ROBERTO BOLLE and Diana Vishneva ~The Sleeping Beauty

La Bella Addormentata
This is a transmission by RAI5 live from Teatro alla Scala, with Roberto and Diana Vishneva of course as the protagonists. 2002.
Music - Tchaikovski,
Conducted by Kevin Rhodes
Choreography is Rudolf Nureyev,
Costumes and design by Oscar Franca Squarciapino.

[PrincessKoli]

Amazed that there are no comments on Vishneva's absolutely stellar performance!! She is just stunning in this role! A true prima ballerina!! Breathtaking.

[annicarbone]

La Vishneva è grandiosa!!! Grande talento, tecnica impeccabile e un' interpretazione commuovente e dire...la adoro!

[strappystracci]

La bellezza di Roberto Bolle è qualcosa di meraviglioso, un corpo statuario, talento e umiltà. Bello e Bravo.

[tinawalton]

Have to give a shout out to the production design here. The scenery and the costumes are exquisite, truly a fairy tale come to life.

[author]

I love how in the Disney version of this story, they kept so much of Tchaikovsky's original music, and even added pretty lyrics without having to change the melody.

[markknego]

CHOREOGRAPHY BY RUDOLF NUREYEV IS INCREDIBLE. Now I understand how choreography can be. He is the best artist of the 20th Century, I BELIEVE!!!

[terrencejablonski]

What a great performance, and a marvelous showcase for Vishneyva and Bolle. The prince's role seems to have been augmented quite a bit for Roberto. I am one of those in the camp that values Bolle as one of the Supreme artists of our time. I think some people only give him credit for his beauty, and he is indeed one beautiful man. But he is a great technician and I think a passionate and committed actor as well. He never over-does, but if you watch him closely, you can see that he is always living the drama as well as the steps. Bravo Bolle!

[luliyu]

Prologue — Le baptême de la Princesse Aurore

02:34 No.1-a Introduction
02:54 No.1-b Marche de salon
05:05 No.2-a Entrée des fées
No.2-b Scène dansante
No.3 Grand pas d'ensemble (a.k.a. Pas de six) —
08:44 a. Grand adage. Petit allégro
09:35 b. Variation - Candide
13:33 c. Variation - Coulante–Fleur de farine
14:21 d. Variation - Miettes–qui tombent (a.k.a. breadcrumb)
16:41 e. Variation - Canari–qui chante
18:18 f. Variation - Violente–échevelée
19:04 g. Variation - La Fée des lilas–voluptueuse
20:32 h. Coda générale

22:16 No.4 Scène et final—

24:07 a. Entrée de Carabosse
b. Scène mimique de Carabosse
29:38 c. Scène mimique de la Fée des lilas

Act I — Les quatre fiancés de la Princesse Aurore

32:30 No.5-a Introduction
No.5-b Scène des tricoteuses
37:42 No.6 Grande valse villageoise (a.k.a. The Garland Waltz) *
38:20
41:58 No.7 Entrée d'Aurore
42:48 No.8 Grand pas d'action—

44:00 a. Grand adage à la rose (opening harp cadenza possibly extended by either the harpist Albert Heinrich Zabel or Riccardo Drigo)

51:59 b. Danse des demoiselles d'honneur et des pages *
54:14 c. Variation d'Aurore (coda edited by an unknown hand, possibly Riccardo Drigo)
54:53 *Aurore solo

58:10 d. Coda

1:00:56 No.9 Scène et final—

a. Danse d'Aurore avec le fuseau
b. Le charme
1:04:15 c. L'arrivée de la Fée des lilas

Act II
Scene I — La chasse du Prince Désiré
1:06:56 No.10-a Entr'acte
No.10-b Scène de la chasse royale
1:09:16 No.11 Colin-Maillard

1:11:10 No.12 Danses des demoiselles nobles—
1:11:54 * prince duet
1:12:54 a. Scène
1:13:50 b. Danse des duchesses
1:15:19 c. Danse des baronesses (likely cut by Petipa from the original production)
d. Danse des comtesses (likely cut by Petipa from the original production)
e. Danse des marquises (likely cut by Petipa from the original production)

No.13 Coda–Farandole

1:16:21 No.14-a Scène et départ des chasseurs
No.14-b Entrée de la Fée des lilas -
No.15 Pas d'action—

a. Entrée de l'apparition d'Aurore
b. Grand adage (opening harp cadenza possibly extended by either the harpist Albert Heinrich Zabel or Riccardo Drigo)
c. Valse des nymphes–Petit allégro coquet

Interpolation: 4 transitional bars for the end of no.15-c composed by Riccardo Drigo to lead into Brianza's variation
Interpolation: Variation Mlle. Brianza (No.23-b Variation de la fée-Or from Act III)

d. Variation d'Aurore (cut by Petipa from the original production)
e. Petite coda

No.16 Scène
No.17 Panorama

Interpolation: 3 transitional bars for the end of no.17 composed by Riccardo Drigo to lead into no.19, as no.18 was cut in the original production
 
1:17:23 No.18 Entr'acte symphonique (solo for violin composed for Leopold Auer, cut from the original production)

1:25:46*
1:31:58
1:35:10
1:36:57*
1:38:33

1:39:06 Scene II — Le château de la belle au bois dormant

1:40:58 No.19 Scène du château de sommeil
1:44:28 No.20 Scène et final – Le réveil d'Aurore

The Bluebird and Princess Florina (Valeri Panov and Natalia Makarova) from the 1964 Russian motion picture featuring artists of the Kirov Ballet.

1:47:15 Act III — Les Noces de Désiré et d'Aurore
No.21 Marche
1:49:42 No.22 Grand polonaise dansée (a.k.a. The Procession of the Fairy Tales)
Grand divertissement—
1:51:57 No.23 Pas de quatre
a. Entrée
b. Variation de la fée-Or (transferred by Petipa to Act II as a variation for Carlotta Brianza in the original production)

c. Variation de la fée-Argent (changed by Petipa in the original production – Pas de trois pour la Fées d'Or, d'Argent et de Saphir)

d. Variation de la fée-Saphir (cut by Petipa from the original production)
e. Variation de la fée-Diamant
f. Coda

1:54:30
1:56:05
1:57:12 
1:58:25

Interpolation: Entrée de chats (a 10 bar introduction written by Tchaikovsky for no.24)

2:07:00 No.24 Pas de caractère – Le Chat botté et la Chatte blanche

1:59:37 No.25 Pas de quatre (changed by Petipa in the original production – Pas de deux de l'Oiseau bleu et la Princesse Florine)
a. Entrée
b. Variation de Cendrillon et Prince Fortuné (changed by Petipa in the original production – Variation de l'Oiseau bleu)
c. Variation de l'Oiseau bleu la Princesse Florine (changed by Petipa in the original production – Variation de la Princesse Florine)
d. Coda

2:02:30
2:03:46
2:05:05
2:09:17 * prince and aurore

No.26 Pas de caractère – Chaperon Rouge et le Loup
Interpolation: Pas de caractère – Cendrillon et Prince Fortuné
No.27 Pas berrichon – Le Petit Poucet, ses frères et l'Ogre
No.28 Grand pas de quatre (originally arranged by Petipa as a Pas de quatre for the Princess Aurora, Prince Désiré and the Gold and Sapphire Fairies)
a. Entrée (only the first eight bars were retained)
b. Grand adage

Interpolation: Danse pour les Fées d'Or et de Saphir in 6/8 (Petipa possibly utilized the music for the Entrée to accompany a dance for the Gold and Sapphire Fairies)

2:15:34 c. Variation du Prince Désiré
2:17:34 d. Variation d'Aurore — Mlle. Brianza (edited by Riccardo Drigo for the original production at Petipa's request)
2:20:10 e. Coda

No.29 Sarabande – quadrille pour Turcs, Éthiopiens, Africains et Américains
2:22:04 No.30-a Coda générale
No.30-b Apothéose – Apollon en costume de Louis XIV, éclairé par le soleil entouré des fées (music based on Marche Henri IV)

2:26:10 Curtain call

[geoffberesford]

Enchanting from beginning to end. The costumes are beautifully designed and the sets are magnificent. Above all, the dancing is impeccable by everyone and as far as male dancing is concerned, Roberto Bolle is truly something else as a performer! It's as if he exists on another plain and yet he makes it look so humanly easy. Sleeping Beauty was my first introduction to a full-length ballet at the age of 21 at Covent Garden in 1966 and it remains my favourite one to watch to this day. The story is so magical and I love the story-telling aspect of it which is partially conveyed through gesture and mime technique.

[cynthiabeltran]

Veramente bellissimo. Grazie mille! Un caro saluto a tutti voi.
BRAVO!!!

[catherinejones]

I loved every moment of this and all the dancers should be congratulated for their hard work. Thank you all concerned for a magical ballet.

[florianamelileo]

Wow questo il più bello spettacolo cha abbia mai visto Grande Roberto Bolle Bravissimo 💝💕💟🥰💗💗💗💘💘💞💞💓 meraviglioso

[observer]

Wanderfull Vishneva/Bolle, Nureyev, Chajkovski and Scala - all comes together for a GLORIOUS PRODUCTION!
Thank you Blu Raspberry.

[philipdavis]

La Scala spares no exspence what lavishly luxuriant fantasy presentation .... one is transported into a beatiful fairytale world - the vast scale of the stage settings are grandly palatial, and the color palette is ingeniously augmented with dreamily muted atmospheric lighting . And who better than Tchaikovsky enliven the story again, I feel La Scala does something most unique and on a grand yet tasteful scale ... Bravo La Scala, Bravo Vishneyva, Bolle e tutti Corpo di balletto ☺

[edmitchell]

Roberto Bolle...is like an angel from another solar system...

[수희-zq]

수많은 공연을 봤지만 이렇게 완벽한 공연은 처음봅니다 2시간 30분을 위하여 얼마나 많은 노력이 들어갔을지 가늠이 안됩니다 상상 그 이상입니다 한국에서 인사드립니다 멋진공연 감사합니다

[barbaralemere]

Beautiful sets, beautiful costumes, gorgeous dancing. Thank you Rudolf for this production.

[giuliorenzobighin]

Anche attorialita ' commediale in questo balletto che contempla la fibrillazione dei passi sulle punte in veloce eundo della ballerina altresì ad incrociamento di difficoltà massima ed eseguito con una non chalance esecutiva d'acchito sorprendente.Ottimo l'elanismo dello slancio dell'arto per le posture figurali e la impressione di levità fatta tensione motile sorprendente nella ballerina. Ottima la recitazione di Bolle con quel sen so di estatico sperdimento.Ottimo il senso del continuum dato alla pièce danzante ed alla narratio.Superlativi tutti gli agenti in proscenio.Bighin Giulio Renzo. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[abe_]

Beautiful performance with fidelity to score and choreography!

Sleeping Beauty is the Greatest Ballet Masterpiece among the three Masterpieces in history of Ballet music; all by the same greatest composer who dedicated as much of his heart, soul and talent to it as he would to his symphonies or concertos. Such fantastic quality of composition and colorful orchestration had never been created prior to these works in ballet music.

The music and orchestration is so emotionally intense that several Tone Poems could be drawn out of it; each a masterpiece all on its own such as the Scenes of Baby Aurora's Christening or Carabosse's entry and curse

[mikiohirata]

I have this saved on my favorite and come back to it often to see a great
production (costumes are out of this world beautiful) and some great
dancing. Vishneva and Bolle are simply specutacular.
I love his solo in the 2nd act. He makes Nureeve 's overly fussy steps
come to live and give them meanings why he's moving the way he is.
I think he does it better then even Nureeve himself to be honest.
perfect technic with explicitly gorgeous extentions balance you name it
and creating mood on top of it all. This is a great example of Ballet theatre.