The Sleeping Beauty. RB. 2006.

Watch The Sleeping Beauty Here:

http://youtu.be/G3FR_YabNXk

Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty is one of the best loved of classical ballets,
combining in a single work all the enchantment and virtuosity that ballet has to offer.
The royal court, the panoramic journey of the Prince to the overgrown castle,
and the great celebratory dances of the happy ending (in which other famous fairytale figures appear)
are all brought to life by the luscious designs of this celebrated production,
created in 1946 for the The Royal Ballet. The inspired performances of its revival for the 75th anniversary
of the Company in 2006, together with a magnificent High Definition recording,
make this a superb tribute to The Royal Ballet’s unique style and visual splendour.

Princess Aurora: Alina Cojocaru
Prince Florimund: Federico Bonelli
King Florestan XXIV: Christopher Saunders
His Queen: Elizabeth McGorian
Cattalabutte: Alastair Marriott
Carabosse: Genesia Rosato
Lilac Fairy: Marianela Nuñez

The Royal Ballet
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Choreographer: Marius Petipa
Additional choreography: Ashton / Dowell / Wheeldon
Conductor: Valeriy Ovsyanikov

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 5th December 2006.

Ondine. RB. 2009.

Watch Ondine Here:

http://youtu.be/2fxIov8TP6g

Miyako Yoshida dances the title role originally created for Margot Fonteyn in
the hauntingly beautiful underwater world of Ondine, vividly brought to life by The Royal Ballet.
Frederick Ashton’s shimmering choreography, Lila de Nobili’s impressionistic designs
and Hans Werner Henze’s specially commissioned, vibrant and inventive score,
memorably combine to evoke the many moods and colours of the sea.

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, June 2009.

Ondine: Miyako Yoshida
Palemon: Edward Watson
Berta: Genesia Rosato
Tirrenio: Ricardo Cervera
A Hermit: Gary Avis

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
Choreographer: Frederick Ashton

Winter Dreams. RB. 1992.

Watch Winter Dreams Here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu7RT04vbII

Manon. RB. 2008.

Watch Part 1. Here:

http://youtu.be/K0XbvNeDJmw

Watch Part 2. Here:

http://youtu.be/f8ZKkDQlY6g

In this Royal Ballet production, costumes, scenery and lighting feast the eye. 

MacMillan’s genius shines everywhere, in his acute observation of character and 

traits transformed so sharply into dance. Take the evolution of the relationship 

of Manon and Des Griex. As they meet they are young and rather naïve and innocent. 

In Act 1 their dancing together, with tender ‘travelling lifts’ has the freshness 

and exhilaration of new-found love. In the next scene in their love nest, the 

intimacy and ecstasy of their dance movements leaves no doubt that they are now 

consummated lovers blissfully aware of each other’s bodies. After Des Grieux leaves, 

and her brother Lescaut and her rich admirer, G.M., come to entice her away with 

jewels and furs, the mood and movements descend to degradation as Manon abandons 

love for riches. In this amazing pas de trois, Tamara Rojo’s figures here are so 

elastic and snake-like sinuous, that one would imagine she is made of india-rubber. 

In the end Manon’s rapaciousness catches up with her and she descends through remorse 

to ruin when she is deported as a prostitute and a thief to the New World. Her final 

dance with Des Grieux with whom she has run off into the Louisiana swamps after his 

victorious duel, graphically declares her weakness and despair in Rojo’s heavier 

mournful movements. 

Cast List:

Carlos Acosta (Des Grieux)

Tamara Rojo (Manon)

José Martin (Lescaut)

Christopher Saunders (Monsieur G.M.)

Laura Morera (Lescaut’s Mistress)

Genesia Rosato (Madame)

Thomas Whitehead (The Gaoler)

Paul Kay (Beggar Chief)

Philip Mosley (Old Gentleman)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Conductor: Martin Yates

Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan