or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
Express Checkout with PayPhrase
What's this? | Create PayPhrase
More Buying Choices
20 used & new from $18.99
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Opera Stories: An In-Depth Look at Ten of the World's Favorite Operas / Charlton Heston
 
See larger image 
Share your own customer images

Opera Stories: An In-Depth Look at Ten of the World's Favorite Operas / Charlton Heston

Starring: Kiri Te Kanawa; Ileana Cotrubas; PLacido Domingo; Renato Bruson Director: Charlton Heston Rating: NR (Not Rated) Format: DVD
No customer reviews yet. Be the first.
List Price: $39.99
Price: $35.99 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Details
You Save: $4.00 (10%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.

Only 2 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).

Want it delivered Wednesday, November 18? Choose One-Day Shipping at checkout. Details
19 new from $18.99 1 used from $26.75
Amazon Video On Demand
Amazon Video On Demand Special Offer
Purchase any DVD or Blu-ray and receive $5 towards select TV shows at Amazon Video On Demand. Here's how (restrictions apply).

Frequently Bought Together

Customers buy this DVD with The Naked Jungle DVD ~ Eleanor Parker

Opera Stories: An In-Depth Look at Ten of the World's Favorite Operas / Charlton Heston + The Naked Jungle
Price For Both: $43.98

Show availability and shipping details

  • This item: Opera Stories: An In-Depth Look at Ten of the World's Favorite Operas / Charlton Heston DVD ~ Kiri Te Kanawa; Ileana Cotrubas; PLacido Domingo; Renato Bruson

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
    This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Details

  • The Naked Jungle DVD ~ Eleanor Parker

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details

Special Offers and Product Promotions

  • Buy a Blu-ray Player and Save on Blu-ray Movies. For a limited time, save $10 on as many as 20 select movies and TV shows on Blu-ray when you buy a Sony BDP S360 Blu-ray player. Hurry, offer ends November 21. See more.

  • Save up to 50% on dozens of TV and documentary DVDs in our Triple TV and History Sale.

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Opera Stories provides a perfect introduction to the drama, characters and spectacle of opera. Each of its ten programs tells the story of a single opera, bringing the drama and emotion of the plot vividly to life. Charlton Heston narrates each program from, as nearly as possible, the original location stipulated by the composer: the story of La Bohème is told from the sidewalk cafés of Paris where Mimi and Rodolfo fall in love, Aida from the majestic pyramids of Egypt, Tosca from the battlements of the Castel Sant Angelo in Rome where Tosca takes her own life. The stories are illustrated by extensive performance extracts taken from NVC ARTS unique library of full-length recordings.

The Royal Opera productions of:

La Bohème (Puccini) from Paris, France
Ileana Cotrubas and Neil Shicoff

Manon Lescaut (Puccini) from Château Mauviers, France
Placido Domingo and Kiri Te Kanawa

Andrea Chénier (Giordano) from Paris, France
Placido Domingo and Anna Tomowa-Sintow

Falstaff (Verdi) from Windsor, England
Renato Bruson, Barbara Hendricks and Katia Ricciarelli

Der Fledermaus (J. Strauss) from Vienna, Austria
Kiri Te Kanawa and Hermann Prey

Arena di Verona productions of:

Il Trovatore (Verdi) from Aragon, Spain
Rosalind Plowright, Franco Bonisolli and Giorgio Zancanaro

Tosca (Puccini) from Rome, Italy
Eva Marton, Ingvar Wixell and Giacomo Aragall

Aida (Verdi) from Luxor, Egypt
Maria Chiara, Fiorenza Cossotto and Nicola Martinucci

Otello (Verdi) filmed in Marakesh, Morocco
Kiri Te Kanawa, Vladimir Atlantov and Piero Cappuccilli

La Scala, Milan production of:

Ernani (Verdi) from Aragon, Spain
Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Renato Bruson and Nicolai Ghiaurov

IMDb Says...

Visit IMDb.com opens new browser window the Internet Movie Database, which is visited by millions of movie and tv lovers each month.
IMDb Logo

Product Information from the Amapedia Community

Beta (What's this?)

Look for Similar Items by Subject

Search Movies & TV by subject:







i.e., each DVD must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.