Rudolf Nureyev's Don Quixote : ballet in a prologue and three acts

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Rudolf Nureyev's Don Quixote : ballet in a prologue and three acts

Alternate title:

Don Quixote

Author:

Minkus, L., 1826-1917, composer.

Lanchbery, John, arranger of music.

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, choreographer.

Beyer, Michael (Film director), film director.

Rhodes, Kevin (Conductor), conductor.

Cherevychko, Denys, dancer.

Wenzel, Christoph, dancer.

Yakovleva, Maria (Ballet dancer), dancer.

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616, creator.

Wiener Staatsballett.

Wiener Staatsoper. Orchester, performer.

Österreichischer Rundfunk, production company.

Unitel Classica (Firm), production company.

C Major Entertainment GmbH, publisher.

Summary:

Don Quixote was created by the master choreographer Marius Petipa, together with the composer Ludwig Minkus, for the Imperial Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow in 1869. Marking the 400th anniversary of Cervantes's death, Don Quixote is here seen in the revised version by Nureyev which the French choreographer Manuel Legris--once a a noted Basil himself in his days as an "́étoile" in Nureyev's Paris troupe--devised for the Wiener Staatsballet. -- Container.

General Note:

Widescreen (16:9)

Title from container.

After episodes from the novel of the same name by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in + 1 booklet (17 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.)

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