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[Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris]

Title: [Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris] [videorecording]
Publication: 1980-1986.

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Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (93 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Douce François-Freitas.

Series Statement

Rudolf Nureyev Collection.

Uniform Title

Manfred (Choreographic work : Nureyev)
Bourgeois gentilhomme (Choreographic work : Balanchine and Robbins)

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Note

Accompanied by data sheet.

Contents

Manfred (ca. 76 min.) / recorded in performance at the Palais Garnier, Paris, on March 8, 1986 (evening) ; video documentation, Douce François ; choreography and scenario, Rudolf Nureyev ; music, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; decor and film, Radu Boruzescu ; costumes, Nicholas Georgiadis ; danced by the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris, led by Laurent Hilaire as the poet [Byron/Manfred] ; actor André Rabas reads a text in French, drawn from the poem by Lord Byron. Ballet based on the poem of the same title by Lord Byron. Originally presented by the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris in 1979, Manfred was revised by Nureyev for the Ballett des Opernhauses, Zürich, in 1981, and this recording of the Opéra's 1986 revival may incorporate some of the changes made then.
Le bourgeois gentilhomme (excerpts) (ca. 14 min.) / excerpt from the French telecast Ce soir--Versailles, aired in 1980 ; produced by Yves Mourousi ; choreography, George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, staged by Brigitte Holm ; music, Richard Strauss ; costumes, Bernard Daydé ; danced by Rudolf Nureyev (Cléonte) and members of the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris. Open air performance set against fountains in Versailles. The remainder of the telecast (ca. 3 min.) depicts interior views of Versailles and an excerpt from a performance of Baroque music.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4272 RNC

OCLC

NYPY03-F1

Title

[Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris] [videorecording]

Imprint

1980-1986.

Country of Producing Entity

France.

Series

Rudolf Nureyev Collection.

Local Subject

Literature and dance.

Drama and dance.

Added Author

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, choreographer.

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer.

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993. Scenarist

Hilaire, Laurent, dancer.

Balanchine, George, choreographer.

Robbins, Jerome, choreographer.

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Composer

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Composer

Boruzescu, R. Designer

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824.

Daydé, Bernard, 1921- Costume designer

François, Douce.

Georgiadis, Nicholas, 1923-2001. Costume designer

Opéra de Paris. Ballet.

Added Title

Manfred (Choreographic work : Nureyev)

Bourgeois gentilhomme (Choreographic work : Balanchine and Robbins)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4272 RNC

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