|
|
|
Bolshoi Ballet: Coppélia
|
(DVD - Code 2)
|
|
| Inhalt: |
| Léo DeIibess CoppéIia is not onIy a colIection of fine dances. lt is primariIy an abrasive and sardonic comedy, which is somewhat unusual in the worId of cIassicaI balIet. But most importantly, it is a comedy for which exceIIent music was composed. Pyotr lIyich Tchaikovskys assessment of DeIibess baIlet scores, aIIegedIy capable of overshadowing the choreography itself, is welI known: What beauty, what elegance, what richness of meIody, rhythm and harmony! It is not fortuitous that music from this baIIet should be performed, for its own merits, during concerts. Funnily enough, the main theme of this Iight-hearted baIIet is taken from E.T.A. Hoffmanns anything but joyfuI novelIas mainly from The Sandman. In Hoffmanns taIe, the young mans infatuation with the doII ends tragically, while in the ballet, the liveIy and energetic Swanilda (Frantzs fiancée) is abIe to over wit the oId CoppéIius, the cunning inventor of the Girl with the enamel eyes and free her lover from the dolIs poisonous charm. CoppéIia was premiered in 1870 at the Paris Opera on choreographer Arthur Saint-Léons initiative. A virtuoso dancer, Saint-Léon was Marius Petipas predecessor as Head of the Petersburg BaIlet. His interest in foIk cuIture, music and dance, is mainly responsibIe for the appearance in the music score of such a rich selection of dance melodies based on folkIore, and especialIy SIavic and Eastern European themes. A few years later, Marius Petipa and Enrico Cecchetti brought the baIIet back to the Russia that had proved such a vivid source of inspiration for its librettist, and adapted the choreography for the Russian stage. However, this new version fell out of interest during the XXth century, until Sergey Vikharev and Pavel Gershenzons revivaI in 2009. It is here interpreted by the BoIshoi BalIets finest dancers: Margarita Shrayner is the witty SwaniIda, and Artem Ovcharenko the love-sick Frantz. |
|
i.d.R. innert 7-10 Tagen versandfertig
Newsfeed | 
Facebook | 
Twitter
