mariinskyfan Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 I Just saw a promotional clip on youtube for the long awaited release of the Mariinsky Don Quixote starring Sarafanov and Novikova. I am hoping it will become available on amazon soon! Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 You'll probably have to wait at least until after the ballet has been screened at cinemas by Emerging Pictures. And if the DVD is being released on Decca, then I wouldn't expect especially speedy turnover. Future screening dates: April 26 & 30 in Beverly Hills, Encino, and Pasadena, CA May 9 in Napa, CA May 20 in Lake Worth, FL May 24 & 26 in Rochester, NY May 26 & 30 in Fort Lauderdale, FL http://www.emergingpictures.com/opera_dates.htm Link to comment
mariinskyfan Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 You'll probably have to wait at least until after the ballet has been screened at cinemas by Emerging Pictures. And if the DVD is being released on Decca, then I wouldn't expect especially speedy turnover.Future screening dates: April 26 & 30 in Beverly Hills, Encino, and Pasadena, CA May 9 in Napa, CA May 20 in Lake Worth, FL May 24 & 26 in Rochester, NY May 26 & 30 in Fort Lauderdale, FL http://www.emergingpictures.com/opera_dates.htm Thanks for info! Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 There are additional dates posted on the Emerging Pictures site. May 6 & 10 in Cleveland Heights, OH May 24 in Brooklyn and Kew Gardens, NY May 31 in Wilmington, DE June 7 in San Francisco, CA June 7 & 10 in Cary, NC June 18 in Campbell, CA June 22 in Brunswick, ME The ballet will also be screened in Poland in December. http://www.emergingpictures.com/opera_dates.htm Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 The DVD is scheduled for release on July 14. Amazon isn't taking orders yet, but the ASIN is B00274SIA6 for future reference. Link to comment
Sacto1654 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 (Makes mental note to put this on the Amazon order list along with the Ballerina documentary on DVD. ) Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Here are a few additional screening dates. May 23 in Hunter, NY June 6 in Coral Gables, FL June 7 & 8 in Albany, NY A detailed cast list is now posted. Don Quixote - Vladimir Ponomarev Sancho Panza - Anton Lukovkin Lorenzo - Igor Petrov Kitri - Olesia Novikova Basil - Leonid Sarafanov Gamache - Vladimir Lepeev Espada - Andrei Merkuriev Street Dancer - Yekaterina Kondaurova Flower Sellers - Yana Selina, Yana Serebriakova Queen of the Dryads - Alina Somova Cupid - Yevgenia Obraztsova Mercedes - Galina Rakhmanova Tavern Owner - Alexander Efremov Gypsy dance - Polina Rassadina, Nikolai Zubkovsky Oriental dance - Ti Yon Riu Fandango - Elena Bazhenova, Karen Ioannisyan Variation - Olga Esina The trailer that mariinskyfan mentioned is also linked. http://www.emergingpictures.com/don_quixote_trailer.htm Link to comment
richard53dog Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 A detailed cast list is now posted.Queen of the Dryads - Alina Somova http://www.emergingpictures.com/don_quixote_trailer.htm Ick. The Queen of the Dryads section is a favorite of mine. Is this woman EVERYWHERE???? Link to comment
cubanmiamiboy Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 The one and only Somova. (just joking. Yes. She seems to be omnipresent) Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Ick. The Queen of the Dryads section is a favorite of mine. Is this woman EVERYWHERE???? I have to admit it seriously dampened my enthusiasm for the DVD. Link to comment
ngitanjali Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Let's just count our blessings that she isn't Kitri. But, with the leads, and Big Red, I think there are quite a few things that cancel out Alina Somova Link to comment
nysusan Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Let's just count our blessings that she isn't Kitri. But, with the leads, and Big Red, I think there are quite a few things that cancel out Alina Somova Not to mention Yevgenia Obraztsova as Amour, Bazhenova & Ioannisyan in the Fandango and a variation from Olga Esina. When was this performance taped? Isn't Esina the much hyped Vaganova grad who was part of that big Kirov exodus a few years ago? I saw her Lilac Fairy with the Kirov a few months before she left and then saw her and her husband with the Vienna State Ballet about a year later. Wonderful dancers, despite Ms S there's a lot to look forward to on this DVD! Link to comment
Natalia Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Esina has been long-gone to Vienna for a few years. If memory serves, this DON Q was taped in April 2006, as was a complete JEWELS with Ayupova, Novikova & Lopatkina as the leaders of the three sections. The omission of Vishneva from 'Rubies' caused a big brou-ha-ha, I remember. Perhaps the JEWELS airing and DVD will soon follow? I had all but given up on the DON Q and it is now coming. So there is also hope for the JEWELS. A chance to see the elusive Ayupova! Link to comment
Marc Haegeman Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Esina has been long-gone to Vienna for a few years. If memory serves, this DON Q was taped in April 2006, as was a complete JEWELS with Ayupova, Novikova & Lopatkina as the leaders of the three sections. The omission of Vishneva from 'Rubies' caused a big brou-ha-ha, I remember. Perhaps the JEWELS airing and DVD will soon follow? I had all but given up on the DON Q and it is now coming. So there is also hope for the JEWELS. A chance to see the elusive Ayupova! The filming of Jewels ran into some problems with the Balanchine Trust as far as I remember. Good to hear the Don Q is due for release, though, now that the featured dancers are still active. Link to comment
Natalia Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 The DON Q and SACRE/FIREBIRD DVDs are now both available for pre-order at the French amazon.com. (Available mid-June, with ETA delivery to USA on June 16.) For folks without multi-regional equipment, hopefully the other amazon countries will follow soon. Link to the DON Q DVD on the French site: http://www.amazon.fr/Don-Quixote-Minkus/dp...1020&sr=1-4 Are we in the midst of a Golden Age for new ballet DVDs or what??? I remember not so long ago, when we were lucky to get one or two new classical titles of full-length works a year. What's more, the 'Dark Ages' of ballet DVDs happened during the economic boom years. Now we're in a recession and we have scads of new classical ballet DVDs available. Go figure! Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 The DVD can now be pre-ordered at Amazon.com. http://www.deccaclassics.com/music/dvd/0743235.htm Link to comment
Natalia Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Volcanohunter, that link is to the manufacturer, Decca...and the description within -- that this "was filmed in Vienna" -- cannot be right, as this was filmed at the Mariinsky in early April 2006. On the other hand, the French amazon site DOES continue to list this + the new Firebird/Sacre from the Mariinsky. Both are due for release next week. I just checked the US amazon.com site and the DVD is not yet listed, although the Berlin Caravaggio and the POB Lady of the Camelias are shown, for release at the end of June/beginning of July '09. Link to comment
mariinskyfan Posted June 7, 2009 Author Share Posted June 7, 2009 My DVD just arrived yesterday from presto classical. You can order it here: http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Decca/0743235 You can also pre-order it on amazon. I've watched it twice already! I absolutely love it. The camera shots are very good with only a few annoying close-ups at inappropriate times. Novikova and Sarafanov are as spectacular as one would expect. All of the soloists are beautiful (Kondaurova, Esina, Selina, and Somova). However, Obraztsova is the stand-out as Amour. Everything about her is remarkable. Her feet look especially nice. I anxiously await a starring role for her in a full-length ballet on film. Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Natalia, if you type 'Don Quixote' into the Amazon search box and narrow the results to the 46 DVDs with that title, it should pop up. I just tried it and the DVD turns up in 13th position, in other words, the first title on the second page of results. The ASIN is B00274SIA6, but apparently plugging this number into the box won't give BT a commission, so better to search by title. Link to comment
Sacto1654 Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Natalia, I've already pre-ordered this DVD and the official DVD release of Bertrand Normand's documentary Ballerina from Amazon.com. (A little off-topic: Mind you, I would LOVE to see Normand do a follow-up documentary, but also add in Viktoria Tereshkina and Ekaterina Kondaurova as subjects for that follow-up documentary. The reason is simple: Tereshkina is already one of the most prominent stars right now at the Mariinsky ballet troupe (with a lot of major roles lately) and Kondaurova is one of the fast-rising stars in the troupe, especially after her triumphant debut as Odette/Odile at the end of October 2008. ) Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 I may be decades away from my government pension, but I guess you can now officially classify me as an old fogey. If this is the direction ballet is headed, I don't particularly care for it. I guess you really can be too thin, too long-legged and too banana-arched. What I saw was a group of women so preoccupied with the point of their feet and height their extensions, regardless of how they distort their torsos, that they've lost the ability to jump or connect steps. Novikova did nothing for me in any of her solos, and in the grand pas de deux in particular there seemed to be no build-up to anything; her solo just petered out. In fairness, she wasn't helped by torso-up close-ups, or the camera angles. There were altogether too many from the downstage diagonals. Admittedly, this is what people in boxes close to the stage see, but the croisés and effacés in the choreography were lost. Sarafanov is a technical wiz, but there wasn't much personality on display. Sadly, the whole performance struck me as flat, and it wasn't helped by the overexposed lighting. What a pity. I expected a lot from this disc. Link to comment
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