The nutcracker

Blu-ray 2015

One of the most popular ballets ever with Tchaikovsky's luscious score annotating the fantasy and enchantment of the tale. Vasily Medvedev and Yuri Burlaka, two Russian choreographers have developed a version for the Staatsballett Berlin which is based on the historic stage designs and choreography from the original of 1892.

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Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822 Film adaptations

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Description:

1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet ([14] pages : color phorographs) inserted in container
4 3/4 in
digital optical PCM stereo 5.1 Dolby Digital
videodisc
Blu-ray
video file Blu-Ray region 0

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: NR

Other Title:

Der nussknacker
Casse-noisette
Container of (work): Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Medvedev and Burlaka, after Ivanov)

Notes:

Title from disc label
Based on "The Nutcracker and the mouse king" by E.T. A. Hoffmann
"A coproduction Bel Air Media, Demetrius GmbH, Mezzo, Staatsballet Berlin."--Container
Program notes in English, French and German ([14] pages ; color photographs) inserted in container
Music, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ; libretto by Vasily Medvedev & Yuri Burlaka after Marius Petipa ; choreography, Vasily Medvedev & Yuri Burlaka based on the original choreography by Lev Ivanov ; stage design, Andrey Voytenko ; costumes, Tatiana Noginova ; producer, Francois Duplat ; director, Andy Sommer
Iana Salenko (Clara / Sugar Plum Fairy) ; Marian Walter (Nutcracker / Prince Coqueluche) ; Michael Banzhaf (Drosselmayer) ; Arshak Ghalumyan (Mouse King) ; soloists and corps de ballet of the Staatsballett Berlin ; students of the Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin ; Orchestra Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin ; Children's Choir Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin ; Robert Reimer, conductor
Recorded December 2014 Deutsche Oper Berlin
Blu-Ray, widescreen (16:9) presentation; PCM stereo, 5.1 Dolby Digital; Region 0, NTSC

Control Number:

2909030

Other Authors:

Banzhaf, Michael, dancer
Bel Air Classiques, film distributor
Bel Air Media (Firm), production company
Burlaka, I͡Uriĭ, choreographer, librettist
Choreographic adaptation of (work) : Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822. Nussknacker und Mausekönig. English
Container of (work): Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Shchelkunchik
Demetrius GmbH (Firm), production company
Deutsche Oper Berlin. Kinderchor
Deutsche Oper Berlin. Orchester, instrumentalist
Duplat, François, film producer
Duplat, François, producer
Ghalumyan, Arshak, dancer
Medvedev, Vasily, choreographer, librettist
Mezzo (Television station : Paris, France), production company
Noginova, Tatʹi͡ana, costume designer
Reimer, Robert, 1967- conductor
Salenko, Iana, dancer
Sommer, Andy, director
Sommer, Andy, film director
Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin und Schule für Artistik, dancer
Staatsballett Berlin, dancer, production company
Voytenko, Andrey, set designer
Walter, Marian, dancer

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