Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker / Collier, Dowell, Royal Ballet Covent Garden
DescriptionFantasy and magic are the essential ingredients of The Nutcracker, and Tchaikovsky’s imaginative score helps bring to life the fantasy world of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s enchanting story of “The Nutcracker and The Mouse King.” Gennady Rozhdestvensky is the guest conductor who “drew ravishing playing from this most ravishing of Tchaikovsky’s ballet scores.” (Guardian) Though the original [...]
Tchaikovsky, Petipa – Swan Lake / Kirov Ballet, Yulia Makhalina, Igor Zelensky
DescriptionThis classic Kirov production of Swan Lake by Oleg Vinogradov includes the familiar happy ending in the final act, where Siegfried fights and ultimately defeats the evil magician, von Rothbart, and at dawn is reunited with Odette. Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Choreography by Marius Petipa And Lev Ivanov, in A Version By Konstantin [...]
Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker / Nureyev, Park, Royal Ballet
DescriptionThis historic 1968 Covent Garden production of Tchaikovsky’s ballet masterpiece captures Rudolf Nureyev at the peak of his career. Nureyev’s legendary performance makes this the definitive Nutcracker on video. Also features Merle Park as Clara, with Artists of the Royal Ballet, London. Now digitally re-mastered for DVD, this Nutcracker will be the highlight of every [...]
Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake / Makarova, Dowell, Royal Ballet Covent Garden
DescriptionIt is difficult to believe today that Swan Lake was a failure on its production in 1877 and was not successful until the Petipa/Ivanov version of 1895. Today it is regarded as one of the greatest works in the art of ballet. The magic of Tchaikovsky’s music, embodying the love of Prince Siegfried for the [...]
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty
DescriptionThe Sleeping Beauty has been performed at many key moments in the Royal Ballet’s history. To coincide with the Company’s 75th Anniversary, Monica Mason and Christopher Newton created a new production based on the Sergeyev/De Valois/Messel production that was first performed by the company in 1946. Peter Farmer recreated and augmented Oliver [...]
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker – San Francisco Ballet
This visually stunning, all-new production of Nutcracker,choreographed by Helgi Tomasson (artistic director of the SanFrancisco Ballet) is a graceful and timeless adventure on a grandscale. The scenic design by Michael Yeargan, setting the tale atthe time of the 1915 San Francisco World Fair, is sensational.From the lovely Waltz of the Flowers to the crystalline beauty [...]
