LinMM Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 So many ballets Ive never seen!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 That's not the one I was thinking of, but sounds a fascinating ballet! In the ballet I'm thinking of, the trip to the underwater kingdom is one of three trials the hero needs to do... the others include climbing a mountain at the edge of the world, and bathing in a cauldron of boiling water. Thought for a mo we were in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire territory... ;-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveclassics Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 In which ballet does the heroine dance with a copy of Le Monde, descend into the underworld and see her boyfriend embrace the priesthood, rather than her? (Probably far too easy but my mind's gone soft from the pressure of Christmas preparation). Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveclassics Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Pharoh's Daughter? I seem to remember some sort of descent into somewhere in that, although can't remember any boiling water! I think it's set in the Nile. Never understood why but the plot isn't exactly coherent anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 I think it's set in the Nile. Never understood why but the plot isn't exactly coherent anyway. that would make a good question..... Which ballet has a coherent plot? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 You keep making me laugh Anjuli!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 that would make a good question..... Which ballet has a coherent plot? Should we make that another thread do you think folks? Which ballet has a coherent plot? There may not be many replies.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted December 30, 2013 Author Share Posted December 30, 2013 In which ballet does the presence of Plague (Black/bubonic) affect the outcome of the story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 In which ballet does the presence of Plague (Black/bubonic) affect the outcome of the story? R & J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 Amelia is correct. Friar Lawrence's letter does not reach Romeo because of quarantine due too Plague. It's interesting that no ballet libretto (that I know of) really makes that clear. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 (edited) Friar Lawrence's letter does not reach Romeo because of quarantine due too Plague. It's interesting that no ballet libretto (that I know of) really makes that clear. It was quite clear in Lavrovsky's original production, in the scene when Romeo expressed his despair in a short dance. In which ballet the distraught heroine doesn't want to part with her little harp? Edited December 31, 2013 by Amelia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terpsichore Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 A bit of a long shot, I know, but I seem to remember that in La Bayadère Nikiya plays some kind of stringed instrument just before she gets a bunch of flowers that hides a snake. The reason that scene springs to mind is that I was warned to look out for nasties in flowers when I visited Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 ... in La Bayadère Nikiya plays some kind of stringed instrument ... No, Terpsichore, Nikiya probably played the sitar, and quite briefly. My question is about the ballet where the heroine has to flee her home and the only thing she takes with her is her little harp. And she is cherishing it in captivity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 To go back a bit I really never cottoned on to the plague thing affecting the outcome of R and J!! Have only seen the Royals and ENB 's old production of R and J and somehow missed this completely!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonty Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 To go back a bit I really never cottoned on to the plague thing affecting the outcome of R and J!! Have only seen the Royals and ENB 's old production of R and J and somehow missed this completely!! Me neither. I thought it was just a case of the inefficient Italian post. I have not been able to answer many questions on here. I am amazed at the depth of knowledge people are showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 I am not feeling particularly knowledgeable at the moment - Amelia's question has me stumped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 (edited) Amelia's question has me stumped. OK, Anjuli_Bai, I will give you a cue: the little harp, naturally, didn't save the captive heroine and she was killed by a dagger. Edited January 10, 2014 by Amelia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann Williams Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Scherezade (sp?)- anyway, the 'exotic' one with the golden slave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terpsichore Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I must congratulate you on your erudition, Amelia. I see about 20 ballets a year and although I can think of several where the heroine comes to a sticky end harps and daggers are not ringing any bells yet. I also have a reasonable knowledge of classical and modern history and literature from which I have been able to guess some of the answers to the previous questions in relation to ballets that I have not yet seen. I will continue to interrogate my memory. When you publish the answer I am sure I shall kick myself and exclaim "of course". Regards Terpsichore 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Hello, I have just joined the forums having been a guest user for a little while, but this latest teaser prompted me to join. Is the ballet The Red Shoes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I think in red shoes......well in the film anyway.....she dies under a train.....throws herself off a bridge? Having never seen on the stage it may have course have a different ending so you could be right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I think it is the ballet within the film if you take my meaning. The ballet which is choreographed for Vicki to dance - a stand alone story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Hello Odyssey and welcome to the Forum. We hope to hear more from you. I must say this one has got me completely stumped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane S Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I've been putting off suggesting this for reasons of spelling, but isn't it The Fountain of Bakhchisarai? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 In which ballet does the heroine dance with a copy of Le Monde, descend into the underworld and see her boyfriend embrace the priesthood, rather than her? (Probably far too easy but my mind's gone soft from the pressure of Christmas preparation). Linda Sorry, this was the poser I was responding to when I submitted The Red Shoes. I now need to look back for the other teaser. Thanks for the welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 (edited) I've been putting off suggesting this for reasons of spelling, but isn't it The Fountain of Bakhchisarai? Yes, Jane S, this is the ballet and the spelling is perfect. You would remember that Mariinsky brought it to London in mid-1990s. Yulia Makhalina was Maria, the girl with a harp, and Altynai Assylmuratova was Zarema who plunged the dagger into Maria’s back. There is a quite well known film “Stars of Russian Ballet” (1953) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Various-Artists-Stars-Russian-Ballet/dp/B00018D512/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1389375304&sr=8-2&keywords=Stars+of+Russian+Ballet with scenes from “The Fountain of Bakhchisarai” with Galina Ulanova as Maria and Maya Plisetskaya as Zarema: http://my.mail.ru/video/mail/zlata-lu/565/571.html#video=/mail/zlata-lu/565/571 Edited: Added the link. Edited January 10, 2014 by Amelia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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