| Other author/creator | Chisti͡a︡kov, Andreĭ, musical director. |
| Other author/creator | Liepa, Andris, dancer, director. |
| Other author/creator | Beletskaya, Tatiana, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Taranda, Gedeminas, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Petukhov, Sergey, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Breusenko, Vitaly, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Ananiashvili, Nina, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Liepa, Ekaterina, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Liepa, Ilze dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Yeremenko, Victor, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Poladkhanov, Gulam, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Mozzhukhin, Igor, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Genkel, Tatiana, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Komarova, Maria, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Solovĭova, Maria, cinematographer. |
| Other author/creator | Lebeshev, Pavel cinematographer. |
| Other author/creator | Nezhnyĭ, Anatoliĭ, 1970- designer. |
| Other author/creator | Nezhnai͡a︡, Anna, 1970- designer. |
| Included Work | Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Petrushka. |
| Included Work | Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Zhar-ptit͡s︡a. |
| Included Work | Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Shekherazada. |
| Other author/creator | Universal Music Group. |
| Other author/creator | Moskovskai͡a︡ kinostudii͡a︡ "Mosfilʹm." |
| Other author/creator | Bolʹshoĭ teatr SSSR. Orkestr. |
| Other author/creator | Decca Music Group. |
| Contents |
Petrushka / music by Igor Stravinsky ; choreography, Michael Fokine (34 min.) -- Firebird / music by Igor Stravinsky ; choreography, Michael Fokine (41 min.) -- Scheherazade / music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ; choreography, Michael Fokine (40 min.). |
| Abstract |
Three ballets based on those performed by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris early in the 20th century, as choreographed by Michel Fokine. These are recreated with sumptuous costumes based on original designs, beautiful sound, and traditionally excellent Russian dancers led by Andris Liepa and Nina Ananiashvili. The ballets were filmed at Mosfilm Studios as cinematically as possible, not as stage performances. Petrushka is the story of a Russian traditional puppet, made of straw and with a bag of sawdust as his body, which comes to life and develops emotions. The Firebird uses Russian folk tales of the magical glowing bird--that is both a blessing and a curse to its captor--in an encounter with the evil magician Kashchei. Scheherazade features a Persian sultan, his favorite concubine, her secret lover, a treacherous eunuch, and a pretended hunting trip. This luscious orientalist extravaganza is an encomium from the modern Russian ballet world to Diaghilev and his desire to share that wealth with the world. |
| General note | Special features include: Rehearsal "Return of the Firebird" (17 min.); BS graphics promo (2 min.). |
| General note | Non-Latin script record |
| Credits | Return of the Firebird: violin solo, Sergey Stadler ; chief ballet master, Alexander Prokofiev ; artistic director, Nikolay Androsov ; editor, S. Ivanova ; revival costumes by Anatoly and Anna Nezhny. Petrushka: set and costume designs based on the original sketches of Alexander Benois ; directors of photography, Maria Soloviova, Bogdan Verzhbitsky, Boris Mikhailov. Firebird: set and costume designs based on the original sketches of Alexander Golovin, Leon Bakst ; director of photography, Maria Soloviova ; camera, Bogdan Verzhbitsky, Boris Mikhailov. Scheherazade: set and costume designs based on the original sketches of Leon Bakst ; director of photography, Pavel Lebeshev ; camera, Maria Soloviova. |
| Performer |
Petrushka: Andris Liepa (Petrushka), Tatiana Beletskaya (Ballerina), Gennady Taranda (Blackamore), Sergey Petukhov (Magician), Vitaly Breusenko (Devil). Firebird: Nina Ananiashvili (Firebird), Andris Liepa (Ivan-Tsarevich), Ekaterina Liepa (Princess), Sergey Petukhov (Kashchey). Scheherazade: Ilze Liepa (Zobeide), Victor Yeremenko (Golden Slave), Andris Liepa (Shakhriar), Gulam Poladkhanov (Shakhezman), Igor Mozzhukhin (Eunuch), Tatiana Genkel, Ekaterina Liepa, Maria Komarova (Odalisques) ; Bolshoy State Academic Theatre Orchestra ; Andrey Chistiakov, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Filmed at the Mosfilm Studios, Moscow, 1990's. |
| Technical details | DVD; region 0 (all regions), NTSC; 5.1 Dolby digital surround; aspect ratio 4:3, full screen presentation. |
| Language | No dialogue; container label includes language designation English. |
| Genre/form | Filmed ballets. |
| Other title |
Firebird (Choreographic work : Fokine, I and Liepa after Fokine, M) |
| Other title |
Petrouchka (Choreographic work : Fokine, I and Liepa after Fokine, M) |
| Other title |
Schéhérazade (Fokine, I and Liepa after Fokine, M) (Choreographic work) |
| UPC |
044007932292 |
| Publisher number | 440 079 322-9 Decca |