Dostupnosť:
na sklade / dostupné okamžite
Interpreti:
Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, Sergei Filin, Soloists of the Bolshoï Ballet, Svetlana Zakharova
Vydavateľ:
Bel Air Classiques
Pugni: The Pharaoh's Daughter
cast:
Soloists of the Bolshoï Ballet & Orchestra of the Bolshoï Theatre
Alexander Sotnikov
Svetlana Zakharova, Sergei Filin, Gennady Yanin, Maria Aleksandrova (dancers)
Filmed at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
World Premiere Recording in HD
Sound PCM STEREO,
DTS HD 5.1 NTSC Format 16/9
All Zones/VideoBD25 1080i HD 16:9
Menu and subtitles : Fr, Eng, Ger, Sp, Ru 101’
For the first time in Blu-ray, Bel Air Classiques present Petipa’s extravaganza, The Pharaoh’s Daughter, in the stunning production by Pierre Lacotte. This Russian ballet enjoys a special place in history. Premiered in 1862, this grand spectacle, which lasted four hours and featured a cast of 400, was Petipa’s first truly successful ballet and secured his future in St Petersburg, where he went on to become the most influential choreographer of the 19th century. Until recently, The Pharaoh’s Daughter was also one of Petipa’s lost ballets; it hadn’t been performed since 1928. In 2000 the French choreographer Pierre Lacotte premièred a restored version at the Bolshoi Theatre, after much research into the original, resulting in a shorter although still sumptuous extravaganza. Ballet scenarios don't come much sillier than The Pharaoh's Daughter, which turns on the story of British Egyptologist Lord Wilson who, after a reckless hit of opium, dreams himself back to the time of the pharaohs. Wilson falls in love with Aspicia, the ballet's titular heroine, and when she throws herself into the Nile to avoid being married off to the King of Nubia, Wilson is left to face death by snakebite. Tragedy is averted by the Nile's underwater king who restores Aspicia to Wilson's arms.