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- Inspired by the French pointillist painter Georges Seurat's painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. The plot revolves around George, a fictionalized version of Seurat, who immerses himself deeply in painting his masterpiece, and his great-grandson (also named George), a conflicted and cynical contemporary artist.
- Billy Budd is an innocent, naïve seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.
- A new full-length ballet choreographed by Ted Brandsen for Dutch National Ballet, to a new orchestral score by Tarik O'Regan.
- Based on a true story: In 1805, a Milanese girl, Antonietta Frapollo, was kidnapped and taken to the court of Mustapha-ibn-Ibrahim in Algiers.
- This film follows dancer Ulyana Lopatkina, and the art that is her life passion. She dances in Swan Lake and according to specialized critics, she is to date the most beautiful swan they ever seen in the history of classical ballet.
- A selfish hero regrets his apathetic rejection of a young woman's love and his careless incitement of a fatal duel with his best friend.
- For several months, Jacob has been developing with MIT a never before seen device. He will perform for the first time in France this year at the Jazz à Vienne Festival, Recognized by important artists and music critics, multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier is a true 21st century prodigy. He combines different styles in his creations and interpretations. Funk, a capella, groove, jazz, improvisations, classical music, bossa nova, soul... His repertoire is full of all genres and his performances are based on many instrumental techniques. He is complete, imposing a new meaning to this adjective that qualifies him. Jacob does everything himself (sound and video production). A sort of contemporary Prince, he is congratulated by some of the biggest names in the jazz scene: Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea... Raphael Saadiq also says he is a big fan of his music.
- Inspired by a fable by La Fontaine, Rameau produced perhaps his most brilliant music for his penultimate great work, blending reality and the surreal on several levels. This passionate new production by Jose Montalvo, stunningly choreographed by Montalvo and Dominique Hervieu, sets new standards in entertainment, charm and ingenuity. The sharp and spectacular multimedia staging does full justice to Rameau's dazzling burlesque, confirming Olivier Rouviere's statement that 'Les Paladins is the last laugh of a witty 77-year old composer'. Recorded live in 2004 at the Paris Theatre du Chatelet, both the virtuoso cast and Les Arts Florissants are in top form, clearly enjoying themselves in the masterful hands of William Christie.
- A magical version of Tchaikovsky's masterpiece by the Zurich Ballet and choreographer Heinz Spoerli.
- As the first collaboration ever between conductor William Christie and director Luc Bondy, this production of Hercules was the major event of the 2004 opera season. Originally Created in Aix-en-Provence in July 2004, the show then moved on to the Palais Garnier in Paris where it was recorded in December of the same year. The Hercules received the student prize at the Golden Prague 2005.
- Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families.
- Alsina, the Witch Queen of the Magic Island transforms her lovers into rocks and trees when she tires of them. At the opening of this opera, however, she is experiencing a new emotion: love. But Alcina is too tough to die for love, though her magic powers disappear when she falls in love with a man. Now she is forced to deal with the infections of doubt, jealousy and mortality.
- Familiar faces at Cully following their previous appearances, John Medeski, Billy Martin and Chris Wood, who have completely redefined the musical possibilities of the jazz trio, are back this year for a sound explosion. With an exemplary career over more than 20 years, the three colorful New Yorkers have made groove their watchword and adventurous performance their playground. With a collective communication that borders on telepathy they deliver legendary concerts, offering themselves to the audience in a brilliant, instinctive style. From funk gimmicks to blues phrasing they make every musical reference their own in this concert, which is performed in company with that great guitarist Nels Cline, who is equally at ease with a John Coltrane number or when playing with the alternative rock band Wilco.
- A dramatic, energetic adaptation of Heinz Spoerli's ballet based on Grieg's Peer Gynt by the Zurich ballet. Marijn Rademaker is excellent as the title character, clearly telegraphing the emotional range required. Each of the characters and the dramatic scenes are supported by the orchestral passages and songs provided by Grieg; some spoken word passages extracted from the Ibsen play.
- A young governess with two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.
- A french production of Bizet's opera recorded live at the Opera Paris-Bastille for Mezzo.
- Even though in recent years Idomeneo has been staged more frequently, this Mozart masterpiece can hardly be counted among the operas (the Da Ponte trilogy in primis) that made of the Salzburg composer one of the greatest operatic composers of all times. Yet Idomeneo was, in its day, a revolutionary work, animated by music that appears remarkably innovative and profoundly theatrical. This double DVD set presents the Teatro San Carlo of Naples's staging, signed by Pier Luigi Pizzi, one of today's most creative directors. Marco Guidarini, on the podium, conducts a cast of international renown.
- French performance of Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) operetta created by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár, an international success since its 1905 premiere in Vienna, by the Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon.
- While best known today for having composed the ending to Puccini's unfinished Turandot, Franco Alfano wrote some dozen operas, including Cyrano de Bergerac (1936) with a libretto by Henri Cain based on Edmond Rostand's drama of the same name. It is a moving tale of romantic misunderstanding, swashbuckling bravado and heartbreaking loyalty, in which the eloquent Cyrano feels unable to express his love for Roxane because of his famously protuberant nose--except on behalf of his handsome but inarticulate friend, Christian. When Domingo and Radvanovsky sang Cyrano and Roxane at New York's Metropolitan Opera, Andante magazine wrote: "Incredibly, Cyrano is his 121st role. And it suits him splendidly...Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky was luminous as Roxane, her passionate outbursts showing off her powerful upper register to good effect".
- An interview of Violette Verdy and several masterclasses given by the retired prima ballerina, who was once revealed to the world by the great choreographer Roland Petit, she was to become the star dancer of the American City Ballet., under the direction of George Balanchine or Jerome Robbins to whom she inspired major ballets.. In "Violet and Mr. B"., the voluble and ebullient sixty-eight year old dancer is seen (and heard) coaching new stars such as Elisabeth Platel, Isabelle Guérin, Elisabeth Maurin or Lucia Lacarra.
- The spectacular mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli is joined by the ensemble Il Giardino Armonico in a program of baroque music from composer Antonio Vivaldi, "The Red Priest". The concert encompasses arias and instrumental pieces from the oratorio Juditha Triumphans and the operas L'Olimpiade, Tito Manlio, Ottone in Villa, La fida ninfa, Bajazet (Il Tamerlano) and a chilling, passionate performance from Farnace. The ensemble performs Concerto in C major for Flautino (affectionately known as the Penny Whistle), and Concerto in D major for Lute. The predominant portion of music was unknown and specially transcribed from Vivaldi's original manuscripts by musicologist Claudio Osele. The International Film Crew from RM Associates is directed by veteran opera director Brian Large and produced by classical music producer Colin Wilson. The sell-out musical event was presented at the superb art-deco Théatre des Champs-Eysées, Paris in September 2000.