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MINKUS, L.: Bayadere (La) (Royal Ballet, 2009)

La Bayadere
Composer: Minkus, Ludwig
Ballet Company: Royal Ballet, Covent Garden
Choreographer: Makarova, Natalia
Aya: Rosato, Genesia
Gamzatti: Nunez, Marianela
Magdaveya: Kura, Kenta
Nikiya: Rojo, Tamara
Rajah: Saunders, Christopher
Solor: Acosta, Carlos
Solor's Friend: Hristov, Valeri
The High Brahmin: Avis, Gary
Corps de Ballet: Royal Ballet, Covent Garden
Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden
Conductor: Ovsyanikov, Valeriy
Television Director: MacGibbon, Ross
Lighting Designer: Read, John B.
Set Designer: Samaritani, Pierluigi
Costumer Designer: Sonnabend, Yolanda
Date of Production: 19-01-2009
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Playing Time: 02:46:50
Catalogue Number: OA1043D
UPC: 809478010432

Marius Petipa's exotic ballet, set in legendary India, is a story of love, death and vengeful judgment. Natalia Makarova's sumptuous recreation of Petipa's choreography, with atmospheric sets by Pier Luigi Samaritani and beautiful costumes by Yolanda Sonnabend, stars Tamara Rojo as the Bayadère (temple dancer) Nikiya, Carlos Acosta as Solor, and Marianela Nuñez as Gamzatti, whose alluring presence challenges Solor's love for Nikiya.

Part 1
La Bayadere
1 Opening credits
Act I
The Sacred Forest, outside the temple
2 Solor and the warriors return from the tiger hunt
3 The priests and the High Brahmin arrive
4 The Bayaderes appear
5 The Fakirs prepare the sacred fire
6 Nikiya is unveiled
7 Nikiya dances before the High Brahmin
8 Nikiya rejects the High Brahmin's attentions
9 Magdaveya tells Solor to hide in the forest
10 Nikiya returns
11 Nikiya and Solor swear eternal love
12 The High Brahmin sees the lovers and invokes the gods
A Room in the Palace
13 The Rajah prepares to honor Solor
14 The Rajah honors Solor with Gamzatti's hand in marriage
15 D'jampe dancers lead the celebrations
16 The dancers make way for the High Brahmin
17 The High Brahmin speaks to the Rajah
18 Gamzatti summons Nikiya to her rooms
19 Gamzati tries to bribe Nikiya
The Garden of the Palace
20 Introduction
21 The betrothal festivities
22 Pas d'action 1
23 Pas d'action 2
24 Pas de deux
25 Pas d'action 3
26 Solor's solo
27 Gamzatti's solo
28 Waltz coda
29 The High Brahmin brings Nikiya to dance
30 The snake bites Nikiya
Act II
Solor's tent
31 Solor smokes opium to deaden his grief
The Kingdom of the Shades
32 The Shades
33 Waltz
34 Solor sees a vision of Nikiya
35 Pas de deux
36 Adage
Three Shades
37 First solo
38 Second solo
39 Third solo
40 Scarf pas de deux and Nikiya's solo
41 Coda
42 Presto
Solor's tent
43 Solor revives from his hallucinations
Act III
The Temple
44 Introduction
45 The Bronze Idol
46 The High Brahmin and priests prepare for the wedding
47 The wedding couple enter
48 Gamzatti's solo
49 Ritual Candle Dance
50 Nikiya appears to Solor as a vision
51 The wedding vows of Gamzatti and Solor
52 The destruction of the temple
53 The spirits of Nikiya and Solor are reunited
54 Curtain calls and end credits
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