Showing posts with label Steven McRae. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Steven McRae. Show all posts

Tuesday, 12 June 2012

The Nutcracker. RB. 2009.


Watch The Nutcracker Here:

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 Trevelyan Oman (including an ingenious magical Christmas tree),
an exquisite Sugar Plum Fairy (Miyako Yoshida) and chivalrous Prince (Steven McRae), the mysterious Drosselmeyer (Gary Avis)
and vibrant dancing by The Royal Ballet make for a captivating performance.
The Sugar Plum Fairy – Miyako Yoshida
Nephew / Nutcracker – Ricardo Cervera / Steven McRae
The Prince – Steven McRae
Drosselmeyer – Gary Avis
The Royal Ballet
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Koen Kessels, conductor
Peter Wright, choreographer and director
(after Lev Ivanov)
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, November and December 2009.

Saturday, 12 May 2012

Tales Of Beatrix Potter. RB. 2007.


Watch The Performance Here:


Frederick Ashton (the other major choreographer of the second half of the 20th century) created his ballet Tales of Beatrix Potter 
for the camera in 1971 (still available on DVD).
In 1992, Anthony Dowell created a stage version for the Royal Ballet, revived in 2007 and filmed during the subsequent performances.
David Nice’s essay in the accompanying booklet tells us much about the score,
“composed” by John Lanchberry using Victorian waltzes and ballads and excerpts from various 19th-century ballets (Minkus, Glazunov),
as well as his own version of La fille mal gardée,
to all of which Ashton choreographed a number of gems,
at the same time parodying the 19th-century classics in solos and pas de deux.


Mrs Tittlemouse: Victoria Hewitt
Johnny Town-Mouse: Ricardo Cervera
Mrs Tiggy-Winkle: Jonathan Howells
Jemima Puddle-Duck: Gemma Sykes
The Fox: Gary Avis
Pigling Bland: Bennet Gartside
Pig-Wig: Laura Morera
Aunt Pettitoes: David Pickering
Mr Jeremy Fisher: Zachary Faruque
Tom Thumb: Giacomo Ciriaci
Hunca Munca: Iohna Loots
Peter Rabbit: Joshua Tuifua
Squirrel Nutkin: Steven McRae

Wednesday, 2 May 2012

Swan Lake. RB. 2009.


Watch Swan Lake Here:

Yolanda Sonnabend's Faberge-inspired designs evoke a world of Imperial Russia in 
Anthony Dowell's acclaimed production for The Royal Ballet of one of the world's best-loved ballets. 
Marianela Nuñez as Odette/Odile and Thiago Soares as Prince Siegfried bring new vitality to a 
compelling story of tragic romance. The Russian conductor Valeriy Ovsyanikov directs the Orchestra of 
the Royal Opera House in Tchaikovsky's lush romantic score. 

Odette/Odile: Marianela Nuñez
Prince Siegfried: Thiago Soares

Choreographers: Marius Petipa & Lev Ivanov
Conductor: Valeriy Ovsyanikov
Stage Director: Anthony Dowell

Recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, on 16th & 24th March 2009.