Nayler&Co Boekhandel & Modern Antiquariaat*Ramsj-on-Line

Regio 0; menu: ENG; subtitles -opera only-: ENG, FR, GERM, ITA, SP

The 1985 hijacking by Palestinian terrorists of the Mediterranean cruise ship Achille Lauro culminated in the murder of wheelchair-bound Jewish-American passenger Leon Klinghoffer. Adam's controversial but highly acclaimed opera plays out against the turbulent emotions and violence that are as ancient as Biblical text and as contemporary as today's headlines. Libretto: Alice Goodman; Director: Penny Woolcock.

Regio 0

The composer Alban Berg, 1885-1935, a pupil and associate of Schoenberg, lived in the mainstream of well-to-do Austrian. How can this doyen of Viennese respectability be reconciled with the composer who wrote the dark operas Lulu and Wozzeck. Soprano Kristine Ciesinski, who features in specially-staged extracts of Lulu and Wozzeck and sings Nacht from Seven Early Songs, travels to Vienna, Prague, the USA and Germany to investigate Berg's life.

Regio 0; GER; ondertiteling: ENG, FR, GER, SP, ITA

Wozzeck is een opera in drie bedrijven, van Alban Berg, gebaseerd op het onvoltooide drama Woyzeck van Georg Buchner. Het vertelt het verhaal van een arme soldaat die het slachtoffer wordt van het mensonterende van zijn kapitein en zijn dokter. Deze laatste gebruikt hem als proefpersoon in zijn wetenschappelijke experimenten. Wozzeck verliest stilaan de controle over zichzelf. Het werk wordt algemeen beschouwd als een van de grootste meesterwerken uit de muziekgeschiedenis.

Regio 2 -- Includes Bonus CD with 21 Selections from the Concert

A thrilling performance by the greatest modern singer of fado, Amalia Rodrigues. Taped in 1990, before an excited and savy audience at New York's Town Hall, the concert captures all the passion, romance, and power of both the fado tradition and Amalia herself. A wonderful evening, superbly filmed.
Includes a Bonus CD.

Regio 2, 3, 4, 5; ENG

Airs: The musical selections for Airs are excerpts from Handels' Concerti Grossi, Op.3. Jardin aux Lilas: Caroline, about to enter upon a marriage of convenience, attends a farewell party to precede the ceremony.
The Black Swan: Grand Pas de deux from Act III, Swan Lake. Romeo and Juliet: Balcony Pas de deux from Act I. And Great Galloping Gottschalk: created for American Ballet Theatre and premiered in January 1982.

Regio ALL; RUSS; ondertiteling: ENG

Tolstoy's great novel of passion and retribution is brought to new dramatic and muscial life in this operatic stage adaption from the great Russian composer Vladislav Uspensky and the brilliant Finnish director Jotaarkka Pennanen.

Regio 2

A star-studded live-concert tribute to the great master of bossa nova, Antonio Carlos Jobim. Artists from jazz, Latin, and Brazilian music gather to bring Jobim's indelible compositions to beautiful life, closing with a series
of standout performances from the man himself.

Regio 2; ZWEEDS; ondertiteling: NL

Daniel Dareus is een succesvolle internationaal bekende dirigent die aan de top meedraait. Maar hij is ook eenzaam, voelt zich slecht en is de uitputting nabij door het jachtige leven dat hij leidt.

Region ALL; ENG; subtitles: ENG, FR, GERM, SP

A sumptuous selection of works created by Frederick Ashton, Founder Choreographer of The Royal Ballet, showcases some of his most inventive and diverse choreography performed by recent and current stars of The Royal Ballet, including Carlos Acosta, Darcey Bussell and Tamara Rojo.

Taal FR; Sous-titre Ang.

George Balanchine: the father of neoclassical ballet. He became a major choreographer of the 20th century in a life that took him from St. Petersburg to Paris and finally to New York.