Tchaikovsky ballet masterpieces : extracts from Sleeping beauty, Swan Lake & The nutcracker
(DVD)
Contributors
Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910, choreographer.
Ivanov, Lev, 1834-1901, choreographer.
Wright, Peter, 1926- choreographer.
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
Somes, Michael, 1917-1994.
Ivanov, Lev, 1834-1901, choreographer.
Wright, Peter, 1926- choreographer.
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
Somes, Michael, 1917-1994.
Published
[London] : ICA Classics, [2011].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Oliver La Farge - Media
DVD 792.845 Tch
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DVD 792.845 Tch
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Published
[London] : ICA Classics, [2011].
Language
English
UPC
5060244550506
Notes
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
"A BBC recording"--Container.
General Note
Booklet notes (15 p.) in English, French, and German.
Creation/Production Credits
Choreography: Ashton? after Marius Petipa (Sleeping Beauty) ; Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov (Swan Lake) ; Peter Wright, after Lev Ivanov (The nutcracker).
Participants/Performers
Sleeping beauty: Margot Fonteyn (Princess Aurora), Michael Somes (Prince Florimund) ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; John Lanchbery, conductor.
Participants/Performers
Swan lake: Margot Fonteyn (Odette/Odile), Michael Somes (The nutcracker and Prince) ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Robert Irving, conductor.
Participants/Performers
The nutcracker: Margot Fonteyn (Sugar Plum Fairy), Michael Somes (Prince Siegfried), Arnott Mader (Von Rothbart) ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Hugo Rignold, conductor.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Studio recordings. Sleeping beauty (extracts) originally broadcast Dec. 20, 1959 ; Swan lake (extracts) broadcast June 9,1954 ; The nutcracker (Act II) broadcast Dec. 21, 1958.
Description
"Exceptional studio productions from the late 1950's, all three of the Tchaikovsky ballet performances featured on this DVD are released for the first time. The perfect partners, Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes give stunning performances with Fonteyn at her most beguiling as Aurora in Sleeping beauty, the ballet in which she and the Sadler's Wells ballet made their historic American debut in 1949."--Container.
System Details
DVD, NTSC, region code 0; soundtrack in LPCM mono; aspect ratio 4:3.