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Exotic and mysterious India serves as the backdrop to this story of doomed love between the warrior Solor and the bayadere, Nikiya, who is killed by her jealous rival, Gamzatti. Breathtaking sets and costumes are designed by Ezio Frigerio and Franca Squarciapino in this exceptional production, recorded at the Palais Garnier in Paris. Direction and choreography in this fully restored version of Marius Petipa's original ballet are by Rudolf Nureyev.
ACT I
1 Credits and overture
2 Solor hopes to meet Nikiya
3 Nikiya
4 Solor and Nikiya pas de deux
5 The Rajah’s palace
6 The Rajah offers Gamzatti’s hand
7 The High Brahmin’s warning
ACT II
8 Grand procession
9 Entrance of dancers for the pas d’action
10 Pas d’action
11 Solor and Gamzatti variations
12 Nikiya’s entrance and variation
ACT III
13 Solor’s variation
14 Entrance of the Shades
15 Waltz of the Shades
16 Entrance of Solor and Nikiya
17 Shades’ variations
18 Solor and Nikiya’s adagio
19 Credits
"This is balletic spectacle on the grandest of scales, and Nureyev marshaled a really incredible production here as his personal farewell to the art he helped revolutionize. Even if you don't usually like ballet, you'll be awestruck by the pageantry on display here in probably the most opulent production the Paris Opera Ballet has ever mounted."
- Jeff Kauffman, Blu ray.com
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