DVD Video, The Royal Ballet (ballet company)
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Delibes: Coppelia
RecommendedThe Royal Ballet, conductor: Nicolae Moldoveanu, choreographer: Dame Ninette de Valois
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Hérold: La Fille mal gardée
Carlos Acosta (Colas), Marianela Nuñez (Lise), William Tuckett (Widow Simone) & Jonathan Howells (Alain)
The Royal Ballet & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Anthony Twiner
La fille mal gardée is sheer perfection, Nuñez and Acosta are unsurpassable respectively in the feminine grace and masculine confidence of Ashton's Lise and Colas, and their mimetic skills... — More…
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20
RecommendedNatalia Osipova (Odette/Odile), Matthew Golding (Prince Siegfried), Elizabeth McGorian (The Princess), Gary Avis (An Evil Spirit), Alastair Marriott (The Tutor) & Valeri Hristov (Benno)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & The Royal Ballet, Boris Gruzin
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71
RecommendedLauren Cuthbertson (Clara), Federico Bonelli (Prince), Francesca Hayward (Sugar-Plum Fairy), Alexander Campbell (Nutcracker), Gary Avis (Drosselmeyer)
The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Boris Gruzin
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Handel: Acis and Galatea
Danielle de Niese (Galatea), Charles Workman (Acis), Matthew Rose (Polyphemus), Paul Agnew (Damon), Ji-Min Park (Corydon), Lauren Cuthbertson (Galatea - dancer), Edward Watson (Acis - dancer), Steven McRae (Damon - dancer), Eric Underwood (Polyphemus - dancer), Paul Kay (Coridon - dancer)
Dancers...
Vocally, the star of the show is Matthew Rose, whose pitch-perfect Polyphemus conveys the bruised vulnerability of the inarticulate and ugly...The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment play... — More…
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Liszt: Mayerling
Irek Mukhamedov, Viviana Durante, Darcey Bussell & Lesley Collier
The Royal Ballet & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Barry Wordsworth
Kenneth MacMillan's choreography for this haunting tale is transcendent … stunning set and costume designs … John Lanchbery's truly remarkable score … The Royal Ballet is unbeatably good — More…
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Minkus: La Bayadère
Carlos Acosta (Solar), Marianela Nuñez (Gamzatti), Tamara Rojo (Nikiya), Gary Avis (The High Brahmin), Christopher Saunders (Rajah), Kenta Kura (Magdaveya) & Valeri Hristov (Solor’s Friend)
The Royal Ballet & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Valeriy Ovsyanikov
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Thomas Adès: The Dante Project
The Royal Ballet (ballet company), Edward Watson, Gary Avis, Sarah Lamb, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Koen Kessels
