British Broadcasting Corporation

Muzzy and his friends use story and song to present common Italian vocabulary and expressions.

A multi-sensory language immersion system that uses a story about Muzzy, an extraterrestrial being who pays a visit to the kingdom of Gondoland, to introduce Italian to learners at the beginning to early intermediate levels. Features words and phrases related to greetings, numbers, shapes, colors, clothing, people, house and home, school, transportation, parts of the body, days, months, seasons, and more. "MUZZY, the BBC Language Program, is a unique,...

Muzzy Level II story on three DVDs with the complete video presentation (parts 1-3 and 4-6) on two DVDs in Italian and on one DVD in English -- The Muzzy Level II vocabulary builder program on one DVD with hundreds of words presented in all five Muzzy languages -- The Muzzy II story on one audio CD provides all the dialogue, songs and stories from Muzzy Level II in Italian -- "Muzzy at the disco" CD-ROM provides interactive language activities presented...

Verdi's best-loved work, is performed here by a star cast in a revival of Richard Eyre's highly acclaimed 1994 production. Music Director Antonio Pappano conducts La traviata for the first time at Covent Garden. American soprano Renee Fleming returns to Covent Garden to sing Violetta for the first time with The Royal Opera.

Gioachino Rossini's operatic version of the folk tale Cinderella.

In Venice, during the spring of 1866, it is the last month of the Austrian occupation of the Veneto. The Italian government has forged a pact with Prussia, and another war of liberation in the ongoing Risorgimento is imminent. Countess Livia Serpieri, unloved by her collaborator-husband but sympathetic to the cause of freedom espoused by her patriotic cousin Roberto, meets Austrian officer Franz Mahler as she begs him to call off a duel with Roberto....

"Renato Bruson, the renowned interpreter of Verdi and one of the leading lyric baritones of the day, sings the title role. Katia Ricciarelli leads the trio of merry wives with Lucia Valentini-Terrani as Mistress Quickly and Brenda Boozer as Meg Page. Leo Nucci sings the role of Ford and the young lovers are portrayed by Dalmacio Gonzalez and Barbara Hendricks. Stunning designs by Hayden Griffen and Michael Stennett provide the perfect setting for...