François Roussillon
1) Rusalka
Publisher
TDK Mediactive
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Français
Description
Based on two fairy tales, it tells the story of a water-nymph, Rusalka, yearning to become human because she has fallen in love with a mortal.
3) Le corsaire
Series
Publisher
Naxos
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
With its narrative of buccaneering bravado, exotic opulence, romance, and traitorous intrigue, this is one of the most impressive narrative ballets of the nineteenth century, and it remains one of Adolphe Adam's best-known works. Director of the Wiener Staatsballett, Manuel Legris, has choreographed a new version that draws on the rich performance traditions of Russia and France, and carefully combines action, music, choreography, scenery and costumes...
4) La traviata
Publisher
Opus Arte
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Italiano
Description
"Two people come very close to the possibility of great happiness together and then it's denied them, by social pressure and family pressure and finally by Violetta's illness."--Booklet.
5) Billy Budd
Author
Publisher
Opus Arte
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The story of the clash between the young, innocent sailor, Billy Budd, and his corrupt superior, Claggart.
Publisher
Naxos
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Français
Description
Jacques Offenbach had already achieved fame as an operetta composer by 1866, but that year's premiere of La Vie Parisienne was his first portrayal of contemporary Parisian life. With its tale of romantic intrigues, disguises and comic celebrations of the mad gaiety of life in the French capital, La Vie Parisienne became popular in the nation's theatres, but not after a hasty re-working of its final acts after protests from the original performers....
Publisher
Naxos
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Français
Description
With his affinity for the sculptor Benvenuto Cellini's advocacy of artistic and personal freedom, Hector Berlioz went straight for the grand gesture with his first completed opera. The plot revolves around Cellini's wooing of Teresa, a match frustrated at every opportunity by his rival, the cowardly Fieramosca. Benvenuto Cellini is a pithy work combining romance, excitement, violence, comedy and spectacle; the perfect stage for Terry Gilliam's stylishly...