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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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Dancer's Dream / The Great Ballets of Rudolf Nureyev [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-04-26

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Raymonda, Op. 57; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66; Léon Fyodorovich Minkus: La Bayadere
Performers: Clerc, Florence; Guérin, Isabelle; Jude, Charles; Legris, Manuel; Maurin, Elisabeth; Platel, Elisabeth
Conductors: Anissimov, Alexander; Pahn, Vello
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Orchestra

Four documentaries dedicated to the great ballet productions of Rudolf Nureyev Francois Roussillon's documentaries examine the various aspects of these ballets, which have become classics...continue...
Run Time: 363 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, Spanish, Italian, Chinese
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Mantovani: Siddharta / Malkki, Paris National Opera [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-02-22

Works: Bruno Montovani: Siddharta
Performers: Dupont, Aurelie; Le Riche, Nicolas
Conductors: Mälkki, Susanna
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Orchestra

With acclaimed choreography by Angelin Preljocaj, Siddharta explores themes of new challenges and sacrifice in the quest for an absolute. Moving beyond mere narrative, he...continue...
Run Time: 100 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
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Mantovani: Siddharta / Malkki, Paris National Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-02-22

Works: Bruno Montovani: Siddharta
Performers: Dupont, Aurelie; Le Riche, Nicolas
Conductors: Mälkki, Susanna
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Orchestra

With acclaimed choreography by Angelin Preljocaj, Siddharta explores themes of new challenges and sacrifice in the quest for an absolute. Moving beyond mere narrative, he...continue...
Run Time: 100 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
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Delibes: Sylvia / Connelly/Paris National Opera Ballet [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-01-25

Works: Léo Delibes: Sylvia
Performers: Dupont, Aurelie; Gillot, Marie-Agnes; Le Riche, Nicolas; Lengris, Manuel; Martinez, Jose
Conductors: Connelly, Paul
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Ballet; Paris National Opera Orchestra

The longstanding and enormously successful director of the Hamburg Ballet, John Neumeier, created his famous adaptation of Sylvia at the invitation of the Paris Ballet....continue...
Run Time: 136 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Minkus: Don Quichotte / Florio/Paris National Opera, Nureyev [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-09-28

Works: Léon Minkus: Don Quixote, ballet
Performers: Dupont, Aurelie; Legris, Manuel
Conductors: Florio, Ermanno
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Ballet; Paris National Opera Orchestra

Fascinated by the knight with the unfortunate physique who goes out into the world with his servant Sancho Pansa to crusade against the deplorable state...continue...
Run Time: 122 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
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Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty / Pahn/Paris National Opera, Nureyev [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-09-28

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a
Performers: Legris, Manuel; Platel, Elisabeth
Conductors: Pahn, Vello
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Ballet; Paris National Opera Orchestra

During his time as Artistic Director Nureyev created a number of magnificent choreographies for the ballet ensemble at the Paris Opera. One of his last...continue...
Run Time: 89 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, Spanish, Italian, Chinese
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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (Nureyev) / Paris Opera & Ballet [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Kultur International Films / 2010-04-27

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Performers: Delanoe, Lionel; Jade, Charles; Legris, Manuel; Loudieres, Monique
Conductors: Pahn, Vello
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Ballet; Paris National Opera Orchestra

Choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev, this stunning Paris Opera Ballet production was performed at the Opera Bastille. The exceptional cast was chosen by Nureyev himself, and...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, Dolby 5.1
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Dancer's Dream: The Great Ballets of Nureyev - Minkus: La Bayadere (Paris National Opera, 2002) [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-03-31

Works: Léon Fyodorovich Minkus: La Bayadere
Conductors: Pahn, Vello
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Orchestra

Rudolf Nureyev's version of 'La Bayadere', which takes up a whole evening, had its premiere at the Palais Garnier in Paris on 8 October 1992....continue...
Run Time: 102 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, Spanish, Italian
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Deldevez, Minkus: Paquita / Le Corps de Ballet Paquita, Paris Nat'l Opera Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-01-27

Works: Léon Fyodorovich Minkus: Paquita
Conductors: Coleman, David
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Orchestra

'Paquita' provides a superb example of "French" style exported to Russia. Originally a two-act ballet, it was created in 1846 at the Paris Opera in...continue...
Run Time: 115 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Spa...continue...

Prokofiev: Cinderella / Koen Kessels/Paris Opera, Letestu, Martinez [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2008-11-25

Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87
Performers: Letestu, Agnes; Martinez, Jose; Phavorin, Stephane; Pujol, Laetitia; Romoli, Wilfried
Conductors: Kessels, Koen
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Ballet; Paris National Opera Orchestra

Rudolf Nureyev's colourful, "movie-star" version of Prokofiev's 'Cinderella' retains the classic Perrault story but sets it in America during the difficult years of the Great...continue...
Run Time: 185 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, German, Fr...continue...

Dancer's Dream: The Great Ballets of Rudolf Nureyev (Documentary) - Sleeping Beauty / Paris National Ballet [DVD]

1 DVD Video / TDK / 2004-07-01

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66
Performers: Nureyev, Rudolf
Conductors:
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Ballet; Paris National Opera Orchestra

This documentary is dedicated to Tchaikovsky's 'Sleeping Beauty', the first ballet Rudolf Nureyev performed in after his defection from the Soviet Union and one of...continue...
Run Time: 89 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC Widescreen, 1.77:1, Color
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