David

I assume you're being sarcastic coz if true it would reveal a worrying lack of judgement on her part. And yes, the Lamb/Muntagirov broadcast from 2014 would be a very welcome addition to the recorded repertoire!

Still on the same theme - I see the Music Discount Centre is now offering the Opus Arte DVD: Elizabeth with Yanowsky and Acosta at £19.50 including postage - ie. £5 cheaper than Amazon's current price!

It's a small company, been around for about 16 years, one I automatically check when searching for a best price. If you type "ballet" into its search box that'll give an idea of the kind of prices they offer. They don't stock many of the arts disks but when they do the discount, even with the postage, can be up to about £6/7 cheaper on the £29.99 blu-ray price.

Just bought the blu-ray of Two Pigeons for £22.95 from MDT Mail Order - ordered it yest and it arrived today! This is a useful supplier - they don't always stock what I want but when they do, it's usually with a goodl discount!

Great review Sim - I was there - in fact I've just got back - and you've summed it up perfectly for me. It was a great evening!

My understanding now is that this is provisionally scheduled for around March/April next year. Good news if confirmed but a long time to wait! No sign so far of Amazon discounting their arts discs but I continue to hope!

Me too - I'm saving up for a big splurge on my next trip down - and have now added the Elizabeth DVD to the list so thanks for that.

"And there must surely be ample recordings for another Ashton DVD by now, perhaps including Daphnis?" Don't you think the next Ashton release will be The Dream/Symphonic Variations/Marguerite and Armand following the live cinema relay on the 7th June next year?

Oh Floss - "The hearing of this is enough to ravish one's heart; but are these things to be enjoyed? How shall we get to be sharers thereof?"

And Hear Hear to this as well. My recorder failed during the BBC relay of Mr Bussell's farewell performance and all my pleas to Opus Arte fell on deaf ears!

Of Mgt Dale’s nine (?) original cast film adaptions for the BBC, not only Ashton’s Dream but also his Les Rendezvous and Monotones remain to be restored and released. I don't have a complete list but I think Petrouchka (with Nerina) and Ninette de Valois' Checkmate and Rake's Progress also? Hopefully ICA have at least some in their sights.

Thank you billboyd. Certainly can't wait till Xmas so will order from the shop. Better them than Amazon! PS. This is completely outside the remit of the forum but I am so excited to see that this historic BBC recording of another famous earlier Dream, so long only available in smudgy copies, has been restored by the brilliant ICA company, that have given us so many of the early BBC Margaret Dale ballet recordings, that I can't resist sharing it: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01LB80UCW/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Does anyone know the answer to Beryl H's question please? There doesn't seem to be an option if one books on line but I wonder if a discount is offered to friends who buy direct at the shop?

Still available on Amazon - some used copies v cheap. Reviews are rather mixed!

I see these are listed on the Presto Classical site in both DVD and blu-ray formats as forthcoming over the next few weeks. I don’t know many of them but mostly they seem to be re-issues so I guess they will be familiar to most. Hopefully the blu-rays at least will be an improvement on earlier releases. The last three have already been mentioned on this thread as available from Amazon: The Art of Patrice Bart - La Petite Danseuse de Degas The Art of John Neumeier - Death in Venice The Art of Patrice Bart - The Nutcracker The Art of Mats Ek – Giselle The Art of Hans van Manen - Six Ballets Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring & The Firebird The Art of Jiri Kilian - Three Ballets The Art of Jiri Kilian - Car Men The Art of Angelin Preljocaj – Siddharta The Art of Petipa & Gorsky - Don Quichot The Art of Marius Petipa – Raymonda O'Regan: MataHari

I should know this - does the American Ballet Theatre come over here? If they can pop over to Paris ............!!!!

One can only hope that one day it will appear on DVD!

Thank you Stucha - that was very helpful. You were right - I have found a full length copy of Dupont's Farewell performance of Manon on You Tube and also a thoughtful review of that performance by Rachel Mann in Dance Tabs which, taken together with the comment and reading between the lines, bears out your assessment. So that has saved me some money. Thank you. Haven't found anything yet on the Salenko Sleeping Beauty with her husband. And I'm still waiting for Amazon to do the decent thing and discount the Opus Arte Rhapsody/Two Pigeons disk!

Thanks I hadn't spotted these. Life is becoming very expensive! Can anyone offer any advice re these productions/performances please?

I'll be very surprised if we don't see a release on DVD/Blu-Ray by Opus Arte after the live cinema relay by the Royal Ballet of Ashton's The Dream/ Symphonic Variations/Marguerite and Armand on 7th June next year. It will be interesting to see who gets to dance the various roles! Will Polunin finally be accepted back into the fold to dance M&A with Osipova? Ironic if so, since my memory is that it was during rehearsals for The Dream that he walked out on the Company! I'm not sure though that I see Osipova as Marguerite? And I'm certainly looking to see Ms Hayward as Titania during this run though perhaps not in the live relay?

Well you were right about the price reverting to the Opus Arte retail price! So far so good. I think I'll hang on for a while to see if further discounts materialise!

In an interview listed in the Links last Sunday, the new Bolshoi Ballet director Makhar Vaziev, reflecting on the Bolshoi residency at the Royal Opera that has just ended, commented: “We spoke with the Hochhausers [Lilian and Victor Hochhauser, the permanent producers of the Bolshoi’s London tours], and they want to ask us back again. It’s more likely to be 2019, because we already have tours planned in the meantime”. This has left me speculating wildly about possible residencies in the summers of 2017 and 2018. I assume and hope the Mariinsky will fill one of the two slots though I haven’t heard any announcement as yet. But what of the other slot? Can we hope to see a different Company I wonder?

Amazon have just listed their blu-ray price for Two Pigeons - £38.36 compared with the ROH price of £29.99!!!!

Thank you annamicro - that's very helpful. I shall certainly take your advice and give this one a miss. Both I (and my wallet) are much indebted to you.

Thanks for this heads up Naomi M - I certainly hadn't seen it coming. I'm assuming this is the 2015 Gala with our Melissa dancing the Manon Act 1, Scene 2 pas de deux with Claudio Coviello and have been looking for reviews with little success. I can't remember any comment on the forum - can I ask please if anyone was there or has any advice to offer? Would it be a worthwhile buy?