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Roland Petit - Clavigo DVD 2000 Ballet after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe / Music by Gabriel Yared / Conducted by Richard Bernas / Corps de Ballet et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris
UPC 5450270012190
REGION 0 PAL DVD (All regions)
MADE IN Germany
AUDIO: DD 5.1, DTS 5.1, LPCM Stereo
Total Runtime: 87 minutes
English Summary:
Clavigo - Ballet in two parts - A stage performance by the Opéra National de Paris
Recorded live at the Opéra National de PAris, Palais Garnier, October 1999
Clavigo is a five-act tragedy written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1774. The lead role is taken by Pierre Beaumarchais. The play was written in just eight days in May 1774. It was published by July 1774 and is the first printed work to which Goethe put his own name, although the play was received with disfavour.
The first performance of the play was by the Ackermannschen Gesellschaft in Hamburg on 23 August 1774.
It is based on the offer of marriage that the Canarian writer José Clavijo y Fajardo made to the sister of Beaumarchais.
Directed for TV and Video by Francois Roussillon
Director of Dance: Brigitte Lefévre
Music by Gabriel Yared
Cast / Roles:
Clavigo - Nicolas Le Riche
Marie - Clairemarie Osta
The Stranger - Marie-Aga Gillot
Carlos . Yann Bridard
Beaumarchais - Yan Saiz
Gabriel Yared
Nicolas Le Riche, Clairemarie Osta, Marie-Agnès Gillot
Arthaus
Richard Bernas
Roland Petit (13 January 1924 – 10 July 2011) was a French ballet company director, choreographer and dancer. He trained at the Paris Opera Ballet school, and became well known for his creative ballets.
