![]() ![]() I wrote the full review in August 2008, when I called this title the best ballet video ever made up to that time. ![]() Soon she will be destroyed by internal revolt or foreign conquest and all the pretty girls at Siegfred's party will be carried off just like Rothbart carried off his harem. Siegfried has demonstrated his inability to be King. This is an allegory of the decline and fall of nations and civilizations for lack of leadership. The Nureyev version of Swan Lake is not a fairy tale or romantic story. José Martinez stars as Prince Siegfried, a man who is perhaps too introspective and sensitive to be successful as King: Below are screenshots to augment the full review and illustrate the wide variety of shots (full-stage to extreme close-ups) provided by François Roussillon. For more information, try my full review of Swan Lake. The tragic Nureyev version of Swan Lake takes maximum advantage of the psychological depth of the music. Released 2008, this Blu-ray disc has 5.0 PCM sound. Set design by Ezio Frigerio costumes by Franca Squarciapino lighting by Vinicio Cheli. ![]() Vello Pähn directs the Paris Opera Orchestra. ![]() Stars Agnès Letestu (Odette/Odile), José Martinez (Prince Siegfried), Karl Paquette (Tutor/Rothbart), Muriel Hallé (The Queen), Michel Pasternak (Master of Ceremonies), Marie-Isabelle Peracchi (Ghost of White Swan), Nolwenn Daniel, Dorothée Gilbert and Emmanuel Thibault (Pas de Trois), Dorothée Gilbert, Myriam Ould-Braham, Fanny Fiat, and Mathilde Froustey (Cygnets), Emilie Cozette, Stéphanie Romberg, Aurélia Bellet, Laurence Laffon (Big Swans), Fanny Fiat and Alessio Carbone (Czardas), Stéphanie Romberg, Nathalie Riqué, Julien Meyzindi, and Christophe Duquenne (Spanish Dance), plus Myriam Ould-Braham and Jérémie Bélingard (Neaposiatan Dance). Directed 2005 by Brigitte Lefèvre and Patricia Ruanne at the Paris Opera Ballet (Opéra Bastille). Choreography by Rudolf Nureyev in tradition of Lev Ivanov and Marius Petipa. ![]()
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