DVD Video, Bolshoi Ballet (ballet company)
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Minkus's and Petipa's museum-piece, using Cervantes as a peg for virtuoso dancing, needs charisma - so skip the dimly-filmed Bolshoi production and watch Plisetskaya in the half-hour extra. —
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Prokofiev: The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118
Ekaterina Maximova, Vladimir Vasiliev
Bolshoi Ballet
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71
Nina Kaptsova (Marie), Artem Ovcharenko (Prince), Denis Savin (Drosselmeyer), Alexey Loparevich (Stahlbaum), Olga Suvorova (Mrs. Stahlbaum), Pavel Dmitrichenko (Mouse King), Victoria Litvinova (She-Devil) & Morikhiro Ivata (He-Devil)
The Bolshoi Ballet, Pavel Klinichev
Integrity in dancing, and fine playing from the Bolshoi’s orchestra under Pavel Klinichev. —
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Khachaturian: Spartacus
Vladimir Vasiliev (Spartacus) & Natalia Bessmertnova (Phrygia)
Bolshoi Ballet
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Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet and Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Pas de deux
Galina Ulanova (Juliet) & Yuri Zhdanov (Romeo)
Bolshoi Ballet, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
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Auber: Marco Spada
David Hallberg (Marco Spada), Evguenia Obraztsova (Angela), Olga Smirnova (Marquesa Sampietri), Semion Chudin (Prince Frederici), Igor Tsvirko (Count Pepinelli), Alexeï Loparevitch (Brother Borromée), Andreï Sitnikov (Prince Osario), Anastasia Stashkevich (The Fiancée) & Vyacheslav Lopatin (The...
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Adam: Giselle
Svetlana Lunkina (Giselle), Dmitry Gudanov (Count Albrecht), Vitaly Biktimirov (Hans), Elena Bukanova (Berthe), Ekaterina Barykina (Bathilde), Alexey Loparevich (Duke), Vladislav Lantratov (Wilfreed), Yulia Grebenshchikova, Anna Okuneva, Anna Tikhomirova, Ana Turazashvili, Maria Vinogradova, Angelina...
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Delibes: Coppelia
Margarita Shrayer (Swanilda), Artem Ovcharenko (Frantz), Alexey Loparevic (Coppélius), Nadezhda Blagova (automaton Coppélia), Alexander Fadeyechev (Lord of Manor), Yuri Ostrovsky (Burgomaster), Nikolay Mayorov (Chronos)
Bolshoi Ballet, Pavel Sorokin, Marius Petipa / Enrico Cecchetti (original...
