A performance of Handel's Guilio Cesare. Richard Hickox conducts the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra. Recorded live at the Sydney Opera House in June 1994.
Recently widowed and seeking a new husband Hanna Glawari is one of Pontevedro's wealthiest women. If she marries a foreigner Pontevedro will be left bankrupt...so the bureaucats plot to ensure that Hanna marries a suitable national. The Merry Widow is sheer entertainment with lifting melodies breathtaking decor and glorious dancing!
Carmen is a timeless tragedy never more relevant than today. It is a tale of desire seduction jealousy and betrayal. And in this Ted Brandsen's minimalist production the devastating finale is heightened by the complete lack of artifice. Rodion Shchedrin's fluid and muscular musical adaptation fits this raw and original performance by the West Australian Ballet like Carmen's red dress - tight revealing and like the production impossible to ignore.
The legendary Rudolf Nureyev stars in this classic ballet.
The Australian Ballet began life fired by the passion of a handful of people who had a dream. This is a dream since shared by thousands of dancers choreographers designers and enthusiasts who have come to share the joy of ballet over the past 40 years. In Beyond 40 David McAllister and Adrian Burnett present these people and their dance: from Dame Peggy Van Praagh and Sir Robert Helpman to modern talents such as Stephen Page Stephen Baynes and Stanton Welch. Using Graeme Mu
'Giselle' is a beautiful and haunting ballet a romantic tale of innocent love and betrayal. Deceived by Prince Albrecht the peasant maid Giselle loses her reason and dies- only to become one of the wilis ghostly apparitions who lure unsuspecting wayfarers to dance until they die of exhaustion.
Recorded live at The Victorian Arts Centre by the Australian Ballet Company this ballet tells the story of Princess Aurora who is put to sleep for one hundred years by the wicked Fairy Carabosse.
Spartacus (Australian Ballet)
Adam: Giselle (Smith The Elizabethan Melbourne Orchestra)
Recorded live at The Adelaide Festival Theatre this ballet tells the story of Manon a young woman who falls in love with Des Grieux a penniless student.
A delightful selection of extracts from some of the world's best known ballets. In a short introduction to each piece Maina Gielgud set the ballet in its historical context and explains the story that is being told in dance showcasing the splendid talents of the artists of the Australian ballet.
In a stunning departure from tradition Graeme Murphy transforms Nutcracker into a production which is uniquely Australian. The ballet is the story of Clara once a famous Russian ballerina who first came to Australia in the 1940s. It chronicles her turbulent nomadic life: and is a moving tribute to all of the dedicated artists who forged the ballet tradition in Australia. Recorded live at the Victorian Arts Centre Australia.
Recorded live at The Victorian Arts Centre in Australia. Set in a peasant village in the French countryside La Fille Mal Gardee is a delightful tale of the difficult path of young love. Widow Simone is determined to betroth her wilful daughter Lise to the eccentric son of the rich farmer but Lise ans her lover Carlos conspire to thwart the widow's plans. Music by Ferdinand Herold arranged by John Lanchbery. Choreography by Frederick Ashton staged by Faith Worth. Artistic director: Maina Gielgud.
Obsession jealousy love and betrayal interwine in this blood red and potent tale of survival. Carmen is a woman who will not be tied down. Don Jose is a man caught between desire and duty driven to despair by a love he cannot keep. This passionate story has captured the imagination of audiences the world over.
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