CHOPIN / MUHLY / RAVEL
Tribute to Jerome Robbins (recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Paris Opera Ballet / Dorothee Gilbert, Marie-Agnes Gillot, Nicolas le Riche / Koen Kessels (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 12/Dec/2011 ] Ten years after his death, the Paris Opera Ballet paid homage to the American choreographer who considered the Paris Opera his second home after New York City Ballet, Jerome Robbins. The three pieces performed here illustrate not only the diversity... |
MINKUS (orchestrated Lanchbery)
La Bayadere (complete ballet reorded in 1994) BLU-RAY Paris Opera Ballet / Isabelle Guerin / Laurent Hilaire / Elisabeth Platel / Michel Queval [ Kultur / NVC Arts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Apr/2011 ] "Even if you don't usually like ballet, you'll be awestruck by the pageantry on display here in probably the most opulent production the Paris Opera Ballet has ever mounted." - Jeff Kauffman, Blu ray.com |
GLUCK
Orphee et Eurydice (recorded at the Palais Garnier February 2008) BLU-RAY Paris Opera Ballet / Maria Riccarda Wesseling / Julia Kleiter / Sunhae Im / Agnes Gillot / Yann Bridard / Thomas Hengelbrock (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Dec/2009 ] G - Filmed in HD at the Palais Garnier February 2008 Orpheus and Eurydice is Pina Bausch's masterpiece and the ultimate symbol of the genius of this German choreographer, who died in June 2009, five days after being diagnosed with cancer. |
PROKOFIEV
Romeo & Juliet (Complete Ballet recorded in 1995. Choreography by Rudolf Nureyev) BLU-RAY Paris Opera Ballet / Monique Loudieres, Manuel Legris, Charles Jude / Vello Pahn (cond) [ Kultur / Warners / Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Apr/2014 ] "this is an often scintillating performance, and should be seen by any lover of ballet wanting to experience Nureyev's own idiosyncratic take on one of the most iconic ballets in the 20th century repertoire." - Jeffrey Kauffman, Blu-Ray.com |
BIZET / MENDELSSOHN / MOZART / PUCCINI / STRAUSS 11 / RAMEAU
THE BLU-RAY EXPERIENCE: Opera and Ballet Highlights Paris Opera Ballet / Royal Opera House / Teatro Real, Madrid / Glyndebourne Opera / Pacific Northwest Ballet / Drottningholms Slottsteater [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2009 ] Blu-Ray - Opera and Ballet Highlights from the Opus Arte catalogue at a very special price. |
STEVE REICH
Rain (Complete ballet recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Paris Opera Ballet / Valentine Colasante, Muriel Zusperreguy, Christelle Granier, Sae Eun Park, Léonore Baulac / Georges-Elie Octors (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2016 ] When Rain, created by the Rosas Company in 2001, entered the Paris Opera Ballet's repertoire ten years later, Director of Dance Brigitte Lefèvre brought a whole dimension of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's world to the Paris Opera. |
LEO DELIBES / LUDWIG MINKUS
Delibes/Minkus - La Source (complete ballet recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Paris Opéra Ballet / Ludmila Pagliero, Isabelle Ciaravola, Karl Paquette and Mathias Heymann / Koen Kessels, Conductor [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 8/Apr/2022 ] Lost after its material records were destroyed by fire in 1883, the spectacular ballet La Source originally portrayed the idealistic vision of a magical domain in which a complex but beautiful love story of mythical figures unfolded. Jean-Guillaume... |
MINKUS
Don Quixote (complete ballet recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Peter De Jong / Karel De Rooij / Anna Tsygankova / Matthew Golding / Dutch National Ballet / Holland Symfonia / Kevin Rhodes [ Arthaus Musik Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2011 ] Don Quichot - an audience favourite of prestigious companies worldwide - is a dazzling display of high spirits, virtuosity and Spanish temperament. The fl amboyant leaps, dizzying pirouettes and crisp pointe work that are standard features of the... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake (complete ballet from the Sadler's Wells Theatre) Richard Winsor, Domonic North, Nina Goldman, Madelaine Brennan / Matthew Bourne (choreographer) [ KULTUR Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2012 ] When it premiered at Sadler's Wells in 1995, Matthew Bourne's triumphant modern re-interpretation of SWAN LAKE turned tradition upside down, taking the dance world by storm. |
BERNARD HERRMANN
Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes (complete ballet from the Sadler's Wells Theatre) BLU-RAY Ashley Shaw, Dominic North, Adam Cooper / Matthew Bourne (director & choreographer) [ Illuminations Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2012 ] Filmed at Sadler's Wells in 2019, Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes is a triumphant adaptation of the legendary 1948 feature film by Micheal Powell and Emeric Pressburger. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / EDWARD ELGAR / ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Concerto, Enigma & Raymonda Blu-ray Royal Ballet [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 17/Jul/2020 ] From The Royal Ballet's classical origins in the works of Petipa, to the home-grown choreographers who put British Ballet on the world stage, this mixed programme highlights the versatility of the Company. Petipa's Raymonda Act III is Russian... |
ADOLPHE-CHARLES ADAM
Adam: Giselle (Complete ballet recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY The Royal Ballet / Alina Cojocaru / Johan Kobborg / Marianela Nunez / Martin Harvey / Boris Gruzin (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2009 ] BLU-RAY - 'Cojocaru's interpretation, everyone seems to agree, is one of the greatest of all time, and she continues to refine it with every performance' The Observer |
CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON
Wheeldon: Within The Golden Hour (complete ballet) with works by Cherkaoui & Pite BLU-RAY Royal Ballet / Beatriz Stix-Brunell, Francesca Hayward, Sarah Lamb, Alexander Campbell / Andrew Griffiths & Jonathan Lo [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2020 ] The contemporary face of The Royal Ballet is shown in works from three of today's leading choreographers. |
FERDINAND HEROLD
Herold: La Fille mal gardée (complete ballet recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Royal Ballet, Covent Garden / Natalia Osipova, Steven McRae, Philip Mosley, Christopher Saunders / Barry Wordsworth (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Nov/2015 ] A classic of The Royal Ballet, La Fille mal gardée was an immediate hit with the British public. Choreographed by Frederick Ashton in 1960, it is a highly lyrical and technically demanding take on the simple tale of 'love revailing' which underpins... |
FERDINAND HEROLD / PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY / ADOLPHE ADAM
The Art of Natalia Osipova: La Fille mal gardée / Swan Lake / Giselle / Force of Nature BLU-RAY Royal Ballet, Covent Garden / Natalia Osipova, with Steven McRae, Philip Mosley, Christopher Saunders, Matthew Golding, Elizabeth McGorian & others [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / 4 Blu-ray Box Set - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Russian dance superstar Natalia Osipova joined The Royal Ballet as a Principal in 2013 and has since filled each of her leading roles with an unforgettable passion, fiery energy and technical prowess. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Acis and Galatea (complete opera recorded April 2009) BLU-RAY The Royal Opera & Ballet / Danielle de Niese, Charles Workman, Matthew Rose, Paul Agnew / Christopher Hogwood (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "An evening of exquisite sensual pleasure." The Telegraph |
FRANK MOON
Pita after Kafka: The Metamorphosis (complete ballet recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Royal Ballet / Edward Watson, Laura Day, Nina Goldman, Neil Reynolds [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Nov/2015 ] 'It's unique and absurd … timeless and universal.' So choreographer and director Arthur Pita describes Kafka's powerful novella The Metamorphosis, which has inspired this award-winning production for The Royal Ballet. |
LISZT arranged LANCHBERY
Mayerling (complete ballet with choreography by Kenneth MacMillan recorded 2009) The Royal Ballet / Edward Watson, Mara Galeazzi, Sarah Lamb / Barry Wordsworth (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Sep/2011 ] The Royal Ballet presents a stellar cast in Kenneth MacMillan's daring and powerful ballet, filmed in 1994, with John Lanchbery's sumptuous scoring of music by Franz Liszt. The dramatic soundscape is matched by MacMillan's penetrating interpretation... |
JOBY TALBOT
The Winter's Tale (Complete ballet recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY The Royal Ballet / Edward Watson, Sarah Lamb, Zenaida Yanowsky, Steven McRae, Federico Bonelli / David Briskin (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Dec/2014 ] Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon Following his highly popular Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, created for The Royal Ballet back in 2011, Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon's draws on the same music and design team to create 'a triumph'... |
PROKOFIEV
Romeo & Juliet (complete ballet recorded at Covent Garden in 2012) BLU-RAY Royal Ballet / Federico Bonelli, Lauren Cuthbertson, Alexander Campbell, Bennet Gartside / Barry Wordsworth (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Mar/2013 ] G: Given its premiere by The Royal Ballet in 1965 with Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn dancing the title roles, Kenneth MacMillan's first full-evening ballet has become a signature work for the Company, enjoying great popularity around the world. |