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- A 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years.
- This is the Andrei Tarkovsky production of the famous Pushkin/Mussorgsky opera, performed in 1990 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, conducted by Valery Gergiev.
- A spectacular special event edition of Swan Lake in 3-D starring Ekaterina Kondaurova and Natalia Vodianova, model, actress, and storyteller, was recorded and broadcast live from the historic Mariinsky Theatre St. Petersburg, Russia, the city where the world's most loved ballet was created. This was a 3-D live screening celebrating two hundred seventy-five years since Russian ballet started in the exquisite splendor of the Winter Palace. There will be opportunity to see the original unique version in a restored new cut for world audiences in 2016/2017. Ekaterina Kondaurova, star of Mariinsky Ballet, is Odette-Odile, a beautiful Swan Maiden who falls in love with Prince Siegfried (Timur Askerov). Odette is controlled by the wicked magician Von Rothbart and Prince Siegfried is fascinated by her charm. Romantic drama. In stunning 3-D by the makers of Avatar (2009), accompanied by Tchaikovsky's glorious score conducted by one of the world's greatest, Valery Gergiev. Also in high definition.
- Author-designer Mikhail Shemiakin's sinister re-imagining of Tchaikovsky's beloved Christmas ballet.
- Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka's magical masterpiece in its entirety, inspired by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin's poem of a Russian tale. An evil sorcerer Chernomor casts a spell over wedding celebrations for Ruslan and Lyudmila at the court of Svetozar, the Prince of Kiev. Lyudmila vanishes and her father promises her hand and half his kingdom to the knight who rescues her. Ruslan on this quest of rescue encounters the knights Ratmir and Farlaf, the wise wizard Finn, the slave of Ratmir, Gorislava and sorceress Naina before confronting Chernomor in his magic garden. After all the challenges for Ruslan, true love prevails.
- The ballet "Jewels", danced to three already existing pieces of music by composers such as Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky, has no plot. Each section represents a different jewel (emeralds, rubies and diamonds) and the characters have no names.
- The conductor Anton Horn has to overcome conflicts while preparing the performance of a new musical piece. His life changes when he meets Dorothea - a young girl with extraordinary abilities. She leads him into an unknown world where he experiences supernatural abilities, including the magic of flying.
- This is a revival of a production first staged in Russia in 1934, before the complete "Nutcracker" was ever performed in the United States. It was choreographed by Vassili Vainonen, and was, from several accounts, highly influential. Despite what a user review says about this production, there are no real children in it; all the boys, including Masha's brother Fritz, are played by adult women in male drag. The costumes are from the 1954 revival of the Vainonen production. Mikhail Baryshnikov borrowed many of Vainonen's ideas for his famous staging of the ballet, such as the puppet show at the Christmas Party in Act I. Like Vainonen and another choreographer before him, Baryshnikov borrowed the idea of having the Nutcracker and Clara (Masha in this case) played by adult dancers rather than children, and letting them dance the final Pas de Deux instead of it being danced by the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier, who do not appear in this version. Vainonen's idea of Masha touching the dancers at the Prince's court in order to bring them to life was also borrowed by Baryshnikov, as was some of Vainonen's actual choreography.
- Donna Leonora on the verge of eloping with her lover Don Alvaro is party to the accidental shooting of her father. Fleeing from her brother Don Carlo who swears to kill her and avenge his father, Leonora takes refuge at the monastery of the "Madonna of the Angels", in hope of finding peace. The Father Superior takes her to an abandoned hermits cave where she vows to remain an unhappy, rejected woman cursed by heaven and earth, aspiring only to give herself to God. Cruel fate brings together lover Don Alvaro and brother Don Carlo in a a duel outside the cave. Carlo is wounded, Leonora runs to comfort her brother but is fatally stabbed in his dying vengeance. Don Alvaro, bereft and in the act of suicide at losing his beloved curses all humanity. This is the historic first recording of the original 1862 version as commissioned by the Imperial Theatre, St. Petersburg from Verdi.
- Obsessive in gambling and in love, Soldier Hermann is smitten with the aristocratic Lisa and fixated on learning the winning secret of her grandmother, the Countess. At a masked ball, Lisa gives Herman the key to her grandmother's room.
- Celebrating three hundred years of the founding of St. Petersburg by Peter The Great. Dazzling staging and magnificent performances from ballet and opera by the celebrated Artists of The Maryiinky (formerly The Kirov) Theatre Companies and International Guest Artists. A spectacular performance of Saint-Saens "The Dying Swan" choreographed by Michel Fokine for Anna Pavlova is danced with breadth-taking beauty by prima ballerina Uliana Lopatkina. Featured are two ingenious appearances by both Peter and Catherine, The Greats. The celebration is hosted by President Vladimir Putin and attended by an amazing contingent of current World Leaders.
- In this documentary we follow the orchestra on this musical journey. By the use of interviews with the instrumentalists we will find out more about their approach to the project, about the efforts and struggles of the journey, and we will share unforgettable musical moments with one of Russia's oldest and most acclaimed orchestras.