"Actor: Montserrat Caballe"

• Michael Ball - The Musicals And More | DVD | (12/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The DVD features 23 live performances and 4 exclusive rehearsal tracks filmed during Michael's 1997 tour of the same name. Michael Ball is one of the greatest talents of Broadway and now for the first time 'The Musicals And More' is available on DVD. Tracklisting: Don't Rain On My Parade; On Broadway; I Dreamed A Dream; Empty Chairs Empty Tables; Something's Coming; Sunset Boulevard; With One Look; Easy Terms; Last Night Of The World; All I Ask Of You (Duet with Lisa Hull); A

• Centennial Gala | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £21.91   |  Saving you £-1.92 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Here are the greatest moments from the 'ultimate in galas' (Opera), a 'roof-rattling vocal display and the kind of cheering and free-flowing, heartfelt emotion on both sides of the footlights that opera evinces more than any other art form' - New York TimesThe gala celebration immediately catches the attention with spectacular performances by stars such as Dame Joan Sutherland, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Mirella Freni, Marilyn Horne, Birgit Nilsson, Luciano Pavarotti, Jos Carreras, PlcidoDomingo, Nicolai Gedda, Alfredo Kraus and many others 'The world's most famous opera singers [in] a dazzlingsequence of performances' - New York Times 'It's always a privilege to sing at the Met, but this is somethingvery special. I don't think there's ever been anything this grand in the history of opera' - Luciano PavarottiThis product features an awesome roster of international star conducters: from James Levine, Leonard Bernstein and Thomas Fulton to Jeffrey Tate, Richard BonyngeTracklistingDisc 11. Opening Credits / MET Centennial Gala2. Overture The Bartered Bride 3. In questa reggia 4. Dove sono i bei momenti 5. Dio! mi potevi scagliar 6. No.6 Aria: La calunnia (Var. di M. Pierre Rode) 7. Chi mi frena in tal momento 8. Bel raggio lusinghier 9. Son io! Son io la Vita! 10. Presentation of the Rose 11. Va! je t'ai pardonn 12. Una furtiva lagrima 13. Ernani! Ernani, involami 14. Hab mir's gelobt 15. Gi nella notte densa (Love Duet) Disc 21. Opening / MET Centennial Gala2. Ouvertre Leonore III op. 72a 3. La nostra morte il trionfo dell'amor 4. Air de Lia 5. Bacchanale 6. Donna, chi sei? 7. No.31 Alerte, alerte! 8. Viene la sera 9. Va sossopra il mio cervello 10. Mon coeur s'ouvre ta voix 11. Wie lachend sie mir Lieder singen 12. Fjorton ar tror jag (When I was seventeen) 13. Teco io sto - Grand Dio! (Gustavo, Amelia) 14. Happy Birthday To You

• Luciano Pavarotti: A Life in Seven Arias | DVD | (09/02/2009) from £24.82   |  Saving you £-8.83 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

• Bellini - Norma (Pateni, Caballe) | DVD | (15/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £28.99

  Tragedia Lirica in due atti di Felice Romani.

• Montserrat Caballe And Marilyn Horne - In Concert | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Two great stars of the operatic stage Spanish soprano Montserrat Caball and American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne give magnificent performances in these superb gala concerts featuring a variety of popular arias and duets recorded in 1990. The programme includes arias by Vivaldi Meyerbeer Mercadante Rossini Handel Puccini and Offenbach with duets from Rossini's Semiramide and La donna del lago. The rousing finale is the Barcarole from Les Contes d'Hoffmann.

• Jose Carreras - Collection - Montserrat Caballe And Jose Carreras | DVD | (19/09/2006) from £16.13   |  Saving you £3.86 (19.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A mere three weeks after his much-acclaimed return to operatic and concert performance at the Salzburg Festival in August 1989, Jose Carreras appeared in another important musical event - a joint concert with his Spanish compatriot, singer Montserrat Caballe, held in Moscow's famous Bolshoi Theatre.The concert opens with a medley of baroque and belcanto gems from the 17th and 18th centuries, including a rendition by Jose Carreras of Arie Antiche by Alessandro Scarlatti.Italian and Spanish songs form a central element in the programme for this concert, including three Canzoni by Frances Paolo Tosti and one by Salvatore Cardillo, favourites from Carreras' concert repertoire. These popular Italian songs are matched by several Spanish Canciones Popolares, sung by Montserrat Caballe.Last but not least, opera is of course represented - even though it is a genre that is not central to this particular programme - by 'Brindisi', Violetta and Alfred's champagne-fuelled drinking song from Act I of Verdi's La Traviata, and Lauretta's enchanting aria from Puccini's one-act opera Gianni Schicchi.

• A Gala Evening - In The Presence Of HRH The Prince Of Wales From The Glyndebourne Festival Opera | DVD | (11/01/2004) from £21.38   |  Saving you £3.61 (16.88%)   |  RRP £24.99

  From the Glyndebourne Festival Opera a host of leading opera stars perform for HRH The Prince Of Wales. Works include Mozart's Le Nozze Di Figaro - 'Voi Che Sapete' and Rossini's Il Barbiere Di Siviglia - 'Un Voce Poco Fa'.

• Jubilaeum Collection 2000 AD - Christmas At The Duomo | DVD | (04/12/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Christmas from the Duomo with Monserrat Caballe Monserrat Marti and Al Bano Carrisi with the Nuova Polifoni Ambrosina Choir and the Orchestra Lirica I Pomeriggi Musicali Conducted by Jose Collado. FIlmed Live at the Duomo in Milan Italy. A selection of Christmas music including arrangements by Vivaldi Berlin Schbert Verdi and many more. Selections include: Handel - Il Messia: Alleluja Gustavson - Great Day Tradizionale - Susser die Glocken nie Kligen Tradizionale - Adeste Fidelis Schubert - Mille Cherubini Gounad - Ave Maria Vari - Cantico Cervera - Dios hecho Nino Alvarez - La Pregaria Vivaldi - Magnificat: Magnificat / Fecit Potentiam / Deposuit Potentes / Gloria Patri Verdi - Ave Maria Vari - Caro Gesu Tradizionale - Leise Rieselt der Shnee Tradizionale - Stille Nacht Berlin - White Christmas Vari - Christmas Medley

• Caballe - Beyond Music | DVD | (06/12/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This film is a musical documentary about one of the most outstanding and exceptional vocal artists of our times. It follows both the professional and private personas of Montserrat Caball through the most important musical and personal moments of her astonishing career and captivating life. The viewer can join the Diva on visits to the most significant cities in her singing life witness historical performances and meet colleagues and friends who speak fondly of their shared moments

• Claudio Abbado In Rehearsal | DVD | (17/05/2002) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-1.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Claudio Abbado in Rehearsal has the eminent conductor rehearsing Verdi's Requiem Mass both at the La Scala Opera House and the church of San Marco in Milan where Verdi's choral masterpiece was first performed. This new performance was given in 1985 to mark the 200th birthday of the Italian national poet Alessandro Manzoni, with whom Verdi shared aspirations for a united Italy. The camera dwells a good deal on Abbado, whose concentration seems well nigh tangible as he raises his arms and throws out his chest to communicate the power of Verdi's music. Abbado takes much care with his soloists, gives strong leads, checking the reverberant acoustic of San Marco with a lift of the head during the thunderous "Dies Irae". We eavesdrop on a piano rehearsal with two of his soloists as he keeps the rather musically wayward mezzo on course and works with Samuel Ramey, his bass, to intensify his hushed delivery of "More stupebit" ("Death and nature stand aghast"). We also see Monserrat Caballe, who can float a note pianissimo like no other soprano, have an unexpected fit of the giggles when beginning her "Libera me". Some reservations in director Norbert Beilharz's treatment of the "Lux Aeterna" require comment. His concept of juxtaposing a well-dressed audience with pictures from tombstones and statues as a reminder of the transience of human life grows wearisome after a while, as does his commentary and translation of the Latin, already on screen as subtitles, which masks some of the most poignant music in the score. On the DVD: Claudio Abbado in Rehearsal has one major disappointment: the lighting. Neither the San Marco Church or the interior of La Scala is well lit. There are brief trailers for three other ArtHaus Musik productions, including a film about Callas and Abbado conducting the Mozart Requiem in a splendid baroque church in Salzburg where the brilliance of the picture, stunningly lit, really shows up the deficiencies of this film. To hear Abbado conduct the Verdi Requiem where everyone performs as though their lives depended on it, try the version he recorded with the Berlin Philharmonic in January 2001. --Adrian Edwards

• Montserrat Caballe - Celebrating Bizet | DVD | (16/04/2007) from £22.49   |  Saving you £-12.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Montserrat Caballe: Celebrating Bizet

• Jubilaeum Collection 2000 A.D.: Concerto di Pasqua - Easter Sunday Concert | DVD | (23/05/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A