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I was looking for a general discussion/recommendation thread, but I can't see one. Ballet on video is frequently expensive compared to Opera! I think it would be a good idea to have a place to talk about it before we spend lots of money.

I am a noob, so I hope lots of you will bring your expertise to the thread. :tiphat:
 
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Present from my dearest.

Tchaikovsky Gala

Tchaikovsky:Swan Lake, Op. 20 (excerpts)
Vladimir Bourmeister (Choreography & staging) & Roberta Guidi di Bagno (Sets & costumes)
Polina Semionova, Roberto Bolle, Maurizio Licitra, Gianni Ghisleni & Flavia Vallone

Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (excerpts)
Marius Petipa (Choreography) & Franca Squarciapino (Costumes)

Marta Romagna, Antonino Sutera & Daniela Cavalleri

The Nutcracker Ballet, Op. 71 (Excerpts)
Patrice Bart (Choreography and staging) & Luisa Spinatelli (Costumes)

Nadja Saidakova & Ronald Savkovic

Corpo di Ballo ed Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, David Coleman
 
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This is perhaps an admission that will raise boos and heckling, but as much as I love ballet music, I often find the conventions of ballet itself to be strangely off-putting. I seem to like the actual dancing in small doses. I am not sure that this is an entirely unique view or there would be no audience for Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (which, by the way, is available on DVD).
 
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The third new release listed in Pugg's post above features three productions by the Ballet du Capitole company. Here are individual reviews of each performance. They were reviewed in their Blu-Ray format but, of course, the evaluation of each performance applies to both Blu-Ray and DVD.

Le corsaire: http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2014/Apr14/Adam_Corsaire_OABD7140D.htm

La bête et la belle: http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2015/June/Bete_belle_OABD7158D.htm

La reine morte: http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2016/May/La_reine_morte_OA1201D.htm
 
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Pugni: The Pharaoh's Daughter

Svetlana Zakharova (Aspicia, daughter of the Pharaoh), Sergey Filin (Lord Wilson, an Englishman), Gennady Yanin (John Bull, his servant), Maria Aleksandrova (Ramze, Aspicia's Nubian slave)

Bolshoi Ballet, Alexander Sotnikov
Release July 18-24
 
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Ballet DVD's

I was looking for a general discussion/recommendation thread, but I can't see one. Ballet on video is frequently expensive compared to Opera! I think it would be a good idea to have a place to talk about it before we spend lots of money.

I am a noob, so I hope lots of you will bring your expertise to the thread. :tiphat:
I'm happy to help and advise. I have over 80 ballet dvd's
 
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