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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Live Recording from The Teatro Degli Arcimboldi, Milano 2002
Marta Romagna, Riccardo Massimi, Isabel Seabra & Roberto Boll Teatro Alla Scala, David Coleman Choreography by Ugo Dell’Ara In 1881 La Scala Milan staged a magnificent ballet spectacle. The aim was to present by means of a ballet all the great discoveries and achievements which had illuminated the late 19th century. The result was ‘a choreographic, historic, allegoric, phantastic plot in two parts and eleven scenes’, i.e. this was not a ballet in the classical sense. Excelsior is a kind of choreographic composition, which sings the praises of progress in science and accomplishments, in keeping with the era of supreme optimism. The steam engine, the Brooklyn Bridge, electricity, telegraph, the Suez Canal and the tunnel between Italy and France are all technical achievements, which are shown on stage. Despite its seemingly dreary subject matter it was a huge success when fi rst performed, and enjoyed a run of 103 performances during that year alone. This production from 2002 at the Teatro alla Scala brings a riot of colour to Manzotti‘s work. With 100 dancers on stage at a time, references to the golden MGM film era and Busby Berkeley-style dancing, it is guaranteed to intrigue and charm! Sound Format: PCM STEREO DD 5.1, DTS 5.1 DVD Format: DVD 9, NTSC Picture Format: 16.9 Subtitle Languages: GB, DE, FR, ES, CN (Bonus) FSK: 0 Running Time: 120 mins | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Marta Romagna, Riccardo Massimi, Isabel Seabra, Roberto Bolle, Raffaella Benaglia, Elisabetta Armiato Orchestra & Corps de Ballet of the Teatro alla Scala, choreography by Ugo Dell’Ara after Luigi Manzotti, conducted by David Coleman | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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