The sleeping beauty [dvd / The Royal Ballet ; choreography, Marius Petipa ; music, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky ; director and executive producer, Ross MacGibbon ; a BBC production in association with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Format:
[dvd /
Publisher:
BBC :
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (25 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Ballet. Originally produced in 2007. Extra features: Synopsis [featurette] (3 min.); Cast gallery; Booklet includes the essay "A Cinderella story for a sleeping princess" by Tim Scholl in English, French, and German. Alina Cojocaru (Princess Aurora), Federico Bonelli (Prince Florimund) Christopher Saunders (King Florestan XXIV), Elizabeth McGorian (his Queen), Alastair Marriott (Cattalabutte), Genesia Rosato (Carabosse), Marianela Nuñez (Lilac Fairy), Isabel McMeekan (Fairy of the Crystal Fountain/the Countess), Lauren Cuthbertson (Fairy of the Enchanted Garden), Mara Galeazzi (Fairy of the Woodland Glade), Natasha Oughtred (Fairy of the Song Bird/the White Cat), Laura Morera (Fairy of the Golden Vine/Florestan's sister), Ricardo Cervera (Cavalier/Puss in Boots), Andrej Uspenski, Johannes Stepanek, José Martín, Ernst Meisner (Cavaliers), Gary Avis (French Prince), Edward Watson (Spanish Prince), Valeri Hristov (Cavalier/Indian Prince/Young Florestan), David Makhateli (Russian Prince), Jonathan Howells (Gallison), Deirdre Chapman (Florestan's sister), Iohna Loots (Red Riding Hood), David Pickering (the Wolf); artists of the Royal Ballet; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; Valeriy Ovsyanikov, conductor. Recorded live at the Royal Opera House covent Garden, London on 5 December 2006.
Contents:
Prologue: The christening -- Act 1: The spell -- Act 2: The vision -- Act 3: The wedding.
Summary:
At the christening of a long-wished-for Princess, fairies invited as godmothers offer gifts: beauty, wit, and musical talent. A wicked fairy's gift is an enchantment: when the princess turns 16, she will prick her finger on a spindle and die. This curse is partially reversed by one last fairy, who declares that the princess will instead fall into a deep sleep for 100 years. The king forbids spinning, but inevitably the curse is fulfilled. The good fairy casts a spell of slumber upon the entire kingdom and surrounds the castle with a forest of briar. One hundred years later, a Prince arrives, braves the wood, defeats the wicked fairy, and awakens the Princess with a kiss. The entire kingdom awakes with her, prepares for a wedding, and invites all the fairies along with fairytale characters Puss in Boots, Little Red Riding Hood, and others. The ballet ends with an apotheosis where all the characters make a final bow, and the Prince and Princess live happily ever after.
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