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Anna Karenina / Music by Rodion Shchedrin / Choreography by Maya Plisetskaya and Natalia Rizhenko / The Bolshoi Ballet / Live Performance, Bolshoi Theatre, 1980 / Program 2009 Gosteleradiofond/Auditoria / VIDEO ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL / DVD
Format: NTSC
Run time: 90 Minutes
UPC: 089948449690
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : Yes
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 3.2 Ounces
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Classical, NTSC
- Run time : 1 hour and 30 minutes
- Release date : October 13, 2009
- Actors : The Bolshoi Ballet, Maya Plisetskaya, Mikhail Petukhov, Bolshoi Chorus, Victor Barykin
- Studio : Video Artists Int'L
- Country of Origin : France
- Number of discs : 1
Maya Plisetskaya, Mikhail Petukhov, and Victor Barykin perform in this 1980 Bolshoi Ballet production of the Shchedrin ballet conducted by Yuri Simonov. Choreography is by Maya Plisetskaya & Natalia Rizhenko.
Russian composers have long turned to their literary compatriots for inspiration, perhaps most notably in Boris Godounov and Eugene Onegin, by way of Pushkin. Russian choreographers, on the other hand, have more frequently turned to Shakespeare, with Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, and Romeo and Juliet receiving major productions.
Maya Plisetskaya's own choreographic ventures centered on two relatively "modern" writers, Tolstoy and Chekhov: the former inspired her first major production, Anna Karenina, the latter provided the
impulse for The Seagull and Lady with the Dog.
Anna Karenina is faithful to the novel, supplying ample opportunities for dancers who act. In Plisetskaya's impassioned portrayal of a woman torn and ultimately destroyed by an impossible liaison, dance
and theatre are inexorably intertwined. This live performance from the stage of the Bolshoi, featuring a first-rate supporting cast and original costumes designed by Pierre Cardin, captures the dramatic force of Tolstoy's tragic story.
ANNA KARENINA
Music by Rodion Shchedrin
Choreography by Maya Plisetskaya and Natalia Rizhenko
- ANNA Maya Plisetskaya
- VRONSKY Mikhail Petukhov
- KARENIN Victor Barykin KITTY Nina Sorokina
- TVERSKOY Anatoly Simachev SERYOZHA KARENIN Rodia Tuninsky MAN AT RAILWAY STATION Victor Elagin
The Bolshoi Ballet
Orchestra and soloists of the Bolshoi Theatre
Yuri Simonov, conductor
Live Performance, Bolshoi Theatre, 1980
Program 2009 Gosteleradiofond/Auditoria
Creative Content © 2009 Video Artists International, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Produced for DVD by Allan Altman Design: Raymond Edwards
Cover photo courtesy of the Bolshoi Theatre museum
Executive producer for DVD: Edward Cardona
VIDEO ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL
