Stevie

I don't know if most people have seen this production and hence what to expect. However for anyone who has not, then they are in for a real treat and a ride. The Max Richter score takes us through some magical moments, dance performances and choreography. The second act adrenaline rush ends with whoops and holler's from a breathless, approving audience and Osipova demonstrates how to kick her forehead with backward kicks. How is that possible ? Worth the wait I think.

I guess so, a very happy punter indeed. Hope it all becomes a reality for her.

Esmiralda, where did the shout of joy that you heard come from. I am sure 😉that you cant have heard me from Germany ?

It appears that this news is 'hot off the press'. Just spoken to someone at ROH marketing and they themselves have only just heard about the release. Let's just rejoice in that it does appear to be getting a release. I wonder if they have seen the requests from this forum ?

Great news and a lot of happy people around.😰

Can you find the source, I have trawled through all the comments on the RB website and found no response to the question. Also asked a CG marketing assistant and told no news on that subject yet.

There is no response from official sources to the many requests for a release on DVD and Blu-Ray. So whilst a definite no has not been extracted, I prefer to say that it is a possibility and we can hope rather than assume it is definite or likely. The only definite source on Blu-Ray at the moment is the POB version, with Roberto Bolle and with Aurelie Dupont's farewell performance. One could debate if it is better or worse, but it is still good. What is not certain is whether a release so soon after the POB release would be seen as an adverse impact potential sales.

No, the 2014 streaming example given, was Nunez and Bonelli. Will just have to wait and see if anything in the future is released from the recent Lamb/Muntagirov streaming.

It appears that this thread has somehow been hi jacked. It started as a question of why 'Woolf Works' was not being distributed on DVD and now it appears to have degenerated into the legalities of streaming, the cost of DVD players and other matters. It would be useful if a focus on the subject matter could be maintained without racing off at a tangent.

It just doesn't apply to Woolf Works, there are many similar examples where productions have not been distributed on DVD,for much the same reason. MariinskyTV have filmed many Ballets for their TV programes, which have not been released on DVD. Many of which can be viewed on youtube where they have been placed without challenging copyright. They are good when viewed on a monitor, but when viewed on a large screen smart TV, the lower resolution is apparent. Royal Ballet live streamed Manon in October 2014 but never released a DVD or Blue Ray, despite great demand. We were advised that there was not a sufficient quality recording for this. Bolshoi, ENB, Northern Ballet have also streamed works through other media, but not issued them on DVD. Hope this helps with your reluctant acceptance.

All these are assumptions, but if the Television rights were sold, then they would not have needed to film it in higher definition than HDTV and if there was no intention to transfer it to DVD, why pay the higher production costs. For Cinema streaming it does not need the higher compression, because it is done digitally and not transferred to disk. It is good to ask questions and to seek out answers. The outcome however is the same, it appears we are not getting it distributed, whether we like it or not.

Bernstein Celebration Blu-Ray is currently available on ebay uk at £7.78 (Auction) plus £5 p&p, brand new and sealed., from seller classicalmusiccollector . He despatches from Australia, multi regional, very reliable and always arrive within 10 days. Its best to shop around, but I did what others did, dived in to buy it early, despite knowing it would come up at this price

Really sorry that you cant be helped with your student education. There is a film Mrs Dallaway with Vanessa Redgrave on DVD and a few clips of Royal Ballet production on youtube, which may be of some help.

Esmeralda, a tech type has tried to give a possible explanation. If this is right, there could be a technical reason as well as a commercial one. This is it, although I don't pretend to understand in the least. It says it is filmed in HDTV, which is almost universally a lower resolution (about likeDVD's 720x480). There is no way to take a 5GB MPEG-2 (which is the sizeof a 1 hour HDTV show with commercials, null packets, and PSIP removed) andcompress using MPEG-4 and maintain full resolution and quality with aresulting 350MB file size.MPEG-4 could do the job in about 2-3GB and maintain full resolution andquality. This is a *huge* savings in space, but it's still a really bigfile . Whatever the reason, it appears that all we have at the moment is hope. Just keep fingers crossed. Hope this helps.

Not a lot as you say, but there are some triple and mixed bills out there which are certainly worth having in a collection On DVD and Blu-Ray Alonzo King Lines Ballet – ‘Triangle of the Squinches/ Sheherazade/Dust and Light’ POB – A Tribute to Jerome Robbins – ‘En Sol/In the Night/The Concert’ Nederlands Dance Theatre – ‘Jiri Killians – Three Ballets’ American Dance Theatre – Alvin Ailey – ‘Chroma/Grace/Takadema/Revelations’ And on DVD only The Kirov Celebrates Nijinsky – ‘Sheherazade/Le Spectre de la Rose/The Palovtsian Dances/Firebird’ Devine Dancers Live from Prague – ‘Manon/Raymonda/Memoire/La Fille du Pharoen/Sleeping Beauty and others’ Great Dancers of our Time – ‘Varied mixed bill’ Hans Van Manen Festival – ‘Mixed Bill’

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I have just made a second application to cmajor, for the release of Woolf Works on DVD and Blu-ray. I suggest that all interested parties make a direct request to them in the hope that they will see market potential. Don't think there is anything more to discuss at the moment,but will share any reply. After this flurry of activity again on Woolf Works, I have decide to stay in and watch it again tonight, instead of going around to the pub. It is an exceptional production and the TV recording is in HD. I can open a bottle of wine and chill without going out into the cold. Anyone wish to join me, all welcome.

Yes we know, all that was part of the previous debate. However, the Richter score and the TV rights iS not what the members are seeking, its a DVD release

I cant remember the heading, but a whole lot of interactive debate on this topic, which I was drawn into. I had contacted ROH marketing and advised the rights sold to cmajor. Someone had seen the attached and assumed it was for a DVD release. However you will see that it is an advertisement for the HDTV distribution. Cmajor say they only have the intent to distribute the TV rights and the sound track. So speculate, hope, for the future, whatever, but there is no current plan to release the DVD. By all means contact cmajor directly and let them know your feelings. https://www.cmajor-entertainment.com/movie/roh-woolf-works-a02050103/.

The topic was thoroughly exhausted some months ago. Making it brief, the rights were sold to c-major who elected to use the TV distribution and sound recording rights, but nothing else. You can check with them directly or through their website, but I am sure they will confirm, as they did before that there is no intention to release a DVD, it is merely HDTV.

The Bernstein Celebration on blu-ray is a must. Even if you are not fond of Bernstein, this transcends musical taste. The top menu makes it very easy to cross between the extras for each of the three pieces and on to the next and is very flexible. The quality of picture and sound is stunning on large screens and good sound systems, as is the camerawork. Corybantic Games is last in series, although it is easy to play them in any order, my view was that in this order, I was saving best until last. One member said she couldn't wait to see Tierney Heap in this production and she won't be disappointed, nor can there be any disappointment with any of the vast casting used. The costumes, settings, choreography are superb as you will know from the recent live performance or Cinema streaming, for which this item appears to be a precise reproduction. Miss Lamb is at her 'cheeky' best in The Age of Anxiety and also gets in on the act with Yugen.

It is now listed on Amazon.de for a release date for DVD and Blu-ray of 16th November. A date worth waiting for I am sure.

Yes, I came down by train from Carlisle to catch the matinee. Together with rail strikes on the day and overcrowding with football supporters, I thank the company for otherwise making it a great day out for me. With the 12 deep crowd the full length of the platform, to catch the last train, I was in grave doubt of getting home. You will see from my note that I squeezed in. The score certainly suited the Orchestra, because this was amongst the best playing I have ever heard from them. I had looked closely at the Corps de Ballet and in this production there is a degree of randomness and acting required by them in many scenes. However in the sections were they were required to be synchronised, I noted that there was precision and coordination verging on digital measurement. The principles all gave faultless performances and bathed in their moments of success. I had not seen Begona Cao in a principle role before, just in minor roles such as Giselle. I do however recall noting her posture and stage presence without seeing much choreography with which to demonstrate her dancing skill, so I did not know what to expect. I had hoped to see Alina, but learned a lesson in avoiding favouritism. I would not have wished to have missed this performance for the world. Begona somehow manages to harness and convert enormous amounts of power and energy into the most subtle, graceful and controlled balletic movement and she was a revelation. There were noted moments in which she interacted with the audience and absorbed them into the plot, making something which is so difficult look so easy, Tamara, Marianela, Sarah, Aurelie and others, eat you hearts out, this is the new height where the bar is set. If this is indeed based on a story about Manon Lescaut, then we were left in no doubt by Begona, that this was a Ballet Production about her. Star quality indeed.

And the Bolshoi now release another blu-ray boxset on 9th November, which in the unlikely event that you don't already have them all, is a bargain at £34.99 for the four great productions, La Bayadere, Marco Spada, Swan lake and The Golden Age. Will have cost me over £80 to get these four separately.

The are all listed under category 'Performing Arts'. Always were and always are.