Ballet Performances Videos and DVDs 8

Mayerling Video

DVD (D1489) - $29.99
Choreographer:  Kenneth MacMillian.   Designer:  Nicholas Georgiadis.  Scenario:  Gillian Freeman.  Stage Lighting:  John B. Read.   Staging:  Monica Mason.  Music:  Franz Liszt.  Arrangement:  John Lanchbery.   Conductor:  Barry Wordsworth.  The Orchestra of The Royal Opera House – Leader:  John Brown.  Cast:  Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary: Irek Mukhamedov.  Baroness Mary Vetsera: Viviana Durante.  Countess Marie Larisch: Lesley Collier.  Mitzi Caspar: Darcey Bussell.  Princess Stephanie: Jane Burn.  Empress Elisabeth: Nicola Tranah.  Bratfisch: Matthew Hart.  Mitzi Caspar: Darcey Bussell.  Four Hungarian Officers: Stuart Cassidy, Adam Cooper, Errol Pickford, William Trevitt.  Artists of The Royal Ballet – Executive Producer: Revel Guest.   Producers: Stephany Marks and Jane Pleydell-Bouverie.  Director: Derek Bailey. 

135 mins. (1994)
VHS - NTSC format only (Canada, USA).
DVD - Region 1

Medea - Tbilisi State Theatre Video (D1114)

Filmed in the Soviet Union and never seen before by Western audiences, this extraordinary one-act ballet, Medea, freely interprets the classic drama of Euripides. Through music and dance it reveals the ancient story of a powerful woman's revenge upon her faithless husband and the younger rival who has stolen him away from her.

Written and directed by Georgiy Aleksidze and Elgudja Zhgenti and with a score by Revaz Gabichvadze, Medea is an important discovery that should be in every dance library.

66 mins. (2008)
DVD - All Region