More By Artist: Paris Opéra Ballet
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Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris, Hugo Marchand, Amandine Albisson, Matthias Heymann, Mathieu Ganio, Léonore Baulac, Germain Louvet, Dorothée Gilbert, Paul
Opéra de Paris: A Very Special Season (a Film By Priscilla Pizzato) BLU-RAY [ BelAir classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 27/May/2022 ] The Paris Opera Ballet is one of the most active dance companies in the world. The dancers, used to practicing 5 to 7 hours a day, develop themselves by working with coaches and choreographers. |
LAVAILLAT
La Petite Danseuse De Degas (from The Opéra Garnier, Paris 2010) BLU-RAY Clairemarie Osta / Dorothée Gilbert / Mathieu Ganio / Corps De Ballet & Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Paris / Koen Kessels [ ArtHaus Musik Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 8/Aug/2011 ] "An inspired and visually ravishing creation. This ballet deserves to go from success to success." (recording of the Month MusicWeb Aug 2011) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake (Complete ballet choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev recorded in 2005) Paris Opera Ballet / Agnes Letestu / Jose Martinez / Karl Paquette / Muriel Halle / Velo Pahn (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / Blu-ray - released 7/Feb/2007 ] '…their [Agnès Letestu & José Martinez] dancing was sensational, and Letestu in particular was magnificent. She was soft, lyrical yet aristocratic as Odette, as befits her slender, long-limbed body and her mime scene was of intense beauty. … Letestu... |
SCHNEITZHOEFFER
La Sylphide (complete ballet recorded in 2004) Aurélie Dupont / Mathieu Ganio / Mélanie Hurel / Le Corps De Ballet And Opéra National De Paris / Ermanno Fl [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 12/May/2011 ] Arthaus presents Pierre Lacotte's landmark reconstruction of the Romantic Ballet La Sylphide, long regarded as a classic in its own right. |
STRAVINSKY / FAURE / TCHAIKOVSKY
Jewels (ballet by George Balanchine) Ballet de L'Opera National de Paris / George Balanchine / Christian Lacroix [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 19/Jun/2006 ] G :- '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... |
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STRAVINSKY / FAURE / TCHAIKOVSKY
Jewels [ballet by George Balanchine] (recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Ballet de L'Opera National de Paris / Aurelie Dupont, Marie-Agnes Gillot, Agnes Letestu, Clairemarie Osta [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2008 ] DVD Blu-Ray - 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... |
BEETHOVEN / DEBUSSY / FAURE / SAINT-SAENS / etc
Proust, or How The Heart Skips A Beat (complete ballet recorded in 2007) Choreography by Roland Petit Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris / Stéphanie Romberg / Eleonora Abbagnato / Manuel Legris / Koen Kessels (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / Harmonia Mundi Distibution / DVD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] G - In 1974, Roland Petit, probably the greatest and certainly one of the most prolific of 20th century French choreographers he was the first person to create a work based on Proust's novel, A la recherche du temps perdu, completed in 1922, the... |
LAVAILLAT
La Petite Danseuse De Degas Clairemarie Osta / Dorothée Gilbert / Mathieu Ganio / Corps De Ballet & Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Paris / Koen Kessels [ ArtHaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 8/Aug/2011 ] "An inspired and visually ravishing creation. This ballet deserves to go from success to success." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Aug 2011) |
LEO DELIBES
Delibes: Coppelia (Complete ballet recorded at the Palais Garnier March 2011) BLU-RAY Paris Opera Ballet / Dorothee Gilbert, Mathias Heymann, José Martinez / Koen Kessels (cond) [ BBC / Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "Well worth watching…wonderment and terrific dancing…this is one that I will be returning to with anticipation and pleasure." (Blu-rayDefinition) |
DELIBES
Coppelia (Complete ballet recorded at the Palais Garnier March 2011) Dorothee Gilbert (Swanilda) / Mathias Heymann (Frantz) / José Martinez (Coppélius) / Paris Opera Corps de Ballet & Orchestre Colonne [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "On this DVD, excellent performances are provided by the quartet of principal dancers. The corps de ballet contributes delightfully in well-lit pools of light. Their routines are traditional and much as we would expect." (MusicWeb Feb 2012) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Dancer's Dream - Four documentaries dedicated to the great ballet productions by Rudolf Nureyev Les Etoiles / Les Premiers Danseurs et le Corps de Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris / Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris [ Arthaus Musik DVD / 4 DVD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] The documentaries by François Roussillon examine the various aspects of the ballets, which have become classics in the repertoire of the ballet ensemble of the Paris opera through Rudolf Nureyev's choreography. Nureyev's innate talent for dancing and... |
PROKOFIEV
Ivan The Terrible (complete ballet recorded in 2003) Nicolas Le Riche / Eleonora Abbagnato / Karl Paquette / Le Corps de Ballet and Opéra National de Paris / Vello Pähn [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] Arthaus presents one of the most fascinating choreographies to have emerged from Russia during the last decades: Yuri Grigorovich's original ballet dramatizing Ivan the Terrible's reign as Czar of Russia. |
BRUNO MANTOVANI
Mantovani: Siddharta (complete ballet recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Paris National Opera Ballet / Nicolas Le Riche, Aurélie Dupont, Stéphane Bullion / Michail Jurowski (cond) [ Arthaus Elegance Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Oct/2016 ] "Preljocaj's own long-term quest has been to harness the earthly, physical nature of dance to its metaphysical possibilities, and in these and similar passages he succeeds magisterially." (The Observer) |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / The Nutcracker (complete opera & ballet recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Paris National Opera & Ballet / Sonya Yoncheva, Arnold Rutkowski, Alexander Tsymbalyuk / Alain Altinoglu (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Nov/2018 ] In March 2016 Russian stage director Dmitri Tcherniakov created a revolutionary production for the Palais Garnier in Paris - the bringing together of Tchaikovsky's opera Iolanta and ballet The Nutcracker, which was to become one of the key events of... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / CHOPIN / etc
Opera National de Paris: Ballet - Swan Lake / Cinderella / Jewels / La Dame aux Camelias Paris Opera Ballet / Agnes Letestu, Jose Martinez, Aurélie Dupont, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Laëtitia Pujol, etc [ Opus Arte DVD / 6 DVD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2012 ] Bringing together four seminal works, this attractive collection offers a perfect introduction to the world's oldest national ballet company. |
CHOPIN
La Dame aux Camelias (Complete ballet choreographed by John Neumeier recorded in 2008) Paris Opera Ballet / Agnes Letestu / Jose Martinez / Dorothee Gilbert / Michael Schmidtsdorff (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] G : - 'John Neumeier has created a ballet in which emotions go crescendo … Agnes Letestu, the great dramatic heroine, triumphs in this ballet danced to music by Chopin.' Figaro |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake (Complete ballet choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev recorded in 2005) Paris Opera Ballet / Agnes Letestu / Jose Martinez / Karl Paquette / Muriel Halle / Velo Pahn (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 7/Feb/2007 ] '…their [Agnès Letestu & José Martinez] dancing was sensational, and Letestu in particular was magnificent. She was soft, lyrical yet aristocratic as Odette, as befits her slender, long-limbed body and her mime scene was of intense beauty. …... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Cinderella (Complete ballet choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev recorded in 2008) Paris Opera Ballet / Agnes Letestu / Jose Martinez / Laetitia Pujol / Koen Kessels (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "The production here was created in 1986 by Rudolf Nureyev. The setting is Hollywood in the 1930s. The basic story is intact and Nureyev was scrupulous in his use of Prokofiev's music. In all a sumptuous package." (MusicWeb Nov 2008) |
CHOPIN
La Dame aux Camelias (Complete ballet recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Paris Opera Ballet / Agnes Letestu / Stephane Bullion / Michael Denard / Dorothee Gilbert / Michael Schmidtsdorff [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jun/2009 ] DVD Blu-Ray - "A full length ballet which does justice to the Dumas novel on which La traviata is more loosely based. John Neumeier's poetic choreography is blessed with Agnès Letestu's Marguerite." (BBC Music) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake (Complete ballet recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Paris Opera Ballet / Agnes Letestu / Jose Martinez / Karl Paquette / Vello Pahn (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2008 ] DVD Blu-Ray - "Nureyev has adjusted the already-impressive lines of swans in the older version into spectacular geometric shapes. There seem to be more swans than any production of the ballet I had previously seen." (Four Stars AudAud.com) |
CHOPIN / MUHLY / RAVEL
Tribute to Jerome Robbins (recorded in 2008) Paris Opera Ballet / Dorothee Gilbert, Marie-Agnes Gillot, Nicolas le Riche / Koen Kessels (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 12/Dec/2011 ] Ten years after his death, the Paris Opera Ballet paid homage to the American choreographer who considered the Paris Opera his second home after New York City Ballet, Jerome Robbins. The three pieces performed here illustrate not only the diversity... |
CHOPIN / MUHLY / RAVEL
Tribute to Jerome Robbins (recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Paris Opera Ballet / Dorothee Gilbert, Marie-Agnes Gillot, Nicolas le Riche / Koen Kessels (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 12/Dec/2011 ] Ten years after his death, the Paris Opera Ballet paid homage to the American choreographer who considered the Paris Opera his second home after New York City Ballet, Jerome Robbins. The three pieces performed here illustrate not only the diversity... |
MINKUS (orchestrated Lanchbery)
La Bayadere (complete ballet reorded in 1994) BLU-RAY Paris Opera Ballet / Isabelle Guerin / Laurent Hilaire / Elisabeth Platel / Michel Queval [ Kultur / NVC Arts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Apr/2011 ] "Even if you don't usually like ballet, you'll be awestruck by the pageantry on display here in probably the most opulent production the Paris Opera Ballet has ever mounted." - Jeff Kauffman, Blu ray.com |
ADAM
Giselle (complete ballet recorded in 2007) Paris Opera Ballet / Laetitia Pujol, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Wilfried Romoli / Paul Connelly (cond) [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 10/Oct/2012 ] The performance recorded on this DVD is based on the St Petersburg version and was choreographed by Patrice Bart and Eugène Polyakov, two out-and-out Petipa specialists. |
GLUCK
Orphee et Eurydice (recorded at the Palais Garnier February 2008) Paris Opera Ballet / Maria Riccarda Wesseling / Julia Kleiter / Sunhae Im / Agnes Gillot / Yann Bridard / Thomas Hengelbrock (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] Filmed in HD at the Palais Garnier February 2008 Orpheus and Eurydice is Pina Bausch's masterpiece and the ultimate symbol of the genius of this German choreographer, who died last June, five days after being diagnosed with cancer. Bausch was the... |
GLUCK
Orphee et Eurydice (recorded at the Palais Garnier February 2008) BLU-RAY Paris Opera Ballet / Maria Riccarda Wesseling / Julia Kleiter / Sunhae Im / Agnes Gillot / Yann Bridard / Thomas Hengelbrock (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Dec/2009 ] G - Filmed in HD at the Palais Garnier February 2008 Orpheus and Eurydice is Pina Bausch's masterpiece and the ultimate symbol of the genius of this German choreographer, who died in June 2009, five days after being diagnosed with cancer. |
MAURO LANZA / TEDD ZAHMAL
Le Songe de Medee / MC 14/22 (ballets recorded in 2004) Paris Opera Ballet / Marie-Agnes Gillot / Wilfried Romoli / Eleonora Abbagnato [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 27/Sep/2007 ] Recorded live at the Paris Opera on November 2004. |
PROKOFIEV
Romeo & Juliet (Complete Ballet recorded in 1995. Choreography by Rudolf Nureyev) BLU-RAY Paris Opera Ballet / Monique Loudieres, Manuel Legris, Charles Jude / Vello Pahn (cond) [ Kultur / Warners / Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Apr/2014 ] "this is an often scintillating performance, and should be seen by any lover of ballet wanting to experience Nureyev's own idiosyncratic take on one of the most iconic ballets in the 20th century repertoire." - Jeffrey Kauffman, Blu-Ray.com |
BIZET / MENDELSSOHN / MOZART / PUCCINI / STRAUSS 11 / RAMEAU
THE BLU-RAY EXPERIENCE: Opera and Ballet Highlights Paris Opera Ballet / Royal Opera House / Teatro Real, Madrid / Glyndebourne Opera / Pacific Northwest Ballet / Drottningholms Slottsteater [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2009 ] Blu-Ray - Opera and Ballet Highlights from the Opus Arte catalogue at a very special price. |
STEVE REICH
Rain (Complete ballet recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Paris Opera Ballet / Valentine Colasante, Muriel Zusperreguy, Christelle Granier, Sae Eun Park, Léonore Baulac / Georges-Elie Octors (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2016 ] When Rain, created by the Rosas Company in 2001, entered the Paris Opera Ballet's repertoire ten years later, Director of Dance Brigitte Lefèvre brought a whole dimension of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's world to the Paris Opera. |
LEO DELIBES / LUDWIG MINKUS
Delibes/Minkus - La Source (complete ballet recorded in 2011) Paris Opéra Ballet / Ludmila Pagliero, Isabelle Ciaravola, Karl Paquette and Mathias Heymann / Koen Kessels, Conductor [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] Lost after its material records were destroyed by fire in 1883, the spectacular ballet La Source originally portrayed the idealistic vision of a magical domain in which a complex but beautiful love story of mythical figures unfolded. Jean-Guillaume... |
LEO DELIBES / LUDWIG MINKUS
Delibes/Minkus - La Source (complete ballet recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Paris Opéra Ballet / Ludmila Pagliero, Isabelle Ciaravola, Karl Paquette and Mathias Heymann / Koen Kessels, Conductor [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 8/Apr/2022 ] Lost after its material records were destroyed by fire in 1883, the spectacular ballet La Source originally portrayed the idealistic vision of a magical domain in which a complex but beautiful love story of mythical figures unfolded. Jean-Guillaume... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / MENDELSSOHN / PROKOFIEV / DELIBES / HEROLD
My First Ballet Collection (26 highlights from your favourite ballets) The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden / The San Francisco Ballet / Pacific Northwest Ballet / Paris Opera Ballet [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 10/Jan/2010 ] G - Featuring some of the world's most exciting and talented dancers, this sparkling collection brings together the best scenes from your favourite ballets - from the graceful elegance and passion of Swan Lake, to the wit of La Fille mal Gardée. |
