Anastasia / music, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky and Bohuslav Martinů ; the Royal Ballet ; Royal Opera House.



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Ballet in 3 acts. Title from disc label. Dedicated by the choreographer to Ninette de Valois, founder of The Royal Ballet. Program notes by Jann Perry and Frances Welch as well as synopsis in English, French, and German (27 pages : colour illustrations) inserted in container. Extra features: Introduction to Anastasia; The sets of Anastasia, with Bob Crowley; Darcey Bussell interviews Viviana Durante (14 minutes). Recorded. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. November 2, 2016. Electronic music produced by the studio of the Technical University of West Berlin (Fritz Winckel and Rüdiger Rüfer) ; production realized by Deborah MacMillan ; designer, Bob Crowley ; lighting designer, John B. Read ; staging, Gary Harris ; directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon. Natalia Osipova (Grand Duchess Anastasia/Anna Anderson) ; Marianela Nunez (Mathilde Kschessinska) ; Federico Bonelli (her partner) ; Edward Watson (Anna Anderson's husband) ; Thiago Soares (Rasputin) ; Christina Arestis (Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna) ; Christopher Saunders (Tsar Nicholas II) ; the Royal Ballet ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; Simon Hewett, conductor.

Title
Anastasia / music, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky and Bohuslav Martinů ; the Royal Ballet ; Royal Opera House.
Artist
MacMillan, Kenneth, choreographer. .
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Abstract
"Royal Ballet Principal Natalia Osipova dances the title role in Kenneth MacMillan's haunting ballet, to atmospheric music by Tchaikovsky and Martinů. Anastasia tells the story of Anna Anderson who, following the Russian Revolution and the murder of the royal family, claimed she was the surviving Grand Duchess Anastasia. Many believed her to be an imposter; others hoped she was Anastasia, a remnant of a lost world. A powerful, psychological challenge for the lead dancer, Anastasia explores one of the great historical mysteries of the 20th century, only recently solved, and the distorting mirror of memory, time and place"--Container.
Year
2017
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