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Balanchine: Jewels Joyaux | Opus Arte OABD7011D

Balanchine: Jewels Joyaux

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Label: Opus Arte

Cat No: OABD7011D

Barcode: 0809478070115

Format: Blu-ray

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 1st September 2008

Contents

Artists

Aurelie Dupont
Marie-Agnes Gillot
Agnes Letestu
Clairemarie Osta
Laetitia Pujol
Jean-Guillaume Bart
Kader Belarbi
Mathieu Ganio
Ballet de l’Opera National de Paris
Orchestre de l’Opera National de Paris

Conductor

Paul Connelly

Works

Faure, Gabriel

Pelleas et Melisande Suite, op.80
Shylock, op.57

Stravinsky, Igor

Capriccio for piano and orchestra

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Symphony no.3 in D major, op.29 'Polish'

Artists

Aurelie Dupont
Marie-Agnes Gillot
Agnes Letestu
Clairemarie Osta
Laetitia Pujol
Jean-Guillaume Bart
Kader Belarbi
Mathieu Ganio
Ballet de l’Opera National de Paris
Orchestre de l’Opera National de Paris

Conductor

Paul Connelly

About

In 2000, seventeen years after George Balanchine’s death, a rare and precious ballet arrived at the Paris Opéra: Jewels, a work first performed by the New York City Ballet in 1967.

This alluring, abstract ballet, a triptych in which each piece sparkles with the brilliance of a precious stone, is a lyric tribute to women and to the capital cities of the great dance schools.

Couturier, painter and craftsman Christian Lacroix created the glorious costumes and sets which, together with the outstanding performances of the dancers and the sensitive musical direction of Paul Connelly, results in a celebration of sumptuous splendour.

Repertoire:
Gabriel Fauré - Pelléas and Mélisande and Shylock
Igor Stravinsky - Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.3 in D major

Musical Director: Paul Connelly
Set & costume design: Christian Lacroix

Recorded live at the Opéra national de Paris, October & November 2005.

Bonus material/features:
George Balanchine forever - A film by Reiner E. Moritz.

For Rubies nothing but delight. Aurélie Dupont, Marie-Agnes Gillot, Alessio Carbonne were electric, super charged, at the head of a fizzing cast, hard edged, hard driven, hard to beat.’ - Financial Times

A gem of dazzling brilliance.’ - The Independent

Picture: 1080i High Definition / 16:9
Sound: 2.0 & 5.0 PCM audio
Video codec: AVC/MPEG-4
Disc size: BD50
Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/ES/IT
Menu language: EN
Region code: All regions
Running time: 162 mins

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