BALLET – Paris Opera Ballet
(6-DVD Box Set)

George Balanchine
JEWELS 

Repertoire:
Gabriel Fauré: Pelléas and Mélisande
Gabriel Fauré: Shylock
Igor Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 in D major

Aurélie Dupont
Marie-Agnès Gillot
Agnès Letestu
Clairemarie Osta
Laëtitia Pujol
Jean-Guillaume Bart
Kader Belarbi
Mathieu Ganio

Paris National Opera Ballet
Paris National Opera Orchestra
Paul Connelly, conductor

George Balanchine, choreographer
Christian Lacroix, set and costume design

Recorded live at the Opéra national de Paris, October and November 2005

Bonus:
- George Balanchine forever – A film by Reiner F. Moritz

Fryderyk Chopin
LA DAME AUX CAMÉLIAS

Marguerite Gautier – Agnès Letestu
Armand Duval – Stéphane Bullion
Monsieur Duval – Michaël Denard
Prudence Duvernoy – Dorothée Gilbert
Manon Lescaut – Delphine Moussin
Des Grieux – José Martinez
Olympia – Eve Grinsztajn
Gaston Rieux – Karl Paquette
Le Duc – Laurent Novis
Nanine – Béatrice Martel
Le Comte de N. – Simon Valastro

Paris National Opera Ballet
Paris National Opera Orchestra
Michael Schmidtsdorff, conductor

John Neumeier, stage director

Recorded live at the Palais Garnier, Paris, on 2, 5 and 8 July 2008

Bonus:
- Illustrated synopsis
- Cast gallery
- Flashback to the Lady of camellias

Sergey Prokofiev
CINDERELLA

Cinderella – Agnès Letestu
The Movie Star – José Martinez
The Sisters – Laëtitia Pujol, Stéphanie Romberg
The Mother – Stéphane Phavorin
The Producer – Wilfried Romoli

Paris National Opera Ballet
Paris National Opera Orchestra
Koen Kessels, conductor

Rudolf Nureyev, choreographer

Recorded live at the Palais Garnier, Paris, on 24, 26, and 28 April 2008

Bonus:
- Documentary: Cinderella goes to Hollywood
- Cast gallery and illustrated synopsis

Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
SWAN LAKE

Odette / Odile: Agnès Letestu
Le Prince Siegfried: José Martinez
Wolfgang / Rothbart: Karl Paquette
La Reine: Muriel Hallé

Paris National Opera Ballet
Paris National Opera Orchestra
Vello Pähn, conductor

Rudolf Nureyev, choreographer

Recorded live at the Palais Garnier, Paris in December 2005

Bonus:
- Illustrated Synopsis
- Cast Gallery

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Picture format: NTSC 16:9 anamorphic
Sound format: LPCM 2.0 / DTS 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Menu language: English
Running time: 11 hours 13 mins
No. of DVDs: 6