ELEGANCE - THE ART OF Marius Petipa
RAYMONDA
- Reconstructed production from 1898
- Time travel to the original performance
- Featuring star dancers Olesia Novikova and Friedemann Vogel
- Choreographic revival and staging Sergej Vikharev
Music by Aleksandr Glazunov
Live from Teatro alla Scala, Milan 2011
Original choreography by Marius Petipa (1898)
Choreographic revival and staging Sergej Vikharev
Corps de Ballet and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala
Conductor Michail Jurowski
Raymonda Olesia Novikova Jean de Brienne Friedemann Vogel
Abderahman Mick Zeni
This La Scala premiere marks the most faithful version of
Raymonda yet to the original, which met with triumphant success
in St. Petersburg in 1898. Based on a medieval legend with
ladies, knights, crusaders and Saracens, cathedrals and castles,
the libretto had all the ingredients needed to spark the imagination
of the young Alexander Glazunov in his fi rst ballet score and
the infi nite wisdom of Marius Petipa, who complemented it with
an enormously rich and endless succession of dances. Drawing on
notation from the Harvard archives, original designs housed in the
St Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Theatre Library, La Scala
presents the last great work from the glory days of the Imperial Ballet.
MID-PRICE BALLET SERIES
The Elegance Series is a collection of breathtaking Ballet performances from internationally renowned houses with well-loved Dance Stars. They feature productions by the greatest choreographers that we know today and of course the legacy of the legendary Marius Petipa.
Sound Formats: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Picture Format: 16:9
Region Code: 0
Running Time: 154 mins
DVD 9 / NTSC |
