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Das goldene Zeitalter op. 22 (Ballett)
01. "Vorspann"
02. "Szene 1 (1. Akt)"
03. "Szene 2"
04. "Szene 3"
05. "Szene 4"
06. "Szene 5"
07. "Szene 6 (2. Akt)"
08. "Szene 7"
09. "Szene 8"
10. "Szene 9"
11. "Szene 10"
12. "Szene 11"
13. "Vorhang - Abspann"

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.. Ballet / Uk Version

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SHOSTAKOVICH, D.: Golden Age (The) [Ballet] (Bolshoi Ballet, 2016) (Blu-ray, Full-HD)

COMPOSER: Dmitry Shostakovich

THE GOLDEN AGE (Blu-ray Disc Version)

CAST:

Rita / A Young Girl - Nina Kaptsova
Boris / A Young Fisherman - Ruslan Skvortsov
Yashka / Gang Leader - Mikhail Lobukhin
Lyuska / Yashka's Accomplice - Ekaterina Krysanova
Variety Show Compere - Vyacheslav Lopatin

PERFORMERS:

Bolshoi Ballet
Bolshoi Theatre State Academic Orchestra
Pavel Klinichev, conductor
CREDITS:
Yuri Grigorovich, choreographer
Simon Virsaladze, set and costume designer
Mikhail Sokolov, lighting designer

FEATURES:

Recorded at the Bolshoi Theater Moscow, October 2016
Picture format: 1080i Full-HD
Sound format: PCM 2.0 / DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Running time: 103 mins

No. of Discs: 1 (BD 25)

A modern and visionary work, this ballet, set to music by Dmitri Shostakovich, was created in 1930. It's central theme was the highly moralized battle and triumph of the proletariat against the decadent bourgeoisie, set in europe during the roaring twenties. Surprisingly, the score by Shsotakovich raised political controversies, probably because it borrowed much to European dance forms and consequently, the ballet vanished from the theaters until 1982, when Yuri Grigorovich restaged it with sets by Sion Virsaladze and a completely new libretto mainly revolving around the love story between Rita, a cabaret dancer, and Boris, a young idealist. The conflict in teh original production was also recast as a clash between fishermen - the morally superior workers - and society's criminal elements. To bring back on stage The Golden Age in autumn 2016, a few months prior to Yuri Grigorovich's 90th birthday, was a highly symbolic choice for the Bolshoi Ballet: this work, teh last Grigorovich would ever choreograph for his company, hadn't been staged for almost 10 years. A rare and refined ballet, which ran the risk of falling into oblivion twice, is danced by the new generation of the Bolshoi Ballet, among which Nina Kaptsova et Mikhail Lobukhin.

Manufacturer No.:

BAC443

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