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Artist(s):
Royal Ballet

Conductor:
Charles Mackerras

Background: John Cranko (1927–1973), choreographer at Sadlers Wells ballet and the Stuttgart Ballet, collaborated with Charles Mackerras to create Pineapple Poll, a light hearted comedy. This was closely followed by a further joint effort, which resulted in another comic ballet, The Lady and the Fool.

David Blair, a principal dancer at the Royal Ballet in the 50s and 60s, plays Captain Belaye in Pineapple Poll – a role he also danced at the ballet’s premiere in 1951.

The Lady and the Fool was reworked for Covent Garden in 1955, four years before this studio production, with Beriosova playing La Cappricciosa in the year she became Prima Ballerina at Sadlers Wells.

Both these ballets are examples of rare studio performances from the BBC’s earliest television archives and are released here for the first time on DVD.

CATALOGUE NR: ICAD5040
RECORD LABEL: ICA Classics
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 17.50
RELEASE DATE: 30-Aug-2011

TITLE: John Cranko
TRACKS: Svetlana Beriosova / Ray Powell / Ronald Hynde / Royal Opera House Orchestra / Charles Mackerras - The Lady and the Fool. Merle Park / David Blair / Stanley Holden / Brenda Taylor / Gerd Larsen / London Symphony Orchestra / Charles Mackerras - Pineapple Poll.
ORCHESTRA: Royal Opera House Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Charles Mackerras
ARTISTS: Royal Ballet      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 4:3 / Sound Format: Ambient Mastering / Region Code: 0 / Duration 89 minutes / Recorded: Studio Recording transmitted 3-May-1959 & Studio Recording transmitted 1-Nov-1959 / Booklet Languages: English German French / Menu Languages: English / Subtitles: German French

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