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Ashton celebration : the Royal Ballet dances Frederick Ashton / directed for the screen by Margaret Williams ; a Royal Opera House production

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: OA 1116 D | Opus ArteLanguage: English Subtitle language: English, French, German, Italian Distributor: [East Sussex, U.K.] : Opus Arte, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 videodisc (84 min.) : so, color ; 12 cm + 1 llibret (15 pàgines)Content type:
  • imatge en moviment bidimensional
Media type:
  • vídeo
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Uniform titles:
  • Valse (Coreografia : Ashton)
  • Thaïs (Coreografia : Ashton)
  • Voices of Spring (Coreografia : Ashton)
  • Monotones nos. 1 and 2 (Coreografia : Ashton)
  • Marguerite and Armand (Coreografia : Ashton)
Contained works:
  • Satie, Erik, 1866-1925. Gymnopédies
  • Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Sonates, piano, B minor
Subject(s):
Contents:
Conté: La Valse (15 min.) -- 'Méditation' from Thaïs (8 min.) -- Voices of spring (6 min.) -- Monotones I and II (22 min.) -- Marguerite and Armand (39 min.).
Production credits:
  • Coreògraf: Frederick Ashton ; The Royal Ballet ; director d'orquestra: Emmanuel Plasson ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; La Valse: música: Maurice Ravel. 'Méditation' a partir de Thaïs: música: Jules Massenet ; disseny vestuari: Anthony Dowell ; solo violin, Vasko Vassilev. Voices of spring: música: Johann Strauss II ; dissenys: Julia Trevelyan Oman. Monotones I and II: música: Erik Satie ; dissenys: Frederick Ashton. Marguerite and Armand: música: Franz Liszt ; disseny: Cecil Beaton ; solo piano, Robert Clark.
La Valse: principal waltzers, Hikaru Kobayashi, Ryoichi Hirano, Samantha Raine, Bennet Gartside, Helen Crawford, Brian Maloney. 'Méditation' from Thaïs: Leanne Benjamin, Valeri Hristov. Voices of spring: Yuhui Choe, Alexander Campbell. Monotones I: Emma Maguire, Akane Takada, Dawid Trzensimiech. Monotones II: Marianela Nuñez, Nehemiah Kish, Edward Watson. Marguerite and Armand: Tamara Rojo, Sergei Polunin, Christopher Saunders, Gary Avis, Sander Blommaert, Nicol Edmonds, Bennet Gartside, Ryoichi Hirano, Valeri Hristov, Kenta Kura, Andrej Uspenski, Thomas Whitehead, Jacqueline Clark.Summary: "This special programme, performed at the Royal Opera House to mark the 25th anniversary of Ashton's death, presents five works that demonstrate his astonishing versatility, from compelling abstract ballets - such as the exuberant Voices of Spring and the radically modernist Monotones - to the tragic love story Marguerite and Armand, brought to life with 'performances of heart-wrenching intensity ' (The Observer) by Tamara Rojo and Sergei Polunin."--Contenidor
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Vídeo Biblioteca Barcelona Biblioteca Barcelona BCN Vídeo V-DB ASH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 1900088853

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Notes del programa en anglès, alemany i francès- Contenidor

Coreògraf: Frederick Ashton ; The Royal Ballet ; director d'orquestra: Emmanuel Plasson ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; La Valse: música: Maurice Ravel. 'Méditation' a partir de Thaïs: música: Jules Massenet ; disseny vestuari: Anthony Dowell ; solo violin, Vasko Vassilev. Voices of spring: música: Johann Strauss II ; dissenys: Julia Trevelyan Oman. Monotones I and II: música: Erik Satie ; dissenys: Frederick Ashton. Marguerite and Armand: música: Franz Liszt ; disseny: Cecil Beaton ; solo piano, Robert Clark.

La Valse: principal waltzers, Hikaru Kobayashi, Ryoichi Hirano, Samantha Raine, Bennet Gartside, Helen Crawford, Brian Maloney. 'Méditation' from Thaïs: Leanne Benjamin, Valeri Hristov. Voices of spring: Yuhui Choe, Alexander Campbell. Monotones I: Emma Maguire, Akane Takada, Dawid Trzensimiech. Monotones II: Marianela Nuñez, Nehemiah Kish, Edward Watson. Marguerite and Armand: Tamara Rojo, Sergei Polunin, Christopher Saunders, Gary Avis, Sander Blommaert, Nicol Edmonds, Bennet Gartside, Ryoichi Hirano, Valeri Hristov, Kenta Kura, Andrej Uspenski, Thomas Whitehead, Jacqueline Clark.

Enregistrat al Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, el 21 de febrer de 2013.

"This special programme, performed at the Royal Opera House to mark the 25th anniversary of Ashton's death, presents five works that demonstrate his astonishing versatility, from compelling abstract ballets - such as the exuberant Voices of Spring and the radically modernist Monotones - to the tragic love story Marguerite and Armand, brought to life with 'performances of heart-wrenching intensity ' (The Observer) by Tamara Rojo and Sergei Polunin."--Contenidor

En anglès amb títols opcional en anglès, francès, alemany i italià amb subtítols en anglès, francès, alemany i itailà

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