Genre:
Ballet
Release Date:
Jan 2011
Recorded:
2009
Number of Discs:
1
Sound:
2.0LPCM + 5.1(5.0) DTS
Subtitles:
EN, FR, DE, ES
Aspect Ratio:
1080i High Definition / 16:9
Display:
NTSC
Catalog Number:
OABD7079D
Minkus: La Bayadère (The Royal Ballet)
Tamara Rojo (Nikiya); Carlos Acosta (Solar); Marianela Nuñez (Gamzatti);
Marius Petipa's exotic ballet, set in legendary India, is a story of love, death and vengeful judgement. Natalia Makarova's sumptuous recreation of Petipa's choreography, with atmospheric sets by Pier Luigi Samaritini and beautiful costumes by Yolanda Sonnabend, stars Tamara Rojo as the Bayadère (temple dancer) Nikiya, Carlos Acosta as Solor, and Marianela Nuñez as Gamzatti whose alluring presence challenges Solor's love for Nikiya.
Filmed in High Definition and recorded in true surround sound.
Reviews
"There wasnt a single physical gesture that didnt mean something, that didnt speak of love trying and failing to blossom." (The Daily Telegraph)
"Overall, this is one of the best productions of a classical ballet that the ROH has ever staged or filmed." (Musicweb International)
Extra features
Tamara Rajo on dancing La Bayadère. Leanne Cope and Francesca Filpi on the corps de ballet. Tamara Rojo and Carlos Acosta rehearse with Alexander Agadzhanov. Natalia Makarova on choreographing La Bayadère.