"Actor: Roberto Alagna"

• Great Tenor Performances | DVD | (04/04/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A glittering collection of performances from the extensive NVS ARTS catalogue and beyond. Including Jose Carreras ""La mia letizia infondere"" Robert Alagna ""Fontainebleu!..."" Placido Domingo ""Ch'ella mi creda"" Giacomo Aragall ""E lucevan le stelle"" John Mark Ainsley ""Dalla sua pace"" Vladamir Atlantov ""Nuin mi tema"" Max-Rene Cosotti ""Ecco ridente in cielo"" Luciano Pavarotti ""Celeste Aida"" Neil Shicoff ""Che gelida manina"" Placido Domingo ""Il etait une fois a la cour d'Eisenach""

• La Traviata - The Story of the Opera | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £12.13   |  Saving you £2.86 (23.58%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This documentary presents an anatomy of Verdi's La Traviata with Kathleen Cassello Roberto Alagna Leo Nucci and Gianluigi Gelmetti guiding viewers through the work explaining Verdi's intentions and how he expressed these in his music. The story of the opera is traced through substantial extracts drawn from acclaimed productions by Francesca Zambello Terry Edwards Peter Hall and Ruth Berghaus. Seen singing the central role of Violetta are Kathleen Cassello Angela Gheorghiu Marie McLaughlin and Carla Basto and there are contributions from Roberto Alagna - Alfredo to Cassello's Violetta - and Leo Nucci who appears opposite Angela Gheorghiu as Germot.

• Opera Highlights Vol.1 | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £8.94   |  Saving you £7.31 (95.18%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Opera Highlights is both a visually exciting introduction for new viewers to opera as well as a unique opportunity to see great singers talking to camera before performing some of the roles for which they are famous. This exciting new disc offers us the chance to get an insight into the opinions and motivations of some of the world's greatest opera singers. It presents new recordings and interviews produced especially for this DVD. Highlights include Dame Joan Sutherland singing 'Casta Diva' from Bellini's Norma conducted by Richard Bonynge and another husband-and-wife pairing Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna singing Donizetti. Tracklist: Marylin Horne: 'Sorge l'irato nembo' from Vivaldi's Orlando furioso (from Pier Luigi Pizzi's San Francisco Opera production conducted by Randall Behr) Dame Ann Murray: 'Nacqui all'affanno' from Rossini's La Cenerentola (from Michael Hampe's production for the Salzburg Festival conducted by Riccardo Chailly) Eva Marton: 'Suicidio!' from Ponchielli's La Gioconda (from the Vienna State Opera production by Filippo Sanjust conducted by Adam Fischer) Dame Joan Sutherland: 'D'amor sull'ali rosee' from Verdi's Il trovatore (from an Opera Australia production by Elijah Moshinsky conducted by Richard Bonynge) 'The Mad Scene' from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor (from an Opera Australia production by John Copley conducted by Richard Bonynge) 'Casta Diva' from Bellini's Norma (from Sandro Sequi's production for Opera Australia conducted by Richard Bonynge) Roberto Alagna: 'Quanto bella quanto cara' & 'Una furtiva lagrima' from Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore (from Frank Dunlop's production for Lyon National Opera conducted by Evelino Pido) Angela Gheorghiu: 'Prendi per me sei libero' from from Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore (from Frank Dunlop's production for Lyon National Opera conducted by Evelino Pido) Gegam Grigorian: 'La vita inferno all'infelice' from Verdi's La forza del destino (from Elijah Moshinsky's production for the Kirov Opera St. Petersburg conducted by Valery Gergiev) Nikolai Putilin: 'Morir! Tremenda cosa!' & 'Urna fatale del mio destino' from Verdi's La forza del destino (from Elijah Moshinsky's production for the Kirov Opera St. Petersburg conducted by Valery Gergiev) Galina Gorchakova: 'Son giunta! Grazie o Dio!' from Verdi's La forza del destino (from Elijah Moshinsky's production for the Kirov Opera St. Petersburg conducted by Valery Gergiev)