Rite of Spring • Firebird | Stravinsky & The Ballets Russes | Mariinsky 2008 (DVD/Blu-ray trailer)

Описание: In celebration of the venue of the Ballets Russes in Paris in 1909, a wonderful Stravinsky night at the Mariinsky (ex-Kirov) with the original Nijinsky version of the Rite of Spring for the first time on DVD and the Firebird (costumes: Leon Bakst) both conducted by Valery Gergiev. Available on DVD and Blu-ray.

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The premiere of The Rite of Spring at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, on may 1913 caused a veritable scandal. The audience was shocked by the primitive violence of the ballet. I twas so radically rejected that the ballet was taken off after eight performances. Although long forgotten, thanks to the relentless work of Millicent Hodson, Nijinsky’s original choreography was recreated.

The Firebird is a Russian folk tale in two scenes commissionned at the young Stravinsky by Diaghilev and premiered at the Paris Opera House in 1910. The ballet was an immediate success. The Ballets Russes enabled the choreographer Fokine could bring his enterprise the right amount of novelty needed to captivate but not clash with the audience. It was a total success.

The Orchestra and Ballet of the Mariinsky Theatre are conducted by Valery Gergiev.

Music : Igor Stravinsky

The Rite of Spring
scenes from pagan Russia in two parts
Musiс: Igor Stravinsky
Choreography after Vaslav Nijinsky (1913)
Scene plan: Igor Stravinsky and Nicholas Roerich
Reconstructed and staged by Millicent Hodson
Set and costume design after Nicholas Roerich
Reconstructed and supervised by Kenneth Archer
Lighting: Vladimir Lukin

The Chosen One Alexandra Iosifidi
300-Year-Old Woman Elena Bazhenova
Shaman Vladimir Ponomarev

The Firebird
russian fairytale in two scenes
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Choreography and Libretto: Michel Fokine (1910)
Reconstruction: Isabelle Fokine, Andris Liepa
Set and costume design: Anna and Anatoly Nezhny
after original sketches by Alexander Golovin, Léon Bakst and Michel Fokine

The Firebird Ekaterina Kondaurova
Ivan Tsarevich Ilya Kuznetsov
The Princess of Great Beauty Marianna Pavlova
Kashchei the Immortal Vladimir Ponomarev

Mariinsky Orchestra and Ballet
Valery Gergiev, Music Director and Conductor

Filmed in High Definition at the Mariinsky Theatre (Saint Petersburg), 06/2008
Produced by François Duplat
Directed for video by Denis Caïozzi