DELIBES, L.: Sylvia (Royal Ballet, 2005)
Sylvia
Composer: Delibes, Leo
Ballet Company: Royal Ballet, Covent Garden
Choreographer: Ashton, Frederick
Staging: Newton, Christopher
Aminta: Bolle, Roberto
Diana: Galeazzi, Mara
Eros: Harvey, Martin
Orion: Soares, Thiago
Sylvia: Bussell, Darcey
Corps de Ballet: Royal Ballet, Covent Garden
Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden
Conductor: Bond, Graham
Television Director: MacGibbon, Ross
Lighting Designer: Jonathan, Mark
Set Designer: Ironside, Robin
Set Designer: Ironside, Christopher
Costumer Designer: Ironside, Robin
Costumer Designer: Ironside, Christopher
Date of Production: 05-12-2005
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Playing Time: 01:33:27
Catalogue Number: OA0986D
UPC: 809478009863
Darcey Bussell and Roberto Bolle star in Frederick Ashton's Sylvia, restored to the splendour of its elegant and opulent three-act form for the 75th anniversary celebrations of The Royal Ballet. Taken from Greek mythology, it tells the story of Sylvia, loved by Aminta, abducted by Orion and eventually rescued by Eros.
Ashton was inspired by the music of Leo Delibes to create such great choreographic sequences as the famous Act 3 pas de deux and the mischievous role of Eros, one of the delightful, darkly comic characterisations for which Ashton became known and loved. Sylvia is a wonderful showcase for virtuosity, invention and classical beauty, the epitome of Ashton style in stage settings of great detail and painterly perfection.
