Margot Fonteyn / Michael Somes
SLEEPING BEAUTY (extracts)
STUDIO RECORDING, TRANSMITTED 20 DECEMBER 1959
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SWAN LAKE (extracts)
STUDIO RECORDING, TRANSMITTED 9 JUNE 1954
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THE NUTCRACKER (Act II)
STUDIO RECORDING, TRANSMITTED 21 DECEMBER 1958
Royal Opera House Orchestra, John Lanchbery
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Irving
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hugo Rignold
Exceptional studio productions from the late 1950s, all three of the Tchaikovsky ballet performances featured on this DVD are released for the first time. The perfect partners, Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes give stunning performances with Fonteyn at her most beguiling as Aurora in Sleeping Beauty – the ballet in which she and the Sadler’s Wells ballet made their historic American debut in 1949.
The ICA Classics Legacy series presents a collection of historic performances by some of the world’s greatest artists. These performances are released on DVD for the first time, incorporating rare archive footage that has been expertly and lovingly restored.
Catalogue Number: ICAD 5050
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SLEEPING BEAUTY (extracts)
Choreography after Marius Petipa · Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Act One
1 Waltz 3.27
2 Scene and entrance of Aurora 1.44
3 Pas d’action / Rose Adagio 5.58
4 Coda-corps / Aurora 2.18
5 Finale 1.34
6 The Lilac Fairy appears 3.06
Act Three
7 Pas de deux 4.32
Cast
Princess Aurora Margot Fonteyn
Prince Florimund Michael Somes
The Queen Felicity Gray
The King Alfred Rodrigues
Lilac Fairy Lucette Aldous
Carabosse Yvonne Cartier
Catalabutte Master of Ceremonies Claude Newman
First Prince Peter Wright
Prince John Chesworth
Prince Bob Stevenson
Prince Jelko Yuresha
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
John Lanchbery
Producer: Margaret Dale
Broadcast: 20 December 1959
© BBC 1959
SWAN LAKE (extracts)
Choreography: Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov · Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Act Two
8 Introduction / Pas d’action 5.17
9 Pas de deux 5.30
10 Conclusion / Pas d’action 1.39
Act Three
11 Introduction / Pas d’action 1.22
12 Pas de deux 4.33
13 Variation (Siegfried) 0.51
14 Variation (Odile) 1.34
15 Coda 1.47
Cast
Odette Margot Fonteyn
Prince Siegfried Michael Somes
Von Rothbart Arnott Mader
Odile Margot Fonteyn
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Leader: Joseph Shadwick
Robert Irving
Producer: Christian Simpson
Broadcast: 9 June 1954
© BBC 1954
THE NUTCRACKER (Act II)
Choreography: Peter Wright after Lev Ivanov · Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Act Two
16 Scene (The Sugar Plum Fairy appears) 2.36
17 Scene (Clara and the Nutcracker Prince appear) 1.21
Divertissement
18 a) Chocolate (Spanish Dance) 1.10
19 b) Coffee (Arabian Dance) 2.45
20 c) Tea (Chinese Dance) 1.02
21 d) Trepak (Russian Dance) 1.10
22 e) Dance of the Reed Pipes 2.06
23 Pas de deux 4.15
24 Variation (Nutcracker Prince) 1.12
25 Variation (Sugar Plum Fairy) 1.55
26 Coda 1.26
27 Waltz of the Flowers 5.00
Cast
Sugar Plum Fairy Margot Fonteyn
The Nutcracker and Prince Michael Somes
Clara Sandra Michaels
A cavalier Peter Wright
Spanish Dance Sara Luzita, Bob Stevenson,
Yvonne Cartier
Arabian Dance Sheila O’Neill, Rudi Szigeti,
Charles Schuller, Graham
McCormack
Chinese Dance Norman Dixon, Christopher
Lyall
Russian Dance Patrick Hurd, Miro Zolan,
Roger Tully
Butler Norman Dixon
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Leader: Steven Staryk
Hugo Rignold
Producer: Margaret Dale
Broadcast: 21 December 1958
© BBC 1958
Margot Fonteyn / Michael Somes - Tchaikovsky ballet masterpieces
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