The Bolshoi Ballet: The Pharaoh's Daughter/The Bolt/Pique Dame

Bolt: One Star: lacking musically and artistically but this is what you get when you try to put in your communist ideology within the framework of an artistic endeavor, very unsatisfying.The Pharaoh's Daughter: The gem of this collection. Gets better with repeated viewings. Also this one is available on HD DVD which is worth the extra cost!Pique Dame: Has dancing, background scenery, and lighting minimalism. Its not to watch once or twice but not worth owning.

I am 86 and asked my daughter to buy this on- line and I am the happiest person alive after watching this DVD. It was absolutely brilliant. Sheer heaven.!!!!

Marius Petipa, one of the greatest ballet choreographers of the century, met his first success with the ballet The Pharaoh's daughter. Did everything to please the public romantismo.Lugar exotic (Ancient Egypt), impressive figures, scenes of large groups, pantomimes, pas de deux and solos at will. Smash everything that was in that ballet fell in love the wagon.Choreographer Pierre Lacote accepted the mission to rebuild the daughter of Pharaoh, ballet has been lost in the twentieth century. Music Cesare Pugni there is a reduction for piano, already the choreography was more complicated. The focus was on the memories of dancers who danced the ballet in the first decades of the twentieth century and used his creativity in several parts.The ballet The Pharaoh's Daughter has 204 shows between 1864 to 1904 on stage in Czarist Russia. These figures attest to its popularity. But for reasons unknown and unexplained, it fell into oblivion. His last appearance was in the distant year of 1926.The choreography Lacote follows the tradition of the great Russian ballets. Keep the spirit and style of Petipa. Variations and soils of difficulty attached to numbers with group scenes. All this aims to show the technical mastery of the dancers. Technique not only excites and Lacote know it. His dance is smooth and balanced. Alterna moments of lightness with strength, thrilling the viewer. The numbers follow the tradition of the nineteenth century, Lacote not invent fashion, runs away from the modern choreography. He knows he is facing a romantic ballet and fits him. Your work is brilliant, riding a century ballet in his face the date of his debut. Everything is great: scenarios, number of dancers and colors. Make a single concession reduces the time the ballet of four for just over two hours.The scenery is magnificent, convey the mood and magic of ancient Egypt. His golden colors fit with the smooth sands of the Sahara desert. Remember the tales of Thousand and One Nights. The costumes are stunning in beauty, adapt to the libretto. The lighting is correct, but sometimes static: it could be better worked, helping the progress of the plot.Svetlana Zakharova is the first dancer of the Bolshoi and one of the big news. It has all the requirements for it. Technique, charisma, safe steps, trust. But its beauty is highlighted, makes grown men drool and women die of envy. Dance lightly, floating in slow steps, defies the laws of gravity in the pas de deux.The dancer Sergei Filin in the tradition of the Russian school. Pure strength, high heels. Leads Zakharova in pas de deux with refined technique. But he lacks the charisma of a Roberto Bolle or Russian Korsuntsev of Kirov.The corps de ballet is exceptional, the great dance steps simultaneously tuned to near perfection. Standard Bolshoi quality.Daughter of Pharaoh is a grand ballet in all directions, and do not understand why he left the repertoire of the great Russian opera. His music and choreography in love, this re-recorded in 2003 comes in handy.Portuguese:Marius Petipa, um dos maiores coreografos de balé do século XIX, conheceu seu primeiro sucesso com o balé A filha do Faraó. Fez tudo para agradar o público do romantismo.Lugar exótico (Egito Antigo) , números grandiosos, grandes cenas de grupos, pantomimas, pas de deux e solos à vontade. Sucesso estrondoso, tudo que estava nesse balé caiu no gosto da galera.O coreógrafo Pierre Lacote aceitou a missão de reconstruir A Filha do Faraó, balé que se perdeu no século XX. Da música de Cesare Pugni existe uma redução para piano; já a coreografia foi mais complicada. Ateve-se a lembranças de bailarinas que dançaram o balé nas primeiras décadas do século XX e usou sua criatividade em diversas partes.O balé A Filha do Faraó teve 204 apresentações entre 1864 até 1904 nos palcos da Rússia Czarista. Esses números atestam sua popularidade. Mas, por motivos desconhecidos e inexplicáveis, ele caiu no esquecimento. Sua última apresentação ocorreu no longínquo ano de 1926.A coreografia de Lacote segue a tradição dos grandes balés russos. Mantém o espírito e o estílo de Petipa. Variações e solos de grande dificuldade unidos a números com cenas de grupo. Tudo isso visa mostrar a maestria técnica dos bailarinos. Técnica somente não emociona e Lacote sabe disso. Sua dança é harmoniosa e equilibrada. Alterna momentos de leveza com força, emocionando o espectador. Os números seguem a tradição do século XIX, Lacote não inventa moda, foge das coreografias modernas. Sabe que está diante de um balé romântico e se adequa a ele. Seu trabalho é brilhante, monta um balé no século XXI com a cara da data de sua estréia. Tudo é grandioso: cenários, número de bailarinos e cores. Faz uma única concessão: reduz o tempo do balé de quatro para pouco mais de duas horas.Os cenários são grandiosos, transmitem o clima e a magia do Egito antigo. Suas cores douradas se encaixam com a fluidez das areias do deserto do Saara. Lembram os contos das Mil e Uma Noites. Os figurinos são estonteantes na beleza, adaptam-se ao libreto. A iluminação é correta, mas às vezes estática: poderia ser melhor trabalhada, auxiliando o desenrolar da trama.Svetlana Zakharova é a primeira bailarina do Bolshoi e uma das grandes da atualidade. Tem todos os requisitos para isso. Técnica apurada, carisma, passos seguros, confiança. Mas sua beleza é destaque, faz os marmanjos babarem e as mulheres morrerem de inveja. Dança com leveza, flutua nos passos lentos, desafia as leis da gravidade nos pas de deux.O bailarino Sergei Filin segue a tradição da escola russa. Pura força, saltos altos. Conduz Zakharova nos pas de deux com técnica refinada. Mas lhe falta o carisma de um Roberto Bolle ou do russo Korsuntsev, do Kirov.O corpo de baile é excepcional, dança os grandes passos simultâneos com sintonia que beira a perfeição. Padrão Bolshoi de qualidade.A Filha do Faraó é um balé grandioso em todos os sentidos, e não entendo porque ele saiu do repertório dos grandes teatros russos. Sua música e coreografia apaixonam, essa recriação gravada em 2003 vem em boa hora.Ali Hassan Ayache

A beautiful boxed set of three very different DVDs, The Pharaoh's Daughter is a new staging of a classic (if largely forgotten) ballet by Marius Petipa by French chorographer Pierre Lacotte who specialises in recreating such dance works. The Bolshoi presented it at British cinemas recently where I was most impressed. A huge cast with some stars including Svetlana are in great form. The story follows the adventures of an English explorer in Egypt who finds himself transported back to the times of the pharaohs. Some great dances, a bit of fun and huge energy keep the whole work steaming along. Pique Dame was created for the Bolshoi by the late French choreographer Roland Petit who was alive at the tome of the recording in 2006. Very loosley based on the writer Pushkin's story The Queen of Spades if pits the anti-hero Harmann against the Queen said to hold the secret of a winning hand at cards. But it is also a love story and the two principals danced by Nikolay Tsiskaridze and Ilze Liepa are both amazing to look at. Slightly abstract in concept, it is danced to Tchaikovsky's Pathetique symphony wonderfully played by the Bolshoi orchestra under conductor Vladimir Andropov. Even more abstract is Petit's Passacaglia on the same disc with Anton Webern's music. A revival rather than a new work it is intriguing rather than exciting.Bolt with music by Shostakovich is an undiscovered masterpiece. Choregraphed by Alexei Ratmansky, a former artistic director at the Bolshoi, the two act ballet is based on a work first staged in Russia in 1931.The powers that be thought it anti Soviet so it lasted only one performance. As before it is set in a factory where a disruptive worker brings work to a halt by throwing a bolt into the machinery. But the plot line hardly prepares you for the astonishing dances from regimented workers moving in unison to ballad-like love duets and cabaret styled dances. Fascinating and hugely enjoyable. All three discs in the box set have their own booklets and each has a good selection of extras, from interviews and making of documentaries to a lively view of the avant garde in Soviet Russia. A bargain set at the price and all in HD and full screen.

Kann ich jedem Ballettliebhaber nur wärmstens empfehlen. "Die Tochter des Pharao" gibt es im übrigen nur am Bolschoi, hier in der Originalbesetzung mit Filin und Sacharova.

Un très bon document, vraiment l'excellence de la danse classique russe. l'excellence de la danse classique russe.l'excellence de la danse classique russe. Un très bon document, vraiment l'excellence de la danse classique russe.

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ボリショイ・バレエの３本組・リージョンＡＬＬ。画質が良く、全てＮＨＫ（ハイビジョン撮影？）。国内盤にない特典映像がついて、１本あたり千円。『ファラオの娘』（2003年）アスピシア：スヴェトラーナ・ザハーロワウィルソン卿／タオール：セルゲイ・フィーリンラムゼ：マリア・アレクサンドロワジョン・ブル：ゲンナジー・ヤニン【特典映像】ドキュメンタリー「ファラオの娘」（13分）ピエール・ラコットのインタビュー（16分）『スペードの女王』（2005、振付ローラン・プティ）「スペードの女王」ニコライ・ツィスカリーゼイルゼ・リエパスヴェトラーナ・ルンキナジョルジー・ジェラースキン「パッサカリア」スヴェトラーナ・ルンキナヤン・ゴドフスキー【特典映像】出演者インタビュー（42分）『ボルト』（2006年、復活蘇演）アナスタシア・ヤツェンコアンドレイ・メルクリエフデニス・サヴィン岩田守弘【特典映像】アヴァンギャルドとキッチュ（12分）出演者インタビュー（45分）