Petit's Jeune Homme & Carmen

[volcanohunter]

Has anyone heard anything about a forthcoming release of Roland Petit's "Le Jeune homme et la mort" and "Carmen"? I stumbled across this listing on Amazon, and a release date of 21 November 2006 is given, but apart from that the details are very sketchy.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000IY06A2

[rg]

this is evidently a recent filming.

perhaps paris-based ballettalkers recall when these ballets were filmed with leriche etc.

likely a petit-homage program?

i don't have any advance word about this release.

the amazon copy notes very clearly NTSC. i wonder if any european videophiles have noted this out already on PAL, etc.

these would be at least the second such release of JEUNE HOMME (the one w/ nureyev and jeanmaire), tho' admittedly this filming was especially arranged for the camera by petit and not a 'complete,' and the third? of CARMEN (jeanmaire w/ either petit or baryshnikov).

[Azulynn]

This is the recording that was made in July 2005.

Casting is :

Clairemarie Osta, Nicolas Le Riche in Carmen (with Dorothée Gilbert as well as a soloist)

Marie-Agnès Gillot, Nicolas Le Riche in Le Jeune Homme et la Mort

[volcanohunter]

At the risk of appearing as though I posted this topic simply so I could answer my own question, here is a link to the DVD on the TDK web site:

www.tdk-music.com

Who ever said that Manuel Legris was the POB's most filmed danseur? It seems that Nicolas Le Riche is racing to the lead: Le Train Bleu, Notre Dame de Paris, Ivan the Terrible, Sylvia, Clavigo, Appartement and now Jeune Homme and Carmen. And he's still only 34 years old. Mind you, Marie-Agnès Gillot isn't doing too badly in that department either.

[EvilNinjaX]

At the risk of appearing as though I posted this topic simply so I could answer my own question, here is a link to the DVD on the TDK web site:

www.tdk-music.com

Who ever said that Manuel Legris was the POB's most filmed danseur? It seems that Nicolas Le Riche is racing to the lead: Le Train Bleu, Notre Dame de Paris, Ivan the Terrible, Sylvia, Clavigo, Appartement and now Jeune Homme and Carmen. And he's still only 34 years old. Mind you, Marie-Agnès Gillot isn't doing too badly in that department either.

And don't forget Marguerite et Armand w/Sylvie Guillem. Le Riche is also in the Nina Ananiashvili and her International All Stars DVDs.

-goro-

[chrisk217]

This has been recently broadcasted on a sat channel. I have not yet watched all of it but my first impression is that although the dancers are very good (Osta slightly miscast, maybe) the film is rather choppily directed - it's not trully bad but the director never let's you forget s/he's there.

I'll post more when I've watched all of it.

[volcanohunter]

And don't forget Marguerite et Armand w/Sylvie Guillem.

Thank you for reminding me about that. As far as I know, that recording is not available in North America, so I'm sorry to say I've never seen it. You'd be hard pressed to find anything with Sylvie Guillem.

[volcanohunter]

Does anyone know why L'Arlésienne was not included on the DVD? It seems odd to include an interview in which Brigitte Lefèvre spends so much time talking about what a wonderful thing it was for the POB to stage a Petit triple bill and then show only two of the ballets performed.