Rhapsody

Composer: Rachmaninov, Sergei

Ballet Company: Royal Ballet, Covent Garden

Choreographer: Ashton, Frederick

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Dancer: McRae, Steven

Dancer: Osipova, Natalia

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Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

Conductor: Wordsworth, Barry

Television Director: MacGibbon, Ross

Lighting Designer: Teigen, Peter

Set Designer: Ashton, Frederick

Costumer Designer: Stewart, Natalia

Les deux pigeons (arr. J. Lanchbery)

Composer: Messager, Andre

Arranger: Lanchbery, John

Ballet Company: Royal Ballet, Covent Garden

Choreographer: Ashton, Frederick

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A Gypsy Girl: Morera, Laura

Her Lover: Hirano, Ryoichi

The Young Girl: Cuthbertson, Lauren

The Young Man: Muntagirov, Vadim

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Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

Conductor: Wordsworth, Barry

Television Director: MacGibbon, Ross

Lighting Designer: Teigen, Peter

Set Designer: Dupont, Jacques

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Date of Production: 26-01-2016

Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

Playing Time: 01:43:34

Catalogue Number: OA1187D

UPC: 809478011873

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Two Frederick Ashton ballets in one exquisite evening performance. Principals Natalia Osipova and Steven McRae dance Ashton's Rhapsody, created for the Royal Ballet in 1980 by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Lesley Collier, with spectacular choreography to suit the dancers' star reputations. Laura Cuthbertson and Vadim Muntagirov lead the charistmatic cast in Ashton's poignant and heart-warming reflection on love, The Two Pigeons, based on an old French folk tale and first performed on Valentine's Day 1961. These two ballets by the Company's Founder Choreographer capture The Royal Ballet's famous skill and distinctive style.

Barry Wordsworth conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in the rapturous Rachmaninoff and Messager scores.