{"product_id":"faure-stravinsky-tchaikovsky-jewels","title":"GEORGE BALANCHINE: Jewels - Ballet of the National Opera de Paris (DVD)","description":"\u003ch1 data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"product-name\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/about_this_recording_transparent_black_shadow_2_7f1bb96b-e3d3-415f-a0d9-093dfd02207b_480x480.png?v=1634657657\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorge Balanchine and the Paris Opéra always enjoyed a special relationship after Jacques Rouché, the then administrator, offered the young choreographer the post of ballet master in 1929. Balanchine declined the job, but he created several ballets for the company and came to the Palais Garnier regularly to oversee his works. In 2000, seventeen years after his death, a rare and precious ballet arrived at the Paris Opéra: Jewels, a work first performed by the New York City Ballet in 1967.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis alluring, abstract ballet, a triptych in which each piece sparkles with the brilliance of a precious stone, is a lyric tribute to women and to the capital cities of the great dance schools. Couturier, painter and craftsman Christian Lacroix created the glorious costumes and sets which, together with the outstanding performances of the dancers and the sensitive musical direction of Paul Connelly, results in a celebration of sumptuous splendour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"reviews\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/REVIEWS_TRANSPARENT_BACKGROUND_15991875-8514-44b1-841f-4f09f0e23f2e_480x480.png?v=1634661383\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"review\"\u003e\"A gem of dazzling brilliance.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(The Independent)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"review\"\u003e\"It is open to doubt whether even Balanchine has ever created a work in which the inspiration was so sustained, the invention so imaginative, or the concept so magnificent.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(The New York Times)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"review\"\u003e\"For Rubies nothing but delight. Aurélie Dupont, Marie-Agnes Gillot, Alessio Carbonne were electric, super charged, at the head of a fizzing cast, hard edged, hard driven, hard to beat.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(The Financial Times)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"review\"\u003e\"It is crammed with invention and incredible difficulty.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Le Monde)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExtra features\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'George Balanchine Forever' - A film by Reiner E. Moritz, including interviews with Barbara Horgan, chairman of the BalanchineFoundation, Brigitte Lefèvre, director of Ballet de L’Opéra, designer Christian Lacroix and star dancers Laëtitia Pujol, Clairemarie Osta, Aurélie Dupont, Agnès Letestu and Marie-Agnès Gillot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"OPUS ARTE","offers":[{"title":"Ballet \u0026 Orchestra of the Opera national de Paris","offer_id":40276100710596,"sku":"5425008377476","price":6.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/products\/900x1200.jpg?v=1634663834","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/de-de\/products\/faure-stravinsky-tchaikovsky-jewels","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}