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Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet [Blu-ray] [2007] [2009] [Region Free]

Kenneth Macmillan    Exempt   Blu-ray
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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  • Directors: Kenneth Macmillan
  • Format: AC-3, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound
  • Language: Castillian
  • Region: All Regions (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: Decca
  • DVD Release Date: 2 Nov 2009
  • Run Time: 138 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B002E2M5OG
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 35,700 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Carlos Acosta and Tamara Rojo star as doomed young lovers Romeo and Juliet in Kenneth Macmillan's lavish Royal Ballet production of Prokofiev's classic ballet. Boris Gruzin conducts the Royal Ballet Sinfonia.

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Romeo and Giulietta / Romeo and Juliet


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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Being familiar with the music for many years, seeing it in its original dancing context was a revelation. It gives much more meaning to the subtle nuances in the composition and reveals a story of deep pathos and emotion. This emotional message is helped in this superb production by the excellent music from the Royal Ballet Sinfonia conducted by Boris Gruzin - it is BD audio at its best. There is less focus on athletic showmanship than on translating emotion through dance and mime and the lovely Tamara Rojo portrays a Juliet with such sadness as to bring tears to the eyes. I classify this as one of the best of the new Blu Ray productions and one which excels in all areas. Recommended without reservation.
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5.0 out of 5 stars It's Very Special 5 Aug 2012
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I loved every minute of it and I loved everything about it. The scenery, the costumes, the choreography and the music all tell a love story so beautifully danced and so emotionally fufilling. The burgeoning of the love between Romeo and Juliet is so delicately told - her thrill at his first kiss on the neck to the first kiss. For Rojo and Acosto it is a hugely emotional and exacting protrayal and the magic between the two is very evident. At the end when the lights come on you can see how physically and emotionally they are drained. I could not fault the production. Living where I do I have never had the opportunity to see previous interpretations so for me this is the ultimate one. I watch a ballet every night and I always return to Romeo & Juliet.
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By I. Giles TOP 50 REVIEWER
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It seems appropriate to start this assessment by quoting three newspaper summaries as follows:

`Tamara Rojo and Carlos Acosta ... Absolutely gleam with greatness' (Daily Telegraph)
`Acosta ... dances with stunning power' (Financial Times)
`Rojo's portrait of Juliet is gorgeously, movingly, thrillingly shaped' (Sunday Times)

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There are now two recent recordings available of this ballet, both made by the Royal Ballet. The newest disc, recorded in March 2012, comes into the most direct competition possible with this previous recording listed here. This earlier recording was made in November 2007 by Decca, also at the Royal Ballet with the same production but with a different cast and a Russian conductor.

One might be forgiven for being rather confused at this stage as it seems that the two recordings will double up so closely as to be an unnecessary duplication. In reality they are very different performances with a completely different emotional effect almost throughout. Both are described in the course of this review as follows:

Individual timings of various sections are an indication of the different approaches to the interpretation. In the earlier version starring Acosta and Rojo with Boris Gruzin conducting tempi are noticeably faster with tauter movements in many sections (such as in the crowd scenes or the sword fights) than in the new version with Federico Bonelli and Lauren Cuthbertson starring with Barry Wordsworth conducting. Some of the gentler sections can be startlingly different too such as Juliet's dance in act 1 taking just 2'20'' with Rojo compared to just over 3 minutes with Cuthbertson for instance. The ensemble pieces with their slower speeds in particular have completely different effects.
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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning Genius - Also available region free 21 Nov 2009
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I was there in the stalls when this was recorded - so lucky!. Tamara Rojo (pronounced Rocco) is always great but in this performance she must have well out performed anyone who has ever danced this role both in technical ability and expression. A Shakespere plot, a leading Soviet composer, a leading conductor, a world class orchestra, magnificent settings, preiod costumes, the most powerful cast, superlative sound and visual recording, first class camera work, faultless editing. MacMillan, of course, was the extreme genius of choreography of the 20th century! Not forgetting the genius behind the Royal Ballet - Monica Mason who selects and trains her magnificent team.
Right from the moment she dances on as a young playful girl, then falls in love, then kills herself in a tragic end, Tamara grabs your heart continuously. A recording of Shakesperian proportion! He would approve and express his admiration better than I can. For me SIMPLY THE GREATEST!!! ********* stars. Tamara outshines all others. No other Juilet, danced or acted, matches her.
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