Rupert Enticknap - Venus & Adonis - BLU-RAY

Three-disc set includes Flesh And Fury (1952)The skill of deaf amateur boxer Paul Callan (Tony Curtis) impressed fan Sonya Bartow (Jan Sterling) and trainer Pop Richardson (Wallace Ford) into relentlessly backing him for the big time. After meeting compassionate CODA journalist Ann Hollis (Mona Freeman), he pursues surgery to correct his hearing-but will the pro debut Sonya still pushes him into undo the doctors' efforts? Slugging saga also stars Louis Jean Heydt, Tom Powers, Harry Guardino. 83 min. BW/Rtg NR The Square Jungle (1955)San Francisco grocery clerk Eddie Quaid (Tony Curtis) found the surest way he could take care of his alcoholic ex-pug dad Pat (Jim Backus) was to get into the ring himself, and turned to Pat's old trainer (Ernest Borgnine). As a path to the middleweight title opened before him, will his growing arrogance cost him his girl (Patricia Crowley) as well as the belt? Powerhouse boxing noir co-stars Paul Kelly, John Marley, David Janssen, and Joe Louis as himself. 86 min. BW/Rtg NR World In My Corner (1956)Scrappy Jersey City boxer Tommy Shea (Audie Murphy) managed to capture the backing of Long Island businessman Robert Mallinson (Jeff Morrow)-as well as the interested eye of his lovely daughter Dorothy (Barbara Rush), Will he fall under the sway of a sleazy promoter (Howard St. John) in order to keep up with her expensive tastes? Ring saga and rare non-western vehicle for Murphy co-stars John McIntire, Tommy Rall, Art Aragon, Chico Vejar. 82 min. BW/Rtg NR Standard; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailers.

Two classic court operas are brought together to tell the stories of love, be it between gods or royalty in the historic Confidencen Theatre, Sweden. Venus & Adonis, composed in 1683 by John Blow, is considered the earliest example of English opera. It tells the enchanting story of two mythical lovers and their cruel fate in scenes reaching from light-hearted comedy to heartfelt despair. Henry Purcell's Dido & Aeneas from 1689 has become one of the most famous and beloved operas from the Baroque era, with it's sumptuous music, dramatic plot and it's themes of love, friendship, jealousy, and cruelty. The opera is perhaps best known for Dido's painfully beautiful lament When I am Laid in Earth.

Ekaterina Siurina, Peter Auty, Alfredo Daza, Luciano Di Pasquale, and Eliana Pretorian star in this Glyndebourne production of the Donizetti opera with Maurizio Benini conducting the London Philharmonic.