The nutcracker = Der Nussknacker = Casse-noisette / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ; choreographer and stage director, Rudolf Nureyev ; video director, Michael Beyer ; a co-production of ORF and UNITEL in cooperation with Wiener Staatsoper and CLASSICA.
Contains (work): Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Nureyev, after Petipa and Ivanov) Container of (work) : Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Nureyev, after Vaĭnonen)
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Liudmila Konovalova, Clara ; Vladimir Shishov, Drosselmeyer/The Prince ; with various other soloists ; Wiener Staatsballett ; Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper ; Paul Connelly, conductor. Recorded live 2012 October 12 Wiener Staatsoper. Title from container. Originally recorded in 2012. Wide screen. Acompanied by booklet (14 pages) containing an essay by Jessica Duchen.
Summary:
The Wiener Staatsballett is one of the great companies in the world. Yet never before had Rudolf Nureyev's world-famous choreography of The Nutracker been performed in Vienna. The present production remedies this omission by presenting Nureyev's final, 1985 Paris version with two magnificent young soloists and the splendid Vienna corps de ballet. Nureyev's version enjoys a particular standing in the history of this well-known ballet in that it was the first to incorporate the psychology of E. T. A Hoffman's fairy tale on which Tchaikovsky's ballet is based. --container.
Series:
Wiener Staatoper live Wiener Staatsoper. Wiener Staatsoper live.
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