Lecorsaire La bete et la belle La reine morte Bête et la belle (Choreographic work : Belarbi) Reine morte (Choreographic work : Belarbi) Corsaire (Choreographic work : Belarbi)
Notes:
Ballet performance. Title from container. Le bête et la belle adaptated from the tale La Belle et la Bête, Josseline Le Bourhis and Kader Belarbi. La reine morte loosely based on the true story of Dona Inès de Castro (1320-1355) and "La Reine Morte" by Henry de Montherlant. Le corsaire is a ballet in two acts based on Adam's 1856 Corsaire, with a new libretto by Kader Belarbi based on Byron's poem of the same name. The music is a mixture of Adam's original score, in part reorchestrated, new music by David Coleman, and borrowings from other works by Arensky, Lalo, Massenet, and Sibelius. Le bête et la belle: Ballet du Capitole ; Julie Loria (the Beauty), Watanabe Takafumi (the Beast) ; Kazbek Akhmedyarov (Toroador), Juliana Bastos, Caroline Betancourt, Emilia Cadorin, Julie Charlet, Lauren Kennedy, Eukene Sagues-Abad, Silvia Selvini, Pierre Devaux, Shizen Kazama, Valerio Mangianti, Demian Vargas, Jérémy Leydier, Taisha Barton-Rowledge, Solène Monnereau, Maki Matsuoka, Vanessa Spiteri, Matthew Astley, Petros Chrkhoyan, Giuseppe Depalo, Evgueni Dokoukine, Nicolas Rombaut, Virginie Baïet-Dartigalongue, Juliette Thélin, Alexander Akulov, Théodore Nelson. La reine morte: Ballet du Capitole: Artjom Maksakow (King Ferrante) ; Maria Gutierrez (Doña Inés de Castro) ; Davit Galstyan (Don Pedro), Juliette Thélin (L'Infante) ; Orchestre national du Capitole ; Koen Kessels, conductor. Le corsaire: Maria Gutierrez (the slave girl) ; Davit Galstyan (the corsair) ; Takafumi Watanabe (the sultan) ; Juliette Thélin (the sultan's favorite concubine) ; Demian Vargas (the corsair's companion) ; Ballet du Capitole ; Orchestra national du Capitole ; David Coleman, conductor. Le bête et la belle recorded 2013 October 29 at Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, La reine morte recorded 2015 February 28 at Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, Le corsaire recorded 2013 May 19 at Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, Booklets with program notes in English, French and German inserted in containers. Extra features: cast gallery.
Summary:
Three masterworks by Kader Belarbi shine in these stunning Ballet du Capitole productions. Hailed by Le Figaro as ₁simply magnificent: a miracle in two acts,₂ Le Corsaire is a bold reinvention of a Nineteenth-century classic.
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