ロイヤル・オペラ・ハウスで、眠れる森の美女のバレエを鑑賞してきました。
あらすじを念のため確認して鑑賞しましたが、王子様の愛によりオーロラ姫が100年の眠りから目覚めて、ハッピーエンドで終わる非常にわかりやすいお話です。
バレエや演出は素晴らしかったのですが、単純明快ベタな内容なせいか、なんだか物足りなかった２人でした。以前見たSwan Lakeも同じようなベタなハッピーエンド仕立てだったのに、Swan Lakeの方が私達にとってはずっと満足度が高かったです。なにが原因なんだろう。。。
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Running time: 3 hours | 2 Intervals
Running time: 3 hours | 2 Intervals
<CREDITS>
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music:Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Production: Monica Mason / Ninette de Valois / Christopher Newton / Nicholas Sergeyev
Designer: Oliver Messel
Additional designs (revival): Peter Farmer
Lighting: Mark Jonathan
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music:Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Production: Monica Mason / Ninette de Valois / Christopher Newton / Nicholas Sergeyev
Designer: Oliver Messel
Additional designs (revival): Peter Farmer
Lighting: Mark Jonathan
<PERFORMERS>
Conductor: Boris Gruzin
Princess Aurora: Sarah Lamb
Prince Florimund: Steven McRae
Ochestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor: Boris Gruzin
Princess Aurora: Sarah Lamb
Prince Florimund: Steven McRae
Ochestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
<Background>
The Sleeping Beauty has become a much-loved classical ballet and a perennial delight that combines in a single work all the charms and virtuosity that ballet has to offer. First choreographed to Tchaikovsky’s great musical score by Petipa in 1890 in Russia, it has wonderful ensembles such as the famous Waltz, solos including the Rose Adage as Aurora meets her suitors, and of course the concluding celebratory dances for the happy union of prince and princess. The Royal Ballet’s staging is the distinctive production by Ninette de Valois, revived for the 75th anniversary celebrations of The Royal Ballet in 2006. Its style and visual splendour are unique to the Company: luscious designs by Oliver Messel, restored and updated by Peter Farmer, are richly colourful in their evocation of the opulent Baroque splendour of the royal court, the panoramic journey of the Prince to the overgrown castle and the colourful characters of this famous fairytale. The Sleeping Beauty brings together the best of classical ballet, its music, its dancers and The Royal Ballet itself.
Source: http://www.roh.org.uk/whatson/production.aspx?pid=16880
The Sleeping Beauty has become a much-loved classical ballet and a perennial delight that combines in a single work all the charms and virtuosity that ballet has to offer. First choreographed to Tchaikovsky’s great musical score by Petipa in 1890 in Russia, it has wonderful ensembles such as the famous Waltz, solos including the Rose Adage as Aurora meets her suitors, and of course the concluding celebratory dances for the happy union of prince and princess. The Royal Ballet’s staging is the distinctive production by Ninette de Valois, revived for the 75th anniversary celebrations of The Royal Ballet in 2006. Its style and visual splendour are unique to the Company: luscious designs by Oliver Messel, restored and updated by Peter Farmer, are richly colourful in their evocation of the opulent Baroque splendour of the royal court, the panoramic journey of the Prince to the overgrown castle and the colourful characters of this famous fairytale. The Sleeping Beauty brings together the best of classical ballet, its music, its dancers and The Royal Ballet itself.