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ballet Tchaikovsky Ballet Masterpieces Tchaikovsky – Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes

Tchaikovsky – Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes

Tchaikovsky Ballet Masterpieces Tchaikovsky – Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes

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Margot Fonteyn ranks prominent among the most venerated ballerinas of the 20th century. This programme brings her to life thanks to exceptional archive material, in which she appears with Michael Somes in the three great Tchaikovsky ballets.

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Cast

  • Margot Fonteyn
  • Michael Somes

Program

  • Marius Petipa / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty
  • Rudolf Nureyev / Marius Petipa / Lev Ivanov / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Swan lake
  • Lev Ivanov / Peter Wright / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker

Details

  • Production date: 2011
  • Recording date: 20/12/1959, 09/06/1954, 21/12/1958
  • Duration: 1 h 12 min
  • Production: © BBC, under licence to International Classical Artists Ltd
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