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Actors: The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House Orchestra, John Carewe
Format: Classical, PAL, Widescreen
Language English
Subtitles: German, French, Spanish, Dutch
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: Exempt
Studio: Opus Arte
DVD Release Date: 12 Sep 2002
Run Time: 145 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00006BCCX
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 18,701 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)
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Two very different Stravinsky ballets are here presented by The Royal Ballet: the traditional, colourful designs perfectly suit the opulence of The Firebird, contrasting with the later, more austere, ritualistic scoring and choreography of Les Noces ("The Wedding"). Firebird is a traditional fairytale: the Prince gets his girl (a princess, naturally), with a little help from a magical Firebird, by defeating the evil Kostchei, who's holding the Princess and her fellow maidens captive. The devil notoriously gets all the best tunes, and with the riveting presence of David Drew's Kostchei it's apparent that baddies get the best moves in dance, too. Leanne Benjamin is an immensely athletic Firebird and Jonathan Cope, as the Prince, dances with style and personality.

Les Noces is, by contrast, a genuine ensemble piece, with the principals (the bride and groom) being almost less important than the corps de ballet itself. There are a few moments of less-than-perfect ensemble here, but these pale into insignificance in the face of the raw power of Stravinsky's angular music (scored for four pianos, percussion and chorus with solo voices). A third item finds Stravinsky conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra in his own Firebird Suite. The date was 1965 and he was a frail 83 at the time, but the concentration of the reading is compelling, as is his own stern visage, only breaking into a smile at the very end of the performance. This is an excellent filler for a first-rate ballet release.

On the DVD: The Firebird & Les Noces on this disc are presented with terrific technical values, both visually and in sound quality (the Stravinsky archive performance is in mono, however, but it's perfectly respectable). This is a real feast for the eye, backed up by solid documentation in the booklet and excellent additional features--David Drew's arch and entertaining "Nijinska's World" and behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage--that will appeal to both seasoned ballet fans and those who are new to the art form. --Harriet Smith

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DVD Special Features:

Rehearsal: Behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage of The Firebird and Les Noces
"Niijinska's World": David Drew remembers his role in Niijinska's staging of Les Noces for the Royal Ballet

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5.0 out of 5 stars Royal Ballets Firebird, 27 Oct 2006

By	Davids "Dav" (England) - See all my reviews

I saw this ballet when it was first performed on stage years befor and love it, so to own it on dvd is great. This perfomance of the firebird is completely faultless, everything is so great, the dancers (Benjamin, Cope, Yanowsky,Pickering, Raduenz), the costumes, the music, all is so amazing.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Stil going strong!, 23 Jun 2009

By	Arthur Wyatt (London England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Almost identical cast gave this performance again at Covent Garden May 2009! - Luckily I saw it twice - Superlative!! Did you know that the Rite of Spring is not yet recorded due to royalty costs etc? so its companion does not exist yet!

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3.0 out of 5 stars AN ODD COUPLING., 24 Sep 2006

By	Peter Moore "petermoore3032" (shrewsbury salop) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

THE FIREBIRD WAS EXCELLENT IN EVERY WAY, BENJAMIN SUPERB. BUT LES NOCES AN UNUSUAL ITEM MAYBE ITS JUST ME, BUT IT DID NOTHING FOR ME AT ALL.I WOULD LOVE TO SEE LEANNE IN SWAN LAKE BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW IS NOT AVAILABLE IN EITHER DVD OR TAPE,PITY.

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