Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Choreographed and staged by Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa. Restaged by Patricia Ruanne
The Sleeping Beauty remains, as Rudolf Nureyev often called it, the `ballet of ballets'. It is the most accomplished and the most brilliant, as well as one of the most spectacular of the 19th century, and the most representative of the `noble' style of classical dancing. Rudolf Nureyev's version, which he created for the Opera Ballet in 1989, was recorded at the Opйra Bastille in 1999, in a new production (sets and costumes) created by his faithful collaborators, Ezio Frigerio and Franca Squarciapino, who had already produced Swan Lake, Romeo And Juliet And La Bayadиre.
Princess Aurora: Aurйlie Dupont Prince Dйsirй: Manuel Legris King Florestan: Vincent Cordier The Queen: Nathalie Quernet Catalabutte: Laurent Queval The Lilac Fairy: Bйatrice Martel Carabosse: Nathalie Aubin Princess Florina: Delphine Moussin Bluebird: Benjamin Pech Puss In Boots: Stйphane Elizabй White Cat: Laetitia Pujol Orchestre De L'Opйra National De Paris Conductor: David Coleman. Sets: Ezio Frigerio. Costumes: Franca Squarciapino. Directed By Pierre Cavassilas.
