"Actor: José van Dam"

• Don Giovanni | DVD | (18/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Infamous womanizer Don Giovanni makes conquest after conquest leaving seduced and abandoned women in his wake. When the ghost of the Commendatore he has killed appears he is given a final chance to change his philandering ways or face the terrors of hell. Joseph Loseys hugely successful adaptation of Mozarts greatest opera features wonderful performances from an excellent cast and stunning cinematography. Following a painstaking restoration including a newly remastered DTS 5.1 soundtrack this deluxe edition presents the film as never before.

• Verdi: Don Carlos | DVD | (20/11/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This is a 1996 all-star-cast version from Paris of the original French version of Verdi's epic five-act opera, Don Carlos. First produced in 1867, only Wagner would write musical drama on a grander scale, and due to the three-and-a-half-hour running time most subsequent productions have made substantial cuts. This is therefore a rare opportunity to witness Verdi's tragedy in its entirety.Set in the 16th century in the aftermath of war between Spain and France, Don Carlo (Roberto Alagna), the heir to the Spanish throne comes to France to meet with his beloved Elizabeth de Valois (Karita Mattila). Inevitably politics divide the lovers, and while Rodrigue (Thomas Hampson) falls in with Flemish rebels, the Inquisition is determined to be the power behind the peace. This is certainly not Verdi's greatest work, but it contains great music and the stars are allowed to shine with strong characterisations in an elegantly designed production. There are no gimmicks or attempts at spurious contemporary relevance here, simply singers of the calibre of Alagna, Mattila, Hampson, plus the outstanding Eric Halfvarson as the Grand Inquisitor. This is a production that continues in the 19th-century tradition, and in the process delivers the frisson of world-class opera. --Gary S. DalkinOn the DVD: While the running time precludes much in the way of special features, via DVD-ROM the libretto can be printed in French, together with an article and biographies. The picture is presented at approximately 1.7:1 and while far superior to video could still benefit from anamorphic enhancement. The sound is stereo or excellent Dolby Digital 5.0. The booklet offers a detailed synopsis in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish and there are subtitles in the same languages. The disc is encoded for regions two to six. --Gary S. Dalkin

• Herbert von Karajan: Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 | DVD | (31/03/2008) from £14.69   |  Saving you £10.30 (70.12%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Beethoven:Symphony No.9

• Wagner - Die Meistersinger Non Nurnberg | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £3.26   |  Saving you £13.99 (699.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Richard WagnerDie Meistersinger Von NurnbergOper in drei Akten.

• Bruckner - Symphonies Nos. 8 And 9 - Te Deum - Karajan/Wiener Philharmoniker | DVD | (04/02/2008) from £17.95   |  Saving you £-2.96 (-19.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In these priceless documents from the late 1970's, filmed in the Bruckner shrines of Vienna and St Florian, Herbert von Karajan conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in Bruckner's Eighth - the symphony he revered above all others - and Ninth, as well as the towering Te Deum.

• La Damnation De Faust - Berlioz | DVD | (03/01/2006) from £54.99   |  Saving you £-35.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Hector Berlioz's (1803-1869) legende dramatique about a man named Faust who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge. Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall in 1989. Georg Solti conducts.

• L'Amour Des Trois Oranges - Prokofiev | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Prokofiev: L' Amour des trois Oranges.

• Jose Van Dam - Mozart Concert | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £27.89   |  Saving you £-2.90 (-11.60%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Recorded at the Festival International D'Art Lyrique in Aix-En-Provence this concert by the Belgian Bass-Baritone consists of selections from 'The Marriage Of Figaro' 'Cosi Fan Tutti' and 'Don Giovanni' plus much more