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Ballet: Opera National de Paris / Balanchine, Neumeier & Nureyev [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-04-24

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80; Igor Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 3 in D major, Op. 29 "Polish"; Swan Lake, Op. 20;...
Performers: Bullion, Stephane; Denard, Michael; Dupont, Aurelie; Gilbert, Dorothee; Gillot, Marie-Agnes; Letestu, Agnes; Martinez, Jose; Osta, Clairemarie; Phavorin, Stephane; Pujol, Laetitia; Romoli, Wilfried
Conductors: Connelly, Paul; Schmidtsdorff, Michael; Kessels, Koen; Pahn, Vello
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Ballet; Paris National Opera Orchestra; Paris Opera Ballet; Paris Opera Orchestra

Bringing together four seminal works, this attractive collection offers a perfect introduction to the world's oldest national ballet company. Jewels, an alluring, abstract ballet, a...continue...
Run Time: 673 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
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Chopin: Les Sylphides; Adam: Giselle / Robinson, Beriosova, Elvin [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Les sylphides, ballet (arrangement); Adolphe Adam: Giselle
Performers: Beriosova, Svetlana; Elvin, Violetta; Fadeyechev, Nikolai; Field, John; Larsen, Niels Bjorn; Markova, Alicia; Nerina, Nadia; Sokolova, Lydia
Conductors: Robinson, Eric; Ringold, Hugo
Ensemble: ; Covent Garden Orchestra

These two exceptional studio performances represent some of the earliest filmed dance material from the BBC archives. Les Sylphides, introduced by Tamara Karsavina, one of...continue...
Run Time: 92 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
Subtitles: French, German
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