| | |  | Ballets & Classics | Home » » » Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty / Durante, Solymosi, Dowell, Royal Ballet | | | | | | | Description: | | The acclaimed Royal Ballet performance of Tchaikovsky's ballet masterpiece starring Viviana Durante, Zoltan Solymosi and Anthony Dowell. Also starring Benazir Hussein, William Tuckett, Elizabeth McGorian, and David Drew. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Viviana Durante, Zoltan Solymosi, Anthony Dowell, Benazir Hussein, William Tuckett | | Format:
| Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Kultur Video | | Run Time:
| 132 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| February 27, 1997 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 24 reviews |
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55 of 58 found the following review helpful:
 A PERFECTLY BEAUTIFUL PRODUCTIONOct 08, 1999
I needed a video so that my young daughter could see what she was working toward in her beginning ballet class. She'd seen a local performance of "The Nutcracker" but I wanted her to see a completely professional company at work. I couldn't have chosen better. The production is very traditional, best for a first-time experience. Durante is a marvelously delicate Aurora and Solymosi is every inch a prince. The video quality is excellent which cannot be said of very many ballet videos on the market. The lighting is such that every detail is visible and the sound quality is high. My only quibble is that the story scrolls by so fast that it is difficult to read it outloud. Very minor quibble, that!
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
An excellent video of a ballet classic.Oct 12, 2001
By R. H OAKLEY
"roboakley"
It is generally agreed by ballet critics that video and film cannot capture the impact of a ballet performance, and are best used to record performances so that later dancers can see how it was done. However, these critics have the advantage of living in those few cities with well established ballet companies. Sleeping Beauty is a long ballet, with many roles, and thus is beyond the resources of all but the largest companies. This video is of an excellent performance by the Royal Ballet. The dancing, costuming, and sets are all excellent. The camera work also does a good job of making up for not being there in person.
16 of 17 found the following review helpful:
Breathtaking Beauty ...Nov 25, 2002
By Keeneye Reviews
An incomparable performance of the Tchaikovsky-Petipa masterpiece from the Royal Ballet. From the moment the curtain rises on the Prologue we are swept into world of fairy tale splendor. Viviana Durante is exquisitely beautiful and technically brilliant as Aurora with stud-muffin Solymosi (he of the supple buttocks) her accomplished Prince; Dowell is a deliciously evil Carabosse with the lovely Hussein countering him as the beneficent Lilac Fairy. Sets and costumes are fabulously splendid, suggesting the early 18th and 19th centuries. In the panorama scene, the Prince travels through a wintery landscape to raise Aurora from her deathlike sleep, and, in the final act, their union is celebrated beneath a brilliant sunburst with Aurora's fairy tale guests dressed in lovely pastel costumes. This production cannot be bettered nor praised enough: every art of ballet theater has been lavishly employed in its creation. Principals, solists, corps, designers, and musicians are all in magnificent form. A 'Sleeping Beauty' that will delight most.
15 of 17 found the following review helpful:
Royal Ballet at its best!Nov 13, 2004
By J. M WILINSKY
This is one of the finest performances of The Sleeping Beauty available. It is exactly what you should expect from the Royal Ballet. The dancing is about as good as it gets: both the female and the male dancing. Fortunately, the male adagio in the second act is included; since there is a great deal of female dancing in this ballet, it is a pity that this adagio is often omitted, so I am glad to see it here. Everything else is fantastic as well, including the costumes and the surreal set design. I found the DVD picture quality to be perfect as well, as one would expect from a 1994 production, so, if there is a problem, check your equipment!
16 of 19 found the following review helpful:
Glorious performance by Vivana DuranteMar 10, 2001
By Ashley
Vivana gave an absolutely stunning performance in this video! She pulls off one of the hardest and most demanding roles of all time, especially for being quite short, although the ballerina that is most famous for this part id 6'0" tall! Vivana was amaizing, astounding, and any other word that means "awesome" AKA...she was All That and a bag of potato chips. The whole company was absolutely flawless, and the Lilac Fairy is one of the most gorgeous dancers that I have ever seen. I reccommend this video very, very, very much. This year my small company is performing a version of this video, and if anyone lives close by the information is: San Antonio, Texas at the Mc Allaster Theatre May 19-20, and Fredricksburg, Texas June 7. For maore information, call (210)696-4220. Enjoy this video while its still only 5 years old!
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