The Vienna version of Alceste was Gluck's second reform opera after Orfeo ed Euridice. The libretto and music revolve around a self-sacrificing main character, and it is quite probable that the courageous bearing of Empress Maria Theresia while mourning her husband provided Gluck with the impetus for this material.Alceste is reminiscent of Beethoven's subsequent Fidelio as a pure anthem to conjugal love. As Orfeo before it, Alceste did not achieve major success at the first performance of the Vienna version on 20 December 1767, but instead became widely-known when performed as a tragedie opera nine years later in Paris, after the addition of ballet music in French, the version we see performed here.This production from 2006 was acclaimed as the Opera Production of the Year, by German magazine Opernwelt. The title role is played by Catherine Naglestad, voted Female Opera Singer of the Year 2006.
What do you do when you are over 65 and are forced to retire? Abe Murray and Louie have the perfect solution - start up a new business! It's the answer to their golden years: a range of sportswear designed by seniors for seniors. The three friends and their new line of clothes are an instant hit - but then a rival fashion house plots to unravel their success. Realising the need for drastic action Abe Murray and Louie come up with a madcap plan to keep their business and prove that they can do anything if they just stand side by side.
What do you do when you are over 65 and are forced to retire? Abe Murray and Louie have the perfect solution - start up a new business! It's the answer to their golden years: a range of sportswear designed by seniors for seniors. The three friends and their new line of clothes are an instant hit - but then a rival fashion house plots to unravel their success. Realising the need for drastic action Abe Murray and Louie come up with a madcap plan to keep their business and prove that they can do anything if they just stand side by side.
Relive the greatest English footballing victory for more than thirty years achieved against their old rivals Germany. Faced with a win or bust World Cup Qualifying game on German soil in the opposing atmosphere of the Olympic Stadium in Munich the English team provided the nation with a new breed of heroes to take their place beside those of 1966. It was a time for David Beckham to step up and take his place as a player of true world class - a truly inspirational performance as Captain. And then there was the Liverpool connection - five English goals and all of them delivered from the boys from Anfield including Michael Owen's sensational and unforgettable hat-trick. Does it get any sweeter than this? Probably not. This is one match England fan's will want to watch over and over and over again.
Superb football action with all our favourite heroes of the pitch displaying their famous skills to the best of their abilities. Really Bend It Like Beckham: In this programme which was filmed in Madrid David shares his knowledge skills and experience. His technique is dissected using the ultimate in technology and the programme is broken down into easy-to-use sections - control space-making skills passing and working for space turning skills and forward play crossing closing down and defending finishing and free kicks. Michael Owen: The World At His Feet: Not since Pele at the tender age of 17 in Sweden '58 has a teenage footballer taken the world by storm. Fast forward to France '98: Michael Owen had arrived on the world stage. After only one year in England's Premier League with Liverpool Michael took his place in Glenn Hoddle's final squad of 22 players with a nation full of expectation behind him. Michael delivered. His goal against Argentina was voted best goal of the tournament. All The Goals Of World Cup '98: From the opening strike by Brazilian Cesar Sampaio to the last by Emmanuel Petit they are all here - all 171 goals. See Davor Suker score 6 to win the Golden Boot ahead of both Italian Christian Vieri and Argentine Gabriel Batistuta with 5. Also see three of the worlds top strikers Ronaldo Sales and Hernandez all score 4 each and will anyone ever forget Michael Owens fantastic goal against Argentina? Or how about Dennis Bergkamp's last minute winner also against Argentina? This DVD will again show you the teamwork behind the world's super strikers; the flair of Brazil to the passion of the host country and champions France. The great ones the lucky ones and the unusual ones - all the goals of the 1998 World Cup are here on one great DVD! Football Superstars - David Beckham: David Beckham is the icon of modern football a marketing persons dream and a global superstar. The England captain has the ability to terrify opposing defences with his incisive passing pin-point crossing and long-range shooting. Still yet to hit his peak Beckham is sure to become one of the greatest players in English football history.
Escaping from a broken home and an alcoholic father teenager Evan and his younger brother fall in with a group of wild punks who call themselves 'The Rejected'. They live in a tumbletown shack by the side of a highway in Los Angeles - a filthy squat they are happy to share with anyone including a pack of lost dogs. The Rejected give the two boys a structure for coping with their lives and somehow manage to teach them lessons about living in harmony. But the peace is soon shattered when local vigilantes decide the punks should be forced out of the neighbourhood.
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