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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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Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress / Jurowski, Lehtipuu, Persson, Rose [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-01-31

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Rake's Progress
Performers: Bayley, Clive; Lehtipuu, Topi; Manistina, Elena; Persson, Miah; Rose, Matthew
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

In this celebrated Glyndebourne Festival production, David Hockney's designs for director John Cox reinterpret the Hogarth etchings that inspired the opera's libretto, written for Stravinsky...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...

Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress / Jurowski, Lehtipuu, Persson, Rose [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-01-31

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Rake's Progress
Performers: Bayley, Clive; Lehtipuu, Topi; Manistina, Elena; Persson, Miah; Rose, Matthew
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

In this celebrated Glyndebourne Festival production, David Hockney's designs for director John Cox reinterpret the Hogarth etchings that inspired the opera's libretto, written for Stravinsky...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish
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Ashton: Les Patineurs; Divertissements; Scenes de Ballet / Acosta, McRae [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-01-31

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Patineurs, ballet (arranged by Constant Lambert); Various: Divertissements; Igor Stravinsky: Scènes de ballet, for orchestra
Performers: Bussell, Darcey; Cope, Jonathan; Cuthbertson, Lauren; Galeazzi, Mara; Lamb, Sarah; McRae, Steven; Morera, Laura; Putrov, Ivan; Raine, Samantha; Soares, Thiago; Watson, Edward; Yoshida, Miyako
Conductors: Murphy, Paul; Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Founder choreographer of The Royal Ballet, Frederick Ashton created more than 100 ballets over a 60 year career. Showcasing three of his shorter works, this...continue...
Run Time: 96 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanis...continue...

Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress / Ono, Claycomb, Kennedy, Shimell [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2009-09-29

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Rake's Progress
Performers: Byrne, Donal J; Claycomb, Laura; Jeffrey, Darren; Kennedy, Andrew; Peckova, Dagmar; Shimell, William; Young, Julianne
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi
Ensemble: Chorus of Monnaie; Symphony Orchestra of Monnaie

This is a BLU-RAY disc and it will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as BOA 0991. Stravinsky's masterwork...continue...
Run Time: 174 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.0
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Ital...continue...

George Balanchine: Jewels - Faurel; Stravinsky; Tchaikovsky [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2008-10-28

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"
Conductors: Connelly, Paul
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Orchestra

In 2000, seventeen years after George Balanchine's death, a rare and precious ballet arrived at the Paris Opera: 'Jewels', a work first performed by the...continue...
Run Time: 152 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.0
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Ital...continue...

Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress / Kazushi Ono/SO & Chorus of La Monnaie, Laura Claycomb, Andrew Kennedy [DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2008-02-26

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Rake's Progress
Performers: Byrne, Donal J; Claycomb, Laura; Jeffrey, Darren; Kennedy, Andrew; Peckova, Dagmar; Shimell, William; Young, Julianne
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi
Ensemble: Chorus of Monnaie; Symphony Orchestra of Monnaie

Stravinsky's masterwork 'The Rake's Progress', created for La Fenice in Venice in 1951, is based on a libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman, inspired...continue...
Run Time: 174 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Stravinsky: Il Segreto di Pulcinella, Movers Ballet, Orch. Della Svizzera Italiana [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2007-04-24

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella
Performers: Amoretti, Ruben; Balducci, Antonella; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Tang, Muhai
Ensemble: Orchestra Della Svizzera Italiana

At the end of the 18th century, the Venetian painter Giandomenico Tiepolo created an album of 101 drawings. The scenes were set in a world...continue...
Run Time: 43 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English
Country of Origin: USA
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Jewels / Choreography: George Balanchine Ballet National De Paris [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2006-06-20

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"
Conductors: Connelly, Paul
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Orchestra

This is the first ever recording of George Balanchine's world-famous abstract ballet, Jewels, which was first performed by the New York City Ballet in 1967....continue...
Run Time: 152 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...

Stravinsky: The Firebird & Les Noces [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2002-10-01

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Firebird; Les noces

The Royal Bellet's glorious Stravinsky Double Bill unleashes the spectacular production of The Firebird with the stark beauty of Les Noces, magically choreographed by the...continue...
Run Time: 108 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo
Country of Origin: United Kingd...continue...