DELIBES: Sylvia (NTSC)

Aurélie Dupont, Manuel Legris,
Nicolas Le Riche, Marie-Agnès Gillot,
José Martinez

Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris
Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris
Paul Connelly

Choreography: John Neumeier

Cat no.: DVWW-BLSVA

Picture Format: 16:9, 1 DVD
Sound Format: LPCM stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0
Running Time: 117 + 19 mins (Bonus)
Region Code: NTSC All
Booklet Languages: GB, F, D
Recording Date: Opéra National de Paris, March 2005

• The longstanding and enormously successful Ballet Director of the Hamburg Ballet, John Neumeier, created his famous adaptation of Sylvia in 1997 on invitation for the Paris Ballet.
• TDK presents a performance of this choreography from the Opéra de Paris with a line-up of soloists that includes some of the best dancers of today: Aurélie Dupont, Marie-Agnès Gillot; Manuel Legris, Nicolas Le Riche and José Martinez, all étoiles at the Paris Ballet and stars of the international dance scene.
• Neumeier's contemporary choreography, created with the Opéra de Paris ballet, transforms Sylvia into a modern parable about the difficulties of loving. The characters are stripped of their mythological trappings to take on a more human, more universal dimension.
• Supported by the cautiously simple but very effective stage and costume design by the Greek painter Yannis Kokkos, emphasising the dancing rather than dominating it, John Neumeier has created a ballet that is as timeless as the mythological fable it portrays.