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La Sylphide / by August Bournonville, music by Herman Løvenskiold ; the National Video Corp. Ltd. ; Thomas Grimm, director ; Henning Kronstam, Arlette Weinreich, stage directors.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ballets.
- Genre:
- Internet videos.
- Filmed ballets.
- Ballets (Dance)
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 2 min., 55 sec.)) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : The National Video Corp. Ltd., 1988.
- System Details:
- digital
- video file
- Summary:
- The preeminent 19th-century Danish choreographer August Bournonville's La Sylphide remains one of his most celebrated works. In the 1988 performance now available in archival film footage, the Royal Danish Ballet and Orchestra (under the baton of Poul Jorgensen) bring Bournonville's 1836 version to life, with Lis Jeppesen in the title role and Nikolaj Hübbe as her lover James. When Sylphide meets the Scottish farmer James and entrances him with her warmth and beauty, a love for the ages begins. Unfortunately for them, the witch and fortune-teller Madge has become set on revenge against James after he rejected her, a dreadful malice that leads to tragic consequences for the young lovers...
- Participant:
- Lis Jeppesen (La Sylphide), Nikolaj Hübbe (James), Sorella Englund (Madge), Morten Munksdorf (Gum) ; Royal Danish Ballet ; the Royal Danish Orchestra ; Poul Jorgensen, conductor.
- Notes:
- Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Contains:
- Container of: Løvenskiold, Herman Severin, 1815-1870. Sylphiden.
- Container of: Bournonville, August, 1805-1879. Sylphiden.
- OCLC:
- 1045797378
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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