Category Archives: Dvds

Surfing with Marlene and Orson

Posted on December 6, 2009 by anninateatime

I’m sure you know how it is when searching the internet and one idea takes the next and all of a sudden you have moved from browsing for Christmas presents to researching about some German hypnotiser who lived in the … Continue reading →

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Adorable! Cecilia Bartoli in Händel’s Semele

Posted on May 2, 2009 by anninateatime

My favourite singer in one of my favourite arias: from Händel’s Semele the aria Myself I shall adore. The earthling Semele has become the lover of Jupiter and now she imagines how the crown of Juno would suit her… Juno … Continue reading →

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The Copenhagen Ring is here!

Posted on July 8, 2008 by anninateatime

Let me just show you this hoping it will persuade you to watch this wonderful staging of Wagner’s Ring des Nibelungen by Kasper Bech Holten and the Royal Danish Opera. A fabulous and modern rendition not diminishing the ‘epicness’ of … Continue reading →

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The Science of Sleep

Posted on February 10, 2008 by anninateatime

I just watched the nicest film: The Science of Sleep. Young Stephane Miroux has trouble dividing sleep and dream from waking and real life. His dreams are extremely vivid and a source of creativity but they are also tyrannical in … Continue reading →

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After all – the show must go on

Posted on January 20, 2008 by anninateatime

I have been watching Ingmar Bergman’s masterpiece Fanny & Alexander. Having loved that film for years rewatching it just confirmed the magnificence of the beautiful pictures and the disturbing text. The first part with Christmas in the home of the … Continue reading →

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Sinéad Cusack

Posted on November 4, 2007 by anninateatime

One guilty pleasure of autumn is watching lots of BBC costume dramas while eating ginger biscuits and drinking Ceylon tea. In my ongoing and rather exhausting search for new material I happened to find an adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell’s North … Continue reading →

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Werther in Concert

Posted on June 18, 2007 by anninateatime

My local library is really good when it comes to buying opera dvds. I often go there and leaf through the selection and find stuff I never knew I craved – but then there it is. Many I just pass … Continue reading →

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Händel and Scholl News

Posted on June 18, 2007 by anninateatime

I just saw three pieces of interesting news on the internet. At least they were new to me: Andreas Scholl has left Decca and signed with Harmonia Mundi; he has recorded a new album with Händel pieces; the Giulio Cesare … Continue reading →

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Les Contes d’Hoffmann staged by Robert Carsen

Posted on June 18, 2007 by anninateatime

Les Contes d’Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach is one of my guilty pleasures and discovering that one of my favourite directors, Robert Carsen, had staged it made me run to the music library to pick up the dvd. I say guilty … Continue reading →

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