This special DVD collection presents The Royal Ballet in three of the world's most popular ballets, as featured in the best-selling book Ballet Spectacular.
BALLET SPECTACULAR (3-DVD Box set)
Adolphe Adam GISELLE
Giselle - Alina Cojocaru Count Albrecht - Johan Kobborg Myrtha - Marianela Nuñez Hilarion - Martin Harvey
Royal Ballet Royal Opera House Orchestra Boris Gruzin, conductor
Marius Petipa, choreographer (after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot) John MacFarlane, stage and costume designer Jennifer Tipton, lighting designer
Léo Delibes COPPÉLIA
Swanilda - Leanne Benjamin Franz - Carlos Acosta Doctor Coppélius - Luke Heydon Coppélia - Leana Palmer
Royal Ballet Royal Opera House Orchestra Nicolae Moldaveanu, conductor
Ninette de Valois, choreographer (after Lev Ivanov and Enrico Cecchetti) Osbert Lancaster, stage and costume designer John B. Read, lighting designer
Ferdinand Hérold LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE
Colas - Carlos Acosta Lise - Marianela Nuñez Simone - William Tuckett Alain - Jonathan Howells
Royal Ballet Royal Opera House Orchestra Anthony Twiner, conductor
Frederick Ashton, choreographer Osbert Lancaster, set and costume designer John B. Read, lighting designer
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, January 2006 (Giselle), 2000 (Coppélia) and 2 February 2005 (La Fille Mal Gardée)
