A tribute to the art and the elegance of Svetlana Zakharova, ‘prima ballerina assoluta’ and queen of the Bolshoi Ballet, featuring Swan Lake (where she performs alongside Denis Rodkin and Artemy Belyakov), The Sleeping Beauty (with David Hallberg and Maria Allash), La Bayadère (with Vladislav Lantratov and Maria Alexandrova) and The Pharaoh’s Daughter (with Sergey Filin).

All performances were recorded at the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow.

Contents:

Swan Lake
Music by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Svetlana Zakharova • Denis Rodkin • Artemy Belyakov
Orchestra of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre
Conductor Pavel Sorokin
Choreography Yuri Grigorovich
Recorded at the Bolshoi Theatre - Moscow (2015)
Directed by Vincent Bataillon

The Sleeping Beauty
Music by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Svetlana Zakharova • David Hallberg • Maria Allash
The Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky
Choreography: Marius Petipa
New choreographic version (2011): Yuri Grigorovich
Recorded at the Bolshoi Theatre - Moscow (2011)
Directed by Vincent Bataillon

La Bayadère
Music by Ludwig Minkus (1826-1917)
Svetlana Zakharova • Vladislav Lantratov • Maria Alexandrova
Orchestra of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre
Conductor: Pavel Sorokin
Choreography: Marius Petipa
New choreographic version: Yuri Grigorovich with scenes from productions by Vakhtang Chabukiani, Nikolai Zubkovsky, Konstantin Sergeyev
Recorded at the Bolshoi Theatre - Moscow (2013)
Directed by Vincent Bataillon

The Pharaoh’s Daughter
Music by Cesare Pugni (1802-1870)
Svetlana Zakharova • Sergey Filin
Orchestra of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre
Conductor: Alexander Sotnikov
Choreography: Pierre Lacotte after Marius Petipa
Recorded at the Bolshoi Theatre - Moscow (2003)
Directed by Denis Caïozzi