Release date: 1999-05-04
List Price: $89.98
Price: $85.48
Review BBC Great Composers / Elektra / Wea:
Actors & Directors
- Jane Powell
- Stanley Donen
- Gene Kelly
- Judy Garland
- Robert Preston
- Shirley Jones
- Margaret O'Brien
- George Sidney
- Morton DaCosta
- Michael Curtiz
Creator: Albert Hackett
List Price: $89.98
Price: $74.95
Review Great Musicals - Musical Americana 6-Pack: Meet Me In St. Louis, The Music Man, On the Town, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Show Boat, Yankee Doodle Dandy / Warner Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- Joan Sutherland & Her Magical Puppet Friends
Run time: 240 min.
Price: $59.95
Review Who's Afraid of Opera? Complete Series / Kultur Video:World famous soprano Joan Sutherland and her magical puppet friends present a series of opera highlights in programs designed for the whole family. A special pre-packaged set of all four is 240 minutes long and in color.
Release date: 1995-09-26
Run time: 380 min.
List Price: $89.95
Price: $100.00
Review Opera Boxed Set / Homevision:
Release date: 1995-10-24
Run time: 442 min.
List Price: $89.95
Price: $109.00
Review Great Operas by Verdi (Aida, Otello, and La Traviata) / Homevision:
Actors & Directors
- Peter Tewksbury
- Denis Sanders
- Burgess Meredith
- Norman Taurog
- Arthur H. Nadel
- Shelley Fabares
- Nancy Sinatra
- Elvis Presley
- Pierre Adidge
- Annette Day
Creator: Arthur Browne Jr.
List Price: $134.98
Price: $179.95
Review Elvis Presley Collector Set 2 (9pc) / MGM (Video & DVD):
Release date: 1997-04-29
Run time: 464 min.
Price: $199.95
Review Dancing (8pc) / Kultur Video:
Actors & Directors
- Gordon Douglas
- George Sidney
- Boris Sagal
- Mary Ann Mobley
- Ann-Margret
- Lola Albright
- Frederick De Cordova
- Gig Young
- Elvis Presley
- Gene Nelson
Creator: Alex Gottlieb
List Price: $134.98
Price: $89.95
Review Elvis Presley Collector Set 1 (9pc) / MGM (Video & DVD):
Release date: 1996-09-30
List Price: $54.95
Price: $59.95
Review Concerts (3pc) / Kultur Video:
Actors & Directors
- Derek Jacobi
- John Bowe
- John Carlisle
- Terry Hands
- Pete Postlethwaite
Run time: 176 min.
List Price: $29.98
Price: $89.99
Review Cyrano De Bergerac (translation by Anthony Burgess) / Turner Home Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Harry Cody
- Douglas Fowley
- Cyd Charisse
- Lance Fuller
- Mae Clarke
- Stanley Donen
Run time: 103 min.
Creator: Debbie Reynolds
Price: $29.98
Review Singin' in the Rain -- VHS tape + CD soundtrack / Rhino / Wea:No one even bothers to argue about it any more-by any standard and international consensus, this is the best movie musical of them all. Its arcane, unlikely milieu is Hollywood during the transition in the late 1920s from silent to sound motion pictures. Its reason for being was producer Arthur Freed's desire to use the catalog of songs he had written with Nacio Herb Brown in the '20s and '30s for various shows and movies. But, ironically, it's now the soundtrack that seems cobbled together from disparate sources, while the movie itself remains seamless. That's thanks to a literate screenplay by Adolph Green and Betty Comden and ebulliant acting and dancing by the young Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds. Jean Hagen is especially brilliant as the silent-screen star whose speaking voice is so screechy she has to be dubbed for talkies. Kelly codirected with Stanley Donen, and both can take credit for a masterpiece. Musical standouts are "You Were Meant for Me," "Good Morning" and "All I Do Is Dream of You. " Visually, the indelible image will always be Kelly sloshing around in puddles while singin' in the rain. That said, this coupling of video with a definitive version of the soundtrack benefits from Rhino's meticulous reconstruction of the material and extensive annotations, which only enhance our grasp of this film and musical legend's gestation. [+]-Robert Windeler.
Release date: 2000-02-29
Run time: 340 min.
Price: $49.95
Review Opera Gold Collection (4pc) / Kultur Video:This spectacular 4-tape set includes: Great Tenor Performances, Opera Hits, Great Puccini Love Scenes, and Highlights from La Scala. Stars Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Eva Marton, and many more! 340 minutes. Great Tenor Performances A glittering collection of favorite arias sung by the world's greatest tenors including Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Roberto Alagna, Jon Vickers, Vladimir Atlantov, Neil Shicoff, and many more. Includes the first video release of Luciano Pavarotti's performance in Aida from the 1981 San Francisco Opera production performing Celeste Aida. Opera Hits An extraordinary compilation of opera's best-loved arias, duets, and choruses performed by the superstars of opera including Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Jon Vickers, Eva Marton, Janet Baker, Maria Ewing, and many more. Performances from La Scala, Milan, La Fenice, Venice, The Royal Opera, Covent Gardens, Arena di Verona, and Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Great Puccini Love Scenes This spectacular compilation presents the very best of Placido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, performing great love scenes from Puccini favorites. Highlights from La Scala This superb compilation presents some of the very best operatic moments from one of the greatest opera houses in the world, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. World-class operatic stars, including Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson, Eva Marton, Ghena Dimitrova, and Mirella Freni perform spectacular productions of operas by Verdi and Giordano.
Actors & Directors
- Henry King
- Deborah Kerr
- Julie Andrews
- Joshua Logan
- Robert Wise
- Fred Zinnemann
- Christopher Plummer
- Rossano Brazzi
- Walter Lang
- Yul Brynner
Creator: Ferenc Molnár
Price: $49.98
Review The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection (South Pacific, The Sound Of Music, The King And I, State Fair, Carousel, & Oklahoma!) / 20th Century Fox:This lavish set contains film versions of the five major works by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, who helped define the American musical landscape and rewrite the direction of musical theater. After enjoying extremely successful careers working with others, Rodgers and Hammerstein first teamed up in 1943 for the prairie tale Oklahoma!, with songs including "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" and "People Will Say We're in Love. " The subsequent 1955 film starred Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones, who teamed up again for 1956's Carousel. While that film's dark nature made it less popular than its predecessor, the score ("If I Loved You," "You'll Never Walk Alone") was Rodgers's favorite. The King and I (also 1956) featured stage star Yul Brynner as the King of Siam and Deborah Kerr as schoolteacher Anna Leonowens, who must learn Asian customs even as she tries to instill some of her Western ones. The somewhat bloated version of South Pacific (1958) follows two couples during World War II and features standards such as "Some Enchanted Evening" and "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair" from stars Mitzi Gaynor and Rossano Brazzi. The last film, The Sound of Music (1965), proved to be the most popular, with Julie Andrews winning the hearts of seven children and their father with her blissful songs. And if the perhaps saccharine music and plot may test the patience of some, there's no doubt that songs such as "My Favorite Things" and "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" have charmed audiences around the world for decades. Accompanying the Big 5 in this set is the relatively minor State Fair from 1945 (though it does have "It Might as Well Be Spring" and "It's a Grand Night for Singing"). Some may prefer other entries in the R&H canon such as Flower Drum Song or the television production Cinderella, but State Fair was included because it was one of the five films (not including Sound of Music) released in 1999 in sumptuous remasterings that allow their scores and locales to truly shine. [+]The remasterings ensure good sound and picture quality throughout this historic collection. -David Horiuchi.
Actors & Directors
- Don DeFore
- Robert Benchley
- H.C. Potter
- George Sidney (II)
- Barry Fitzgerald
- Hal Walker
- Andy Russell
- Betty Hutton
Price: $19.98
Review Hollywood Musicals 2 (4pc) / Madacy Records:
Release date: 1999-05-25
List Price: $39.99
Price: $29.99
Review Fred Astaire's:Premiere Theatre / Entertainment Distributing:
Release date: 2002-01-01
List Price: $94.92
Price: $275.00
Review Dance in America Choreography by Balanchine (includes: The Nutcracker, Selections from Jewels, Tzigane The Four Temperments, Chaconne Prodigal Son, The Steadfast Tin Soldier) / Warner Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- Eddie Cantor
- Barbara Weeks
- Frank Tuttle
- Spencer Charters
- Paul Page
- A. Edward Sutherland
- Charlotte Greenwood
- Thornton Freeland
Price: $79.98
Review Eddie Cantor Collection (6pc) / Hbo Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- 35085
- 1 11473
- 35109 Vvwa 35464
Price: $59.98
Review Damn Yankees & Music Man & Pajama Game / Warner Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- Nick Morris
- Gale Edwards
- John Mills
- David Mallet
- Michael Gruber
- Elaine Paige
- Ken Page
- Rosemarie Ford
Run time: 433 min.
Creator: Tim Rice
List Price: $49.98
Price: $56.96
Review The Andrew Lloyd Webber Spotlight Performance Collection (Cats, Royal Albert Hall Celebration, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar) / Universal Studios:This four-disc boxed set includes Cats (1998), Royal Albert Hall Celebration (1998), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999), and Jesus Christ Superstar (2000). The Andrew Lloyd Webber Spotlight Performance Collection includes Cats, A Royal Albert Hall Celebration, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Jesus Christ Superstar. The 1998 video version of Cats stars a cast assembled from London, Amsterdam, and New York productions, including Ken Page as Old Deuteronomy and Elaine Paige (the original London Grizabella, the Glamour Cat) whose version of "Memory" remains definitive. A Royal Albert Hall Celebration (1998) features more than two hours of hits from star after star: Elaine Paige delivering "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" and "Memory" with her usual power, Michael Ball and Donny Osmond stretching the last vestiges of boyish charm to the very limits but still sounding great; Sarah Brightman performing an outstanding selection from The Phantom of the Opera; Antonio Banderas; and Glenn Close, stupendous and moving in songs from Sunset Boulevard. In Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the Old Testament tale of Joseph and his coat of many colors gets a splashy, vigorous treatment with an energetic cast, Las Vegas-style glitz, and catchy, eclectic songs, including "Any Dream Will Do" and the peppy "Go, Go, Go Joseph. " Former teen icon Donny Osmond is perfect in the title role, while Maria Friedman performs well as the narrator. The 1999 stage revival of Jesus Christ Superstar became the basis for this 2000 video production, which takes the show out of ancient Jerusalem to a mix of modern New York and timeless Rome. As Christ (Glenn Carter) sees his cult of personality overtake his message and struggles with the fears of his sacrifice, he reaches within for faith and forgiveness, giving the show the spiritual dimension it so often lacks. It's an entertaining, thoughtful, and well-sung production, avoiding the tepidity of Norman Jewison's solemn 1973 film.
Actors & Directors
- Wagner
- Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
List Price: $489.95
Price: $489.00
Review Richard Wagner Edition Bayreuther Festspiele / Polygram Records:
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BBC Great Composers, Great Musicals - Musical Americana 6-Pack: Meet Me In St. Louis, The Music Man, On the Town, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Show Boat, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Who's Afraid of Opera? 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