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The Seasons shall be revived as a ballet and not just as a symphonic work! I know it!
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The Seasons shall be revived as a ballet and not just as a symphonic work! I know it!
There is so much potential of choreography, plot, and visuals:
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I too would love to see a performance of The Seasons. The difficulty lies in programming it, I think: at around 35-40 minutes in total length, it doesn't really even make up half a programme. Perhaps if someone choreographed one or both of Glazunov's Concert Waltzes they could be added to make up half an evening's eventainment, but you'd still be well short of a full evening in the theatre.
Last weekend I went to see Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for the first time. The first act was a little slow, but overall it was delightfully magical. Much better than I expected with beautiful costumes & sets and video images were nicely incorporated. I loved the humorous scenes, especially the 3rd act.
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Schedrin - The Little Humpbacked Horse (chor. Ratmansky)
https://www.mariinsky.ru/en/playbill...011/4/6/1_1900
https://hdcollection.biz/the-little-...rsburg-sd.html
Big Ratmansky fan. Waiting for his Sleeping Beauty to show up on video.Originally Posted by Zhdanov
Schedrin - The Little Humpbacked Horse (chor. Ratmansky)
https://www.mariinsky.ru/en/playbill...011/4/6/1_1900
https://hdcollection.biz/the-little-...rsburg-sd.html
Roberto Bolle at his very best.
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I too have seen it live at the Royal Opera House. To be honest, however, I think it works even better on Blu-ray/DVD where camera close-ups make the striking visuals far more interesting. If you have already seen the Blu-ray/DVD, the theatrical performance can fall a little flat and seem something of an anticlimax.
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I don't know what the La Scala Tchaikovsky Gala looks like on DVD, but - unusually for BelAir Classiques whose Blu-ray discs are often technically superb - on Blu-ray it suffers very badly from the well-known juddering image effect. That's particularly in evidence whenever a camera tracks a soloist moving quickly and laterally across the stage while other dancers remain stationary in the background.
There are, as you say, some excellent Bolle performances here, though I don't think he does himself any favours by adopting an apparent de haut en bas attitude as he swans around the stage after the curtain call drinking champagne.
Last edited by Marsilius; Nov-13-2018 at 15:13.
Well, I have a nice, 1970s-era performance of Stravinsky's "Petrouchka", with Rudolf Nureyev. It IS remarkable, and maybe I can find a way to upload it.
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