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Coppelia - Delibes - Royal Opera House review by from Kent

Colourful Coppelia 21 March 2005
...t lovers!RB production with sets by Lancaster.Enjoyable all round performances. The Royal Ballet blessed with a corps who know how to act as well as the principals. Additional ... Read customer review

La Fille Mal Gardee review by A customer from Reading, England

A work of art 28 January 2006
...The Royal Ballet's production of 'La Fille Mal Gardee' is a pure delight and near perfect. As always Frederick Ashton's choreography provides a natural and joyful interpretati... Read customer review

The Sleeping Beauty - Royal Opera House Covent Garden review by A customer from Wimbledon, England

Lovely production 1 November 2007
... enjoyed this, such a lovely record of a good production. So few recordings of The Royal Ballet available on DVD, this one is definitely worth seeing. ... Read customer review

The Royal Ballet - filmography

Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Blu-ray (2009)
Starring: Miyako Yoshida, Ricardo Cervera, Steven Mcrae
Certificate:
This all-time ballet favourite, in which young Clara is swept into a fantasy adventure when one of her Christmas presents comes to life, is at its most enchanting in Peter Wright's glorious production as fresh as ever in its 25th year. Tchaikovsky's ravishing score, period designs by Julia ..read more »

70% from 47 members

Minkus - La Bayadere - Blu-ray (2009)
Starring: Tamara Rojo, TAMARA ROJO, Carlos Acosta
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Recorded live from the Royal Opera House, January 2009

55% from 15 members

Minkus - La Bayadere on DVD (2009)
Starring: Carlos Acosta, Marianela Nuñez, Marianela Nunez
Certificate:
Marius Petipas exotic ballet, set in legendary India, is a story of love, death and vengeful judgement. Natalia Makarovas sumptuous recreation of Petipas choreography, with atmospheric sets by Pier Luigi Samaritini and beautiful costumes by Yolanda Sonnabend, stars Tamara Rojo as the Bayadère (..read more »

70% from 19 members

The Nutcracker (2001)
Starring: The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Shirley Laub
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Hoffman's Christmas story, set to Tchaikovsky's score with choreography inspired by Lev Ivanov, creates an atmosphere of fantasy and the supernatural.

73% from 208 members
Not currently released

Coppelia - Delibes - Royal Opera House (2000)
Starring: Leanne Benjamin, Carlos Acosta, The Royal Ballet
Director: none
Certificate:
A performance of the popular ninteenth century ballet. Produced by the Company's founder, Dame Ninette de Valois. Includes biography of Osbert Lancaster with Anthony Dowell. The ballet tells the story of a toy maker and his daughter, Coppelia, who becomes an object of desire for a neighbour.

73% from 208 members
Not currently released

The Firebird / Les Noces on DVD (1996)
Starring: The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House Orchestra
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The Royal Ballet celebrates two of Igor Stravinsky's dance masterpieces. Leanne Benjamin, Jonathan Cope, Zenaida Yanowsky, and David Pickering lead the company in colorful performances of THE FIREBIRD and LES NOCES. Both productions were staged and choreographed by the legendary Nijinska.

67% from 120 members

Mayerling on DVD (1994)
Starring: Darcey Bussell, Lesley Collier, Irek Mukhamedov
Director: Keith MacMillan
Certificate:
A performance of Kenneth MacMillan's ballet 'Mayerling' with music by Franz Liszt.

62% from 130 members

Tchaikovsky: Gala Tribute To Tchaikovsky on DVD (1993)
Starring: Placido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Sergei Leiferkus
Director: Brian Large, Brian Large
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Recorded on December 1st, 1993, this programme celebrates the centenary of Tchaikovsky's death.

55% from 28 members

Ludwig Minkus - La Bayadere on DVD (1991)
Starring: Altyani Asylmuratova, Darcey Bussell, Anthony Dowell
Director: Ludwig Minkus, John Lanchbery, Natalya Makarova
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The ballet is set in legendary India. Solar, the noblest and braviest warrior of the land returns with his comrades from hunting the tiger. On the pretext that he wants to pray at the holy fire, he asks his friends to leave him on his own. In reality, however, he hopes to meet his secret lover, the ..read more »

74% from 43 members

Manon on DVD (1982)
Starring: Jennifer Penney, Anthony Powell, The Royal Ballet
Director: Colin Nears, Norman Morice, Nor
Certificate:
Kenneth MacMillan's spectacular work for the Royal Ballet, "Manon" tells the tragic story of a young student who falls under the spell of a beautiful, but immoral woman. Performed in 1982 at London's Royal Opera House Convent Garden, Jennifer Penney dances beautifully in the title role to Jules ..read more »

62% from 60 members

La Fille Mal Gardee on DVD (1981)
Starring: The Royal Ballet, Lesley Collier, Michael Coleman
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The Royal Ballet at Covent Garden performs Herold's "La Fille Mal Gardee" with choreography by Frederick Ashton. Two young lovers strive to overcome a disapproving mother and vast differences in social class. Ferdinand Herold's score is performed by the Royal Opera House Orchestra under the ..read more »

73% from 221 members

Tales Of Beatrix Potter on DVD (1971)
Starring: The Royal Ballet, Frederick Ashton, Alexander Grant
Director: Reginald Mills
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The Royal Ballet Company brings Squirrel Nutkin, Tom Thumb, Hunca Munca, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Jeremy Fisher, Pigling Bland, and Pigwig to the screen doing pirouettes and pas de deux in this filmed ballet production directed by Reginald Mills. The film more properly belongs, however, to choreographer ..read more »

65% from 313 members

The Nutcracker (1968)
Starring: Merle Park, Rudolf Nureyev, The Royal Ballet
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A version of The Nutcracker made for television in 1968 and choreographed and produced by, as well as starring, Rudolf Nureyev. Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky.

55% from 67 members
Currently unavailable

The Royal Ballet on DVD (1960)
Starring: Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, The Royal Ballet
Director: Paul Czinner
Certificate:
A set of great moments from the Royal Ballet, including excerpts from famous performances of 'The Nutcracker', 'Romeo and Juliet', and others.

61% from 50 members

Royal Ballet - Mayerling on DVD
Starring: Barry Wordsworth, The Royal Ballet, Irek Mukhamedov
Director: Keith MacMillan
Certificate:
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 1st and 5th February 1994.

52% from 10 members

The Sleeping Beauty - Royal Opera House ...
Starring: The Royal Ballet, Viviana Durante, Zoltan Solymosi
Director: Colin Nears
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A performance at Covent Garden by the Royal Ballet of Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty choreographed by Marius Petipa.

68% from 155 members
Not currently released

Rudolf Nureyev And Margot Fonteyn - An E... on DVD
Starring: Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, The Royal Ballet
Director: Anthony Asquith, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Anthony Have
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One of the most successful dance partnerships of all time, that of Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, is seen here. Ballet extracts include 'Les Sylphides', 'Le Corsaire', 'La Valse' and 'The Sleeping Beauty - Act 3 Aurora's Wedding'.

66% from 115 members

Delibes - Sylvia - Blu-ray
Starring: Darcey Bussell, Roberto Bolle, The Royal Ballet
Director: Graham Bond
Certificate:
A performance of the ballet Sylvia by The Royal Ballet.

68% from 8 members

Delibes - Sylvia on DVD
Starring: Darcey Bussell, Roberto Bolle, The Royal Ballet
Director: Graham Bond
Certificate:
Darcey Bussell and Roberto Bolle star in Frederick Ashtons Sylvia, restored to the splendour of its elegant and opulent three-act form for the 75th anniversary celebrations of The Royal Ballet.

81% from 115 members

Tales of Beatrix Potter - Blu-ray
Starring: The Royal Ballet, Frederick Ashton, Alexander Grant
Director: Reginald Mills
Certificate:
Entertaining children's stories danced by the Royal Ballet, wearing animal masks. Music by John Lanchbery, choreography by Frederick Ashton. The adventures are alive with same energy and passion of the books and feature unheard melodies from British Museum manuscripts, recovered and transcribed by ..read more »

42% from 15 members

Ballet Favourites on DVD
Starring: American Ballet Theatre, Darcey Bussell, The Royal Ballet
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A classy collection of dances from the world's best-loved ballet favourites as performed by the cream of the world's ballet companies. Features performances from Darcey Bussell, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Lesley Collier. This collection is composed of highlights from Warner Music Vision's full length ..read more »

57% from 136 members

Highlights From The Royal Ballet
Starring: Anthony Dowell, Lesley Collier, Wayne Eagling
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A whole hour of the best bits from The Royal Ballet's most popular productions. Highlights featured include Sir Frederick Ashton's choreography for Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker and Sir Kenneth MacMillan's choreography for Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet. Also includes extracts from La Fille mal Gardee ..read more »

57% from 75 members
Currently unavailable

The Royal Ballet facts

5 most recent films

Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Minkus - La Bayadere - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Minkus - La Bayadere - 3.5 stars
The Nutcracker - 3.5 stars
Coppelia - Delibes - Royal Opera House - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Delibes - Sylvia - 4.0 stars
La Fille Mal Gardee - 3.5 stars
The Nutcracker - 3.5 stars
Coppelia - Delibes - Royal Opera House - 3.5 stars
The Sleeping Beauty - Royal Opera House Covent Garden - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Tales of Beatrix Potter - Blu-ray - 2.0 stars
Royal Ballet - Mayerling - 2.5 stars
Tchaikovsky: Gala Tribute To Tchaikovsky - 2.5 stars
Minkus - La Bayadere - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Delibes - Sylvia - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Royal Opera House Orchestra - 7 times - show films
Darcey Bussell - 6 times - show films
Lesley Collier - 5 times - show films
Anthony Dowell - 4 times - show films
Carlos Acosta - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 3 times - show films
Reginald Mills - 2 times - show films
Graham Bond - 2 times - show films
Colin Nears - 2 times - show films
Keith MacMillan - 2 times - show films