Ivan The Terrible
Oct 18, 2005 · 1h 54m
Overview
Sergei Eisenstein's grand unfinished 1940s-50s film trilogy 'Ivan the Terrible' had elaborate incidental music by Sergei Prokofiev. In 1975 Yuri Grigorovich, for thirty years the chief choreographer of Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet, made a ballet on the same subject and used a conflation of Prokofiev's music from the film. It was quickly taken up by ballet companies the world over. This DVD is a film of a performance recorded live at the Opéra National de Paris in December 2003 and featuring three premier dancers of that company in the solo roles of Ivan, Anastasia and Kurbsky. The stage is filled at times with as many as eighty dancers as boyars, oprichniks (Ivan's personal police, assassins actually), maidens from whom Ivan picks his bride, and 'the Russian people.'
Cast of Ivan The Terrible
About Ivan The Terrible
What is Ivan The Terrible about?
Sergei Eisenstein's grand unfinished 1940s-50s film trilogy 'Ivan the Terrible' had elaborate incidental music by Sergei Prokofiev. In 1975 Yuri Grigorovich, for thirty years the chief choreographer of Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet, made a ballet on the same subject and used a conflation of Prokofiev's music from the film. It was quickly taken up by ballet companies the world over. This DVD is a film…
When was Ivan The Terrible released?
Ivan The Terrible was released on October 18, 2005.
How long is Ivan The Terrible?
Ivan The Terrible runs 1 hour 54 minutes (114 minutes).
Who is in the cast of Ivan The Terrible?
The cast of Ivan The Terrible includes Nicolas Le Riche and Eleonora Abbagnata.