Opus Arte Tchaikovsky: The Ballets [DVD] [2010]

Bringing together all of Tchaikovsky's ballets in an attractive box set, this four DVD collection includes Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and The Sleeping Beauty. Works: The Nutcracker (Choreography: Sir Peter Wright after Lev Ivanov); Anthony Dowell; Alina Cojocaru; Ivan Putrov; Miyako Yoshida; The Royal Ballet & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Evgeni Svetlanov) Swan Lake (Choreography Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov and Sir Peter Wright); Nathalie Nordquist; Anders Nordström; Marketta Kaila; Christian Rambe; The Royal Swedish Ballet & The Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra; Michel Quéval Sleeping Beauty (Choreography Marius Petipa and Sir Peter Wright); Sofiane Sylve; Gaël Lambiotte; Sarah Fontaine; Enrichetta Cavallotti; The National Ballet & Holland Symfonia; Ermanno Florio Press Reviews "Nobility and refinement in a unique production...With it's lush sets and costumes, and the gold covered glittering castle, The Sleeping Beauty is still the most beautiful thing ever to appear on Dutch stages." (NRC Handelsblad) "Dazzling Sleeping Beauty!...Sylve has everything for the role of Aurora…Together with Gaël Lambiotte she forms the ideal pair. He is a fantastic partner, supporting and stimulating, and, above all, radiating aristocratic allure in his astounding solo's..." (De Telegraaf) "Peter Wright's production is gloriously traditional, brilliantly choreographed, lavishly spectacular...The camera is always in the right place and Tchaikovsky's miraculously inspired score, of which one never tires, is marvellously played..." (The Penguin Guide - The Nutcracker) "The Royal Swedish Ballet's Swan Lake, recorded on 24 May 2002, is elegant and sumptuous, inventively choroeographed and beautifully staged by Sir Peter Wright and Galina Samsova, with particularly splendid sets and costumes." (The Penguin Guide ) "...outstandingly performed under Michel Queval's baton – and that's just the start...staging, choreography and dancing (by both corps de ballet and soloists) are all excellent…yet another superb Opus Arte release." (Classic fM) Cast Anthony Dowell (Drosselmeyer) Alina Cojocaru (Clara Stahlbaum) Nathalie Nordquist (Odette) Anders Nordström (Prince Siegfried) Sofiane Sylve (Aurora) Gaël Lambiotte (Prince) The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; The Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra; Holland Symfonia; Evgenii Svetlanov; Michel Quéval; Ermanno Florio Choreographer: Sir Peter Wright; Lev Ivanov; Marius Petipa Catalogue Number: OA0984BD Running Time: 473 minutes Sound: Dolby Stereo; Dolby 5.1 Surround (Swan Lake; Nutcracker); DTS Stereo; DTS 5.1 Surround (Sleeping Beauty) Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic Subtitles: FR,DE,ES (SWAN LAKE) DE,FR (NUTCRACKER) EN,FR,DE,ES (SLEEPING BEAUTY) Label: Opus Arte