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Grieg / Turnage / Dean: Peer Gynt / Zurich Ballet, Jensen [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2009-10-27

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23
Performers: Adamczak, Agnieszka; Bidzinski, Boguslaw; Kohl, Christiane; Voje, Angelica; Zhu, Huiling
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

In Peer Gynt Zurich choreographer Heinz Spoerli has attempted a daring combination of Grieg's score and modern sounds for a dance translation of the interior...continue...
Run Time: 110 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: French, English
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Stravinsky And The Ballets Russes / Mariinsky Ballet, Gergiev [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2009-10-27

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Firebird; Le sacre du printemps
Ensemble: Mariinsky Theater Orchestra, St. Petersburg

Today it is difficult to imagine the impact on audiences at the beginning of the 20th century of Serge Diaghilev (1872-1929) and his Ballets Russes....continue...
Run Time: 123 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blue Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio
Subtitles: French, English
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Stravinsky And The Ballets Russes / Mariinsky Ballet, Gergiev [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2009-10-27

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Firebird; Le sacre du printemps
Ensemble: Mariinsky Theater Orchestra, St. Petersburg

Today it is difficult to imagine the impact on audiences at the beginning of the 20th century of Serge Diaghilev (1872-1929) and his Ballets Russes....continue...
Run Time: 123 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
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Les Ballets Trockadero Vol. 1: Minkus, Etc. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2009-10-27

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Les Sylphides; Léon Fyodorovich Minkus: Paquita
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

Founded in 1974 by a group of ballet enthusiasts for the purpose of presenting a playful, entertaining view of traditional, classical ballet in parody form...continue...
Run Time: 104 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0
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Les Ballets Trockadero Vol. 2: Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2009-10-27

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Founded in 1974 by a group of ballet enthusiasts for the purpose of presenting a playful, entertaining view of traditional, classical ballet in parody form...continue...
Run Time: 100 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: French, German
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Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin / Kwiecien, Monogarova, Vedernikov [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2009-10-27

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24
Performers: Dunaev, Andrey; Gilmanov, Valery; Kasrashvili, Makvala; Kotscherga, Anatolij; Kwiecien, Mariusz; Mamsirova, Margarita; Monogarova, Tatiana; Sarkisyan, Emma
Ensemble: Bolshoi Theater Chorus; Bolshoi Theater Orchestra

Polish baritone Mariusz Kwiecien, recognised as one of the leading baritones before the public today, opened the 2008-2009 season in Paris with his Bolshoi Theatre...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: French, English, Ger...continue...

Offenbach: Les Contes D'hoffmann / Laho, Petibon, Wesseling [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2009-10-27

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann
Performers: Beaulieu, Delphine; Braun, Romaric; Cachemaille, Gilles; Cavallier, Nicolas; Deletre, Bernard; Denize, Nadine; Doufexis, Stella; Harnisch, Rachel; Huchet, Eric; Laho, Marc; Petibon, Patricia; Riccard...
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra

Offenbach's masterpiece, based on three stories by the German author E.T.A. Hoffmann, is both a three-act opera and a trilogy of taut, individual dramas, all...continue...
Run Time: 171 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: French, English, German,...continue...

Wagner: Die Walkure / Rattle/Berlin PO, White, Paasikivi, Gambill, Westbroek [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2008-11-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Gambill, Robert; Johansson, Eva; Paasikivi, Lilli; Petrenko, Mikhail; Westbroek, Eva-Maria; White, Willard
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"Despite its massive four-hour length, I found myself surfing back and forth revisiting many of the highlights that are just too numerous to list. I...continue...
Run Time: 240 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Surround
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Prokofiev: Cinderella / Zurich Ballet/Fedoseyev [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2008-11-01

Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87
Performers: Jermakov, Stanislav; Seneca, Karine
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Orchestra

Heinz Spoerli’s Zurich Ballet Cinderella production, filmed as a musical from Hollywood, turned out to be a huge success at its premiere and must rank...continue...
Run Time: 105 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Surround
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Wagner: Die Walkure / Rattle/Berlin PO, White, Paasikivi, Gambill, Westbroek [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2008-11-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Gambill, Robert; Johansson, Eva; Paasikivi, Lilli; Petrenko, Mikhail; Westbroek, Eva-Maria; White, Willard
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"Despite its massive four-hour length, I found myself surfing back and forth revisiting many of the highlights that are just too numerous to list. I...continue...
Run Time: 240 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blue Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Surround
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Tchaikovsky Gala. Teatro Alla Scala/Coleman [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2008-10-01

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20; Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66; Nutcracker, Op. 71

Bel Air's 'Tchaikovsky Gala' is a showcase of virtuosity that is not to be missed. Led by Roberto Bolle, resident star of La Scala, the...continue...

Tchaikovsky Gala / Dance highlights from Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty & The Nutcracker / Teatro Alla Scala [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2008-10-01

Bel Air's 'Tchaikovsky Gala' is a showcase of virtuosity that is not to be missed. Led by Roberto Bolle, resident star of La Scala, the...continue...

Bill T Jones - Solos. Kent/Dumais [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2008-10-01

A major figure on the contemporary choreography scene, Bill T. Jones is also a remarkable dancer and a performer with an electrifying stage presence. Here,...continue...

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'amore / Gardner/Paris Opera, Heidi Grant Murphy, Ambrogio Maestri [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2008-09-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore
Performers: Grant Murphy, Heidi; Groves, Paul; Maestri, Ambrogio; Naouri, Laurent; Zamojska, Aleksandra
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orchestra

Director Laurent Pelly has entertained Parisians with a string of successful comic opera productions. This new 'L'Elisir d'amore' from Bel Air is delightfully fresh and...continue...
Run Time: 133 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
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Minkus: Don Quixote / Ballet Nacional de Cuba/Duarte [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2008-06-01

Works: Léon Fyodorovich Minkus: Don Quixote
Ensemble: Symphonic Orchestra of the Great Theater of Havana

If there is one country in the world where classical ballet is still an art form for the people and by the people, it is...continue...

The Children of Beijing Opera - A film by Kent & Dumais-Lvowski [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2008-05-01

In granting us the rare privilege of entry, the Beijing Opera School offers access to the age-old art form of traditional Chinese opera. Based on...continue...

Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri / Frizza/Mahler CO, Stotijn, Mironov, Vinco [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2008-04-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri
Performers: Caoduro, Giorgio; Mironov, Maxim; Stotijn, Christianne; Vinco, Marco
Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir; Mahler Chamber Orchestra

On this delightful DVD, Rossini's hilarious romp 'L’Italiana in Algeri' (1813) gets a colorful staging by the Italian actor/director Toni Servillo. For this tale of...continue...
Run Time: 135 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Le Parc - A ballet by Angelin Preljocaj / Dneve/Paris Nat'l Opera Orch.[DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2008-02-01

Praised for his "precise, physical and daring" choreography and "the gleaming beauty of his productions," Angelin Preljocaj (b. 1957) stands out as one of the...continue...
Run Time: 92 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Donizetti: Don Pasquale. Pido/Suisse Romande / Ciofi, Alaimo [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2008-02-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Performers: Alaimo, Simone; Braun, Romaric; Ciofi, Patrizia; Giossi, Marzio; Shankle, Norman
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra

Bel Air presents 'Don Pasquale', a comic masterpiece from the pen of Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848). One of the most riotous operas ever composed, it also...continue...
Run Time: 127 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Roland Petit: "Proust - The Remembrance of Things Past", ballet / Paris Opera Ballet [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2008-01-01

In 1974, Roland Petit was the first to choreograph a ballet version of Marcel Proust's 1922 novel, "The Remembrance of Things Past" - ahead even...continue...
Run Time: 102 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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New Year's Eve in St. Petersburg / Gergiev/Mariinsky Theatre Orch. / Sleeping Beauty [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2007-11-01

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Gioachino Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims
Ensemble: Academy of Young Singers of the Mariinksy Theatre; Mariinsky Theater Orchestra, St. Petersburg

Here is a vivid record of a truly remarkable New Year’s Eve, captured at St. Petersburg’s fabled Mariinsky Theatre, with Valery Gergiev and the star-studded...continue...
Run Time: 70 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo, Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: Russia
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Britten: Turn of the Screw / Harding/Mahler CO, Delunsch [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2007-10-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Turn of the Screw, Op. 54
Performers: Delunsch, Mireille; McLaughlin, Marie; Miller, Marlin; Schaer, Hanna
Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra

"BelAir Classiques' DVD of a performance staged at the 2001 Festival d'Aix-en-Provence may not have (Petr Weigl's) consistent dramatic punch, but musically it's one of...continue...
Run Time: 108 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: France
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Prokofiev: Love for 3 Oranges / Sokhiev/Mahler CO, Europa Choir, Akademie soloists [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2007-09-01

Bel Air Classiques presents the first DVD release of the Russianlanguage version of 'The Love for Three Oranges', Sergei Prokofiev's brilliant reworking of the Italian...continue...
Run Time: 112 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo, Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: France
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Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail / Minkowski/Musiciens du Louvre, Hartelius, Leger [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2007-06-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K 384
Performers: Hartelius, Malin; Klink, Matthias; Leger, Magali; Moshkin-Ghalam, Shahrokh; Smilek, Wotjek
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

Mark Minkowski leads a splendid cast, supported by Les Musiciens du Louvre, in a sparkling production of Mozart's comic Singspiel staged by Jerome Deschamps and...continue...
Run Time: 128 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Boesmans: Julie / Ono/La Monnaie CO, Malena Ernman, Garry Magee [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2007-06-01

Works: Philippe Boesmans: Julie
Performers: Avemo, Kerstin; Ernman, Malena; Magee, Garry
Ensemble: Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Orchestra

Brussels-based Belgian composer Philippe Boesmans began as a student of piano at the Liege Conservatory, but his contract with Henri Pousseur inspired him to pursue...continue...
Run Time: 74 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, 16:9, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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