La belle au bois dormant [videorecording] / [presented by] the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris ; [video] directed by Jacques Bernard ; choreography and mise en scène by Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa ; music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky.
Archival recording by the Théâtre National de l'Opéra. Ballet in three acts and a prologue after the fairy tales of Charles Perrault.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Douce François-Freitas.
Series statement
Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
Uniform title
Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Petipa, M)
Genre/Form
Dance.
Video.
Contents
Prologue (begins ca. 5 min. into the tape, ca. 31 min. long) -- Act I (ca. 35 min.) -- Act II (ca. 40 min.) -- Act III (ca. 39 min.) / the prince's variation in the grand pas de deux is not fully danced, and his choreography in the coda is partly marked.
Call number
*MGZIA 4-4270 RNC
Note
Accompanied by data sheet.
Logo of the Théâtre National Opéra de Paris (T.N.O.P.) at upper right.
Credits (note)
Decor and costumes, Nicholas Georgiadis ; lighting, John B. Read.
Performer (note)
Elisabeth Maurin (Aurora, Act I) ; Elisabeth Platel (Aurora, Act II) ; Isabelle Guérin (Aurora, Act III) ; Manuel Legris (Prince Désiré, Act II) ; Charles Jude (Prince Désiré, Act III) ; Georges Piletta (Catalabute) ; Jocelyn Bosser (the King) ; Viviane Descoutures (the Queen) ; Nathalie Riqué (the Lilac Fairy) ; Clothilde Vayer (Carabosse). Prologue: Carole Arbo (first variation) ; Fabienne Cerutti and Sandrine Marache (second variation) ; Geraldine Testut (third variation) ; Véronique Doisneau (fourth variation) ; Marie-Claude Pietragalla (fifth variation) ; Karin Averty (sixth variation). Act I: Olivier Patey, Kader Belarbi, Gerard Claudel, Jean-Christophe Paré (the four princes). Act II: Laurent Queval (the Duke) ; Viviane Descoutures (the Countess). Act III: Karin Averty, Wilfried Romoli, Carole Arbo, Fabienne Cerutti, Geraldine Testut (pas de cinq des pierres precieuses) ; Elisabeth Maurin, Eric Camillo (Bluebird pas de deux) ; Véronique Doisneau, Pierre Darde (the cats).
Event (note)
Videotaped at a répétition générale at the Paris Opéra on March 16, 1989.
Language (note)
Credits in French.
Title
La belle au bois dormant [videorecording] / [presented by] the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris ; [video] directed by Jacques Bernard ; choreography and mise en scène by Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa ; music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky.
Imprint
c1989.
Country of producing entity
France.
Series
Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
Event
Videotaped at a répétition générale at the Paris Opéra on March 16, 1989.
Credits
Decor and costumes, Nicholas Georgiadis ; lighting, John B. Read.
Performer
Danced by the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris.
Cast
Elisabeth Maurin (Aurora, Act I) ; Elisabeth Platel (Aurora, Act II) ; Isabelle Guérin (Aurora, Act III) ; Manuel Legris (Prince Désiré, Act II) ; Charles Jude (Prince Désiré, Act III) ; Georges Piletta (Catalabute) ; Jocelyn Bosser (the King) ; Viviane Descoutures (the Queen) ; Nathalie Riqué (the Lilac Fairy) ; Clothilde Vayer (Carabosse). Prologue: Carole Arbo (first variation) ; Fabienne Cerutti and Sandrine Marache (second variation) ; Geraldine Testut (third variation) ; Véronique Doisneau (fourth variation) ; Marie-Claude Pietragalla (fifth variation) ; Karin Averty (sixth variation). Act I: Olivier Patey, Kader Belarbi, Gerard Claudel, Jean-Christophe Paré (the four princes). Act II: Laurent Queval (the Duke) ; Viviane Descoutures (the Countess). Act III: Karin Averty, Wilfried Romoli, Carole Arbo, Fabienne Cerutti, Geraldine Testut (pas de cinq des pierres precieuses) ; Elisabeth Maurin, Eric Camillo (Bluebird pas de deux) ; Véronique Doisneau, Pierre Darde (the cats).