Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
Het Nationale Ballet - Sofiane Sylve, Gaël Lambiotte. Holland Symfonia, Conductor Ermanno Florio

Tchaikovsky and Petipa’s timeless ballet - acknowledged to be the most pure and demanding piece in the classic romantic repertoire – brings out Petipa’s rich dance vocabulary with the sparkling virtuosity a superb performance needs. Recorded at Het Muziektheater in Amsterdam with The Dutch National Ballet in 2004. Choreographer Sir Peter Wright’s sensitive staging closely reflects Marius Petipa's original work. Philip Prowse’s ravishing Baroque sets and costumes add the glamour and grandeur essential to a ballet intended for the court of the Russian Tsar.

PLUS
‘WE ALL LOVE MAGIC’ Featurette about fairy tales
‘THE STORY IS IN THEIR HANDS’ Sir Peter Wright describes the use of mime
‘A CRYSTAL-CUT DIAMOND’ Sir Peter Wright on rehearsing The Sleeping Beauty
‘I GOT STUCK’ A portrait of Sofiane Sylve
Cast gallery

SALES POINTS

• Advertised in BBC Music, Classic fM, Gramophone and Opera Now magazine
• Fantastic baroque sets and costumes
• Stunning dts Surround Sound
• This production is generally considered to be as close as you can get to Petipa’s original work