THE BEAUTY OF BALLET
(5-DVD Box set)

Leo Delibes
COPPÉLIA

Swanida - Lisa Pavane
Franz - Greg Horsman
Dr. Coppelius - Colin Peasley

Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
Noel Smith, conductor

Arthur Saint-Léon, choreographer
Kristian Fredrikson, set designer and costume designer
William Akers, lighting designer

Recorded live at the Sydney Opera House, New South Wales, 1990

Adolph Charles Adam
GISELLE

Giselle - Christine Walsh
Count Albrecht - Kelvin Coe
Berthe - Ai-gul Gaisina
Hilarion - Paul de Masson
Duke of Courland - Roy Wilson
Princess Bathilde - Sandra Wilson
Wilfred - Colin Peasley
Peasants - Elizabeth Toohey, David McAllister

Australian Ballet
Elizaberth Melbourne Orchestra
Noel Smith, conductor

Marius Petipa, choreographer (after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot)
Peter Farmer, set designer and costume designer
William Akers, lighting designer

Recorded live at the Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, 1986

Jules Massenet
MANON

Manon - Justine Summers
des Grieux - Steven Heathcote
Lescaut - Nigel Burley
Monsieur G.M. - Jonathan Kelly
Lescaut’s Mistress - Lynette Wills
The Gaoler - Paul de Masson
Madame - Susan Elston
Beggar Chief - Steven Woodgate

Australian Ballet
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Noel Smith, conductor

Kenneth MacMillan, choreographer
Peter Farmer, set designer and costume designer
William Akers, lighting designer

Recorded live at the Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, 1995

Ferdinand Hérold
LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE

Lisa - Fiona Tonkin
Colas - David McAllister
Widow Simone - Ray Powell
Alain - Stephen Morgante
Farmer Wilson - Roy Wilson

Australian Ballet
Victoria State Orchestra
Noel Smith, conductor

Frederick Ashton, choreographer
Jean Dauberval, set designer
Osbert Lancaster, costume designer
William Akers, lighting designer

Recorded live at the Arts Centre, Melbourne, 20 June 1989

Aram Il’yich Khachaturián
SPARTACUS

Spartacus - Steven Heathcote
Flavia - Lisa Pavane
Crassus - Greg Horsman
Gad - Adam Marchant
Oenomsus - Robert Marshall
Crixus - Stephen Morgante
Julia - Ulrike Lytton
Claudia - Fiona Tonkin

Australian Ballet
Victoria State Orchestra
Ormsby Wilkins, conductor

Laszlo Seregi, choreographer
Gábor Forray, set designer
Tivadar Márk, costume designer
William Akers, lighting designer

Recorded live at the Arts Centre, Melbourne, 07 March 1990

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Picture format: NTSC 4:3
Sound Formats: LPCM 2. 0 / DTS 5.1
Region Code: 0 (worldwide)
Running Time: 9 hrs 23 mins
No. of DVDs: 5 (DVD 9)