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| Composer | Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Year | 1890 |
| Work type | Dance |
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AntwerpThe Sleeping Beauty
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty
Marcos Morau; Opera Ballet Vlaanderen; Max Glaenzel; Silvia Delagneau; Mathieu Cabanes; Juan Cristóbal Saavedra
GhentThe Sleeping Beauty
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty
Marcos Morau; Opera Ballet Vlaanderen; Max Glaenzel; Silvia Delagneau; Mathieu Cabanes; Juan Cristóbal Saavedra
LondonThe Sleeping Beauty
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Jurowski
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English National Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty: mixed results at the RAH
Video projections in the Royal Albert Hall enhance MacMillan’s Sleeping Beauty for English National Ballet but the lack of real set and wings makes the stage seem bare and bleak.
Mejia debuts in a sumptuous Sleeping Beauty at New York City Ballet
Roman Mejia and a raft of soloist debuts galvanized Peter Martins' Sleeping Beauty. An elegant production with some incidental messiness and the structural liability of a princess' dependence on a kiss.
Nureyev’s Sleeping Beauty at La Scala is pure magic
Rudolf Nureyev’s production of The Sleeping Beauty is still a magnificent showcase for La Scala after nearly 60 years.
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Symphonic storytelling: The Sleeping Beauty
The Sleeping Beauty is perhaps the Ugly Duckling of Tchaikovsky’s three ballets. It was the second in the trilogy, completed in 1889, but has neither the dramatic thrust of Swan Lake nor the calorific sugar-coated charm of The Nutcracker in terms of popular appeal.