dance" from Love the Magician; the Chicago Symphony perform throughout with their usual vigour and fine orchestral colour, but are particularly remarkable in these three encores. On the DVD: The DVD comes with the usual subtitles in standard European languages. --Roz Kaveney

• Torroba: Luisa Fernanda | Blu Ray | (02/03/2009) from £22.71   |  Saving you £7.28 (24.30%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Luisa Fernanda

• Various Composers - Placido Domingo Conducts a Spanish Night | DVD | (02/02/2007) from £11.95   |  Saving you £13.04 (109.12%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Placido Domingo: A Spanish Night

• Placido Domingo With Angela Gheorghiu - Live In Prague | DVD | (02/04/2001) from £12.59   |  Saving you £4.36 (34.63%)   |  RRP £16.95

  Vocal magic with Angela Gheorghiu and Placido Domingo supported by the Czech Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eugene Kohn. Includes music from Mozart Puccini Donizetti and Verdi.

• My Greatest Roles Volume 2: Verdi | DVD | (26/04/2010) from £13.02   |  Saving you £11.97 (47.90%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Pl'cido Domingo: My Greatest Roles Volume 2: Verdi (4 Disc)

• Handel: Tamerlano | DVD | (02/03/2009) from £38.25   |  Saving you £-3.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Tamerlano (2 Dvd)

• TDK DVD Opera And Ballet Sampler - 2004 And 2005 Catalogue Highlights | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £10.48   |  Saving you £-4.23 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  1. Beatrice di Tenda: Ah! Se un'urna e a me concessa (Vincenzo Bellini)2. Kiss Me Kate: So in love with you (Cole Porter)3. Manon: En fermant les yeux (Jules Massenet)4. Rusalka: Mesicku na nebi hlubokem (Song to the Moon) (Antonin Dvorak)5. Excelsior: Obscurantism (Romualdo Marenco)6. Cosi fan tutte: Non siate ritrosi...E voi ridete? (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)7. War and Peace: Kakoye pravo oni imyeyet (Sergei Prokofiev)8. Don Pasquale: Tornami a di che m'ami (Gaetano Donzetti)9. Lulu: Wenn sich die Menschen (Lulu's Song) (Alban Berg)10. Coppelia; Mazurka (Leo Delibes)11. Platee: Formons les plus brillants concerts (Jean-Philippe Rameau)12. Carmen: Les voice! Voici la quadrille! (Georges Bizet)13. Otello: Oh! Mostruosa colpa! (Giuseppe Verdi)14. Siegfried: Was strahlt mir dort entgegen? (Richard Wagner)15. Lucie de Lammermoor: Qu'une letter en ma misere (Gaetano Donizetti)16. Giselle: Pas de deux - Scene (Adolphe Adam)17. Turandot: Non piangere Liu (Giacomo Puccini)18. Paquita: Pas de deux (E. Deldevez and L. Minkus)19. Adriana Lecouvreur: Io son l'umile ancella (Francesco Cilea)20. Don Quichotte: Duel Don Quichottte & Gamache (Ludwig Minkus)21. Gotterdammerung: Ungeheure Macht wird dir (Richard Wagner)22. Le Coq d'Or: Otwets mne sorko swetilo (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)23. Le nozze di Figaro: Gente gente all'armi all'armi! (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)