John Connor é designado para liderar a resistência humana ao domínio das máquinas, coordenadas pela Skynet e seu exército de exterminadores. Quando surge um estranho homem chamado Marcus Wright, cuja última memória que possui é de estar no corredor da morte. John Connor precisa descobrir se ele foi enviado do futuro ou resgatado do passado, ao mesmo tempo em que a Skynet prepara seu ataque definitivo, que pode aniquilar a humanidade.
Live from ROH 1985. Giordano's Andrea Chenier is one of the greatest of verismo operas, full of heart-stopping big tunes and powerful emotional situations. If it is not as well-known as it should be, it is because in summary it sounds a little too like Puccini's Tosca: there is a tussle between political opponents over a woman, an attempt to save a condemned man, a tenor aria about writing poetry on the eve of execution. The difference is that Gerard (Giorgio Zancanaro) is not a villain like Scarpia, he is an idealist whom the French Revolution has betrayed as much as it has his rival the poet Chenier (Placido Domingo). His temptation to abuse his power to seduce the virtuous Maddalena (Anna Tomowa-Sintow) is a momentary one, though its consequences are terrible. There is a streak of post-Wagnerian decadence in much of this--Maddalena is at least as much in love with death as she is with Chenier, and the final love duet has a deeply sinister aspect. -- From Amazon.co.uk
Um jovem de seus 16-17 anos, sexualmente inexperiente, Octavian, recebe uma lição de vida e de sexualidade de um nobre ser - a Marechala, Princesa Werdenberg. Ele só descobre a si mesmo, no entanto, e começa a entender os mistérios do coração feminino, quando ele é encarregado pela Marechala de uma nobre missão: levar uma rosa de prata à jovem Sophie, a noiva do Barão von Lerchenau...
La Fanciulla del West, Puccini's penultimate opera is based on a play by David Belasco set at the height of the notorious California gold rush. The composer took three years to complete the work, which, for him, marked a new stylish departure. With more modern harmonic combinations and local melodies, Puccini pieced together a far larger canvas than anything he had tackled before. In this recording, Piero Faggioni's highly detailed staging is matched by Ken Adam's superbly atmospheric sets. Carol Neblett sings the role of Minnie "The Girl of the Gold West," Placido Domingo is as ignitable as ever in the role of Dick Johnson, alias the bandit, Ramirez, and Silvano Carroli sings the sinister sheriff, Jack Rance. Conducted by Nello Santi.
