{"product_id":"holmes-le-corsaire-2","title":"Holmes: Le Corsaire","description":"\u003ca class=\"links\" href=\"album.jsp?album_id=1753996\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso available on Blu-ray\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Set in the exotic surroundings of the Ottoman Empire and with a narrative encompassing abduction, murder and shipwreck, Le Corsaire is a swashbuckling pirate drama that delights for its spectacular nature and which includes some of the most bravura male dancing in the ballet repertoire. The work’s evolution has been a complex one, its libretto and choreography subject to numerous revisions since its first appearance in Paris in 1856, and in this English National Ballet production – the first British staging of the work – former-ballerina-turned-choreographer Anna-Marie Holmes adapts the 1974 Petipa-Sergeyev Kirov version to create ‘brisk, stylish entertainment’ (Guardian) that is visually enhanced by Hollywood designer Bob Ringwood’s ‘superb’ (Daily Telegraph) Orientalist sets and costumes. First-rate dancing by the company and its soloists – including Alina Cojocaru’s ‘radiant performance’ as Medora (Independent), Yonah Acosta’s ‘vividly drawn and villainous’ Birbanto (Financial Times) and Vadim Muntagirov’s ‘compelling’ (Daily Telegraph) portrayal of Conrad – underscores the ‘roaring, madcap success’ (Financial Times) of this production. Anna-Marie Holmes\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  LE CORSAIRE\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Medora - Alina Cojocaru\u003cbr\u003e  Conrad - Vadim Muntagirov\u003cbr\u003e  Gulnare - Erina Takahashi\u003cbr\u003e  Lankendem - Dmitri Gruzdyev\u003cbr\u003e  Ali - Junor Souza\u003cbr\u003e  Birbanto - Yonah Acosta\u003cbr\u003e  Pasha - Michael Coleman\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  English National Ballet\u003cbr\u003e  English National Ballet Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e  Gavin Sutherland, conductor\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Anna-Marie Holmes, choreographer (after Marius Petipa and Konstantin Sergeyev)\u003cbr\u003e  Bob Ringwood, set and costume designer\u003cbr\u003e  Neil Austin, lighting designer \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Music:\u003cbr\u003e  Adolphe Adam\u003cbr\u003e  Cesare Pugni\u003cbr\u003e  Léo Delibes\u003cbr\u003e  Riccardo Drigo\u003cbr\u003e  Prince Pyotr van Oldenbourg\u003cbr\u003e  Ludwig Minkus\u003cbr\u003e  Yuly Gerber\u003cbr\u003e  Baron Boris Fitinhof-Schnell\u003cbr\u003e  Albert Zabel\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Recorded live at the English National Ballet, August 2014 \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Bonus:\u003cbr\u003e  - Cast Gallery \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Picture format: NTSC 16:9 anamorphic\u003cbr\u003e  Sound format: LPCM 2.0 \/ DTS 5.1\u003cbr\u003e  Region code: 0 (worldwide)\u003cbr\u003e  Running time: 100 mins\u003cbr\u003e  No. of DVDs: 1 (DVD 9)\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Opus Arte","offers":[{"title":"DVD","offer_id":49608065188120,"sku":"809478011477","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/2865900.jpg?v=1747156241","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/holmes-le-corsaire-2","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}