| | Tytuł oryginalny: | Mendelssohn: Midsummer Nights Dream | | Tytuł polski: | | | Rok produkcji: | 1999 | | Kraj: | United Kingdom | | Reżyseria: | George Balanchine | | Obsada: | Patricia Barker, Paul Gibson, Seth Belliston, Lisa Apple, Julie Tobiason, Ross Yearsley, Jeffrey Stanton, Timothy Lynch, Pacific Northwest Ballet, BBC Concert Orchestra | Opis:
This performance of George Balanchines ballet A Midsummer Nights Dream was filmed live at Sadlers Wells Theatre, London, in February 1999 and won the award for "Best Television Realisation of a Stage Production" at IMZ Dance Screen. The music is from Mendelssohns youthful overture plus later theatre music, and five other pieces by the composer all selected by the great Russian choreographer Balanchine in 1962. In a fine ensemble cast, Paul Gibson as Oberon and Patricia Barker as Titania are suitably aloof, at least until the latter dances with the ass Bottom (Timothy Lynch) in a highlight of touching comedy. After all the quarrelsome entanglements of the first act, the finale ensures celebration and richly deserved happy endings all round. The simple sets have a picturesque charm, the costumes a fairytale glamour and the large cast, including many children, dance with flair and enthusiasm, this is clearly one production where everyone was having a fine time. In fact it is rather more enjoyable than Hollywoods A Midsummer Nights Dream of the same year. Ballet aficionados may also want to explore the BBCs wonderful Coppélia (2000). On the DVD: There are no special features on the disc, but the 12-page booklet is entirely in English and is well presented, offering track and cast lists, a synopsis and notes on Balanchine, Mendelssohn and the creative talents and directors of the Pacific Northwest Ballet. The sound is atmospheric--Dolby Digital 5.0--and the anamorphically enhanced 16:9 image is good, though slightly soft, and does occasionally reveal some compression artefacting. In defiance of regional encoding regulations, not only is this DVD region free, but includes the normal PAL UK television system programme material on one side and on the reverse includes the same content in NTSC format, suitable for American playback. Anyone curious to see if one format is better will find that the UK PAL transfer contains just a little more picture detail. -- Gary S Dalkin
Choreographed by an artistic genius, George Balanchine, Shakespeares comedy of magic and loves delusions set to the music of Felix Mendelssohn is a guaranteed audience pleaser. The Pacific Northwest Ballet displays all the vitality, brilliance and versatility of its wonderful dancers in this award-winning production of Balanchines first original full-length ballet.
| | Obraz: | 1.78 | | Czas trwania: | 94 min | | Dźwięk: | English | | Napisy: | brak polskich, French, English | | Polska wersja językowa: | brak | | Dodatki: | on the disc, but the 12-page booklet is entirely in English and is well presented, offering track and cast lists, a synopsis and notes on Balanchine, Mendelssohn and the creative talents and directors of the Pacific Northwest Ballet. The sound is atmosphe | | Region: | All Regions (wszystkie) | | Ilość dysków: | 1 | | # CAT: 121[zasłonięte]4192 # TRAITPL1: # TRAITPL2: # |
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