Return of the Firebird / directed by Andris Liepa ; Les Saisons Russes ; Mosfilʹm ; Financial Corporation "Kora" ; general producer, Andrey Fedotov ; Inkombank ; Parex Bank ; Mūsa Motors ; Diaghilev Centre Ltd. ; "Golden Age" Association ; Michael Fokine Fund-Archives present.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication Info[Moscow] : Universal Music Russia ; London : Decca Music Group Ltd., 2002.
Description1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([14] pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Subjects

Other author/creatorChisti͡a︡kov, Andreĭ, musical director.
Other author/creatorLiepa, Andris, dancer, director.
Other author/creatorBeletskaya, Tatiana, dancer.
Other author/creatorTaranda, Gedeminas, dancer.
Other author/creatorPetukhov, Sergey, dancer.
Other author/creatorBreusenko, Vitaly, dancer.
Other author/creatorAnaniashvili, Nina, dancer.
Other author/creatorLiepa, Ekaterina, dancer.
Other author/creatorLiepa, Ilze dancer.
Other author/creatorYeremenko, Victor, dancer.
Other author/creatorPoladkhanov, Gulam, dancer.
Other author/creatorMozzhukhin, Igor, dancer.
Other author/creatorGenkel, Tatiana, dancer.
Other author/creatorKomarova, Maria, dancer.
Other author/creatorSolovĭova, Maria, cinematographer.
Other author/creatorLebeshev, Pavel cinematographer.
Other author/creatorNezhnyĭ, Anatoliĭ, 1970- designer.
Other author/creatorNezhnai͡a︡, Anna, 1970- designer.
Included WorkStravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Petrushka.
Included WorkStravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Zhar-ptit͡s︡a.
Included WorkRimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Shekherazada.
Other author/creatorUniversal Music Group.
Other author/creatorMoskovskai͡a︡ kinostudii͡a︡ "Mosfilʹm."
Other author/creatorBolʹshoĭ teatr SSSR. Orkestr.
Other author/creatorDecca 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 noteSpecial features include: Rehearsal "Return of the Firebird" (17 min.); BS graphics promo (2 min.).
General noteNon-Latin script record
CreditsReturn 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 noteFilmed at the Mosfilm Studios, Moscow, 1990's.
Technical detailsDVD; region 0 (all regions), NTSC; 5.1 Dolby digital surround; aspect ratio 4:3, full screen presentation.
LanguageNo dialogue; container label includes language designation English.
Genre/formFilmed 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 number440 079 322-9 Decca

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