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Where film can provide the visual trickery necessary to give visual magic, theatre machinery is cumbersome and pedantic in comparison. Yet the development of technical resources and video projection can help. With ballet, a large part of the stage must be kept free of obstructions to allow ballet routines to progress unimpeded. \u003cbr\u003e  To then faithfully transfer to a video medium without high level on-line visual trickery may not ideally help the viewer. So how then has Covent Garden fared in bringing about a stimulating production? \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Very well, in fact. The prologue where Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) is taking photographs of the family group works excellently. It is set in a realistic deanery garden. Bob Crowley’s backdrop painting in faded Victorian hues is in keeping. In this opening scene we are introduced to the personalities that later appear as stereotypes in the fantasy world Alice uncovers. The only odd thing in a private deanery garden is having a nurse wheel a perambulator across the stage as if in a busy street. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Some of the settings contain more subtlety than might at first sight be noticed. Monotone backdrops, the Cheshire Cat and a paper boat are styled on the engravings found in Carroll’s first edition book. As the ballet progresses the settings become more flamboyant and graphically modern. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Particularly stunning is the Playing Cards scene. Choreography and costumes strike just the right note. A clever routine with a segmented Cheshire Cat allows believable animation. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  As one might expect, the dancing is up to the exacting standards of the corps with a Covent Garden reputation. The problem of having Alice change size was well contrived and Lauren Cuthbertson’s acting is excellent. The character of the White Rabbit is extremely officious throughout I noticed, yet pales before the bombastic pomp of the Queen of Hearts (Zenaida Yanowsky). \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The orchestra plays well under the secure direction of Barry Wordsworth, a conductor not seen enough of nowadays. Talbot’s music has facets of talent and although classical harmony is mainly maintained, it is heavy, strongly percussive and is often reminiscent of the fight scene of West Side Story. One could hardly call the music melodious which is a pity as it misses out in appealing to the younger generation for whom the story is intended. I find the scoring unnecessarily heavy and is an ill fit with the elegance of classical ballet choreography. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The DVD is divided into play chapters, and contains a gallery photographs of the key dancers. It has the bonus of a well compiled and informative BBC documentary ‘Being Alice’. In it we see the planning, realisation and execution of the staging through the eyes of the principal dancer, Lauren Cuthbertson. Subtitles are provided in English, French, German and Spanish. 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Packed cinemas for the live relay, as well as sold-out houses for his performances, testified to the draw the great Cuban dancer still exerts—and the audiences were not disappointed. Still built on Petipa’s original choreography, Acosta’s clear dramatic structure and vivid stage action gave the “boy gets girl despite her father” story a more convincing air than usual, with Don Quixote’s parallel obsession with Dulcinea-Kitri coherently woven into the plot. Acosta’s and Nuñez’s performances were peerless; Tim Hatley’s stage designs vivid and apposite; this production is surely destined to be a perennial Royal Ballet favorite.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Ludwig Minkus\u003cbr\u003e  DON QUIXOTE\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Kitri – Marianela Nuñez\u003cbr\u003e  Basilio – Carlos Acosta\u003cbr\u003e  Don Quixote – Christopher Saunders\u003cbr\u003e  Sancho Panza – Philip Mosley\u003cbr\u003e  Lorenzo – Gary Avis\u003cbr\u003e  Gamache – Bennet Gartside\u003cbr\u003e  Espada – Ryoichi Hirano\u003cbr\u003e  Mercedes – Laura Morera\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Royal Ballet\u003cbr\u003e  Royal Opera House Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e  Martin Yates, conductor \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Carlos Acosta, director and choreographer (after Marius Petipa)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, October 2013\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Bonus:\u003cbr\u003e  - Introduction to Carlos Acosta’s Don Quixote\u003cbr\u003e  - Cast gallery \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Picture format: NTSC 16:9\u003cbr\u003e  Sound format: LPCM Stereo 2.0 \/ DTS 5.1\u003cbr\u003e  Region code: 0 (worldwide)\u003cbr\u003e  Running time: 125 mins\u003cbr\u003e  No. of DVDs: 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e R E V I E W:   \u003ctitle\u003e3812370.az_MINKUS_Don_Quixote.html\u003c\/title\u003e  \u003cmeta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eMINKUS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eDon Quixote \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EXTRAS12\"\u003e\u0026amp; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"BULLET12\"\u003e • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e Martin Yates, cond; Marianela Nuñez (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12i\"\u003eKitri\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e); Carlos Acosta (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12i\"\u003eBasilio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e); Christopher Saunders (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12i\"\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e); Philip Mosley (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12i\"\u003eSancho Panza\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e); Ryoichi Hirano (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12i\"\u003eEspada); \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003eLaura Morera (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12i\"\u003eMercedes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e); Bennet Gartside (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12i\"\u003eGamache\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e); Gary Avis (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12i\"\u003eLorenzo); \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003eChristina Arestis (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12i\"\u003eDulcinea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e); Royal Op House O \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"BULLET12\"\u003e • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e OPUS ARTE 7143 (Blu-ray: 137.00) Live: London 10\/2013 \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EXTRAS12\"\u003e\u0026amp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e Interviews: Cast and Crew; Introductions to acts II and III \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLudwig Minkus’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eDon Quixote \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehas held a place in the repertoire since its premiere at the Bolshoi Theater in 1869. The music is charming and well orchestrated, but persistently a little bland. There are plenty of melodies, but none of them are particularly distinctive. This is certainly not Tchaikovsky or Prokofiev. The poor boy meets rich girl love story interwoven with the fantastic adventures of Don Quixote has attracted the biggest names in ballet over the years, with Marius Petipa’s original classical production being followed by Rudolph Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and George Balanchine. Now, it is Carlos Acosta’s turn. His choreography is based on Petipa, but he has modernized it with his trademark physicality, and some new unclassical sounds (clapping, vocal exclamations) from the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003ecorps de ballet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on stage. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUltimately, the success of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eDon Quixote \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edepends on the two principals. Acosta and Marianela Nuñez are the ideal pair to light a fire in this production. Acosta’s charisma is well known, and Nuñez matches him step for step with her amazing leaps and twirls, and the two have remarkable stage chemistry. They really do sizzle as much as that is possible in a classical ballet. The best is saved for last with their exquisite and joyful final \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003epas de deux\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. In fact, the whole supporting cast and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003ecorps de ballet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e seem to have been inspired by Acosta. Everyone appears to be having a grand good time, and this is clearly projected to the audience. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe sets are magnificent and the colorful costumes are dazzling on Blu-ray. Martin Yates’s arrangement and orchestration of the Minkus score matches the bright visuals, and his conducting is surprisingly dynamic. The music comes to life as I have never heard it do before, especially in the excellent surround sound. I have not seen any of the older versions of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, but it is hard to imagine any of them matching this one, musically or technically. 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Kirk favorably reviewed this 2006 Royal Ballet performance of \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eThe Sleeping Beauty \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003ein \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eFanfare \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e32:3. I would just add a few comments. Alina Cojocaru as Princess Aurora gives an elegant and seamless performance that manages to enchant without making you constantly aware of her impeccable technique. Cojocaru’s Princess Aurora may not quite be on the level of her signature role of Giselle, but she is the focal point of this extravagantly casted performance, despite some formidable and charismatic competition. Marianela Nuñez, as the Lilac Fairy, is mesmerizing, and could just as easily be Princess Aurora. Frederico Bonelli (Prince Florimund) holds his own and interacts well with Cojocaru. Conductor Valeriy Ovsyanikov almost rivals Antal Dorati in rhythmic intensity, but tends to be a little rigid in comparison to the master ballet conductor. That presents no problem though, because none of the competing DVD versions have a conductor that can compare to Dorati. Barry Wordsworth produces some lovely lyrical moments conducting the 1994 Royal Ballet version, but he sounds rhythmically flaccid compared to Ovsyanikov, and that won’t do with \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eThe Sleeping Beauty\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e. 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