Research Catalog

Title

Legend of love [videorecording] / an NHK Enterprises Inc. and Videofilm USSR/Bolshoi Theatre production in association with RPTA/Primetime ; directed by Motoko Sakaguchi ; choreography by Yuri Grigorovich ; music by Arif Melikov.

Publication

Los Angeles, Calif. : Spectacor Video, c1990.

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Additional Authors

• Bylova, Maria
• Mikhal'chenko, Alla
• Mukhamedov, Irek, 1960-
• Taranda, Gedeminas
• Peretokin, Mark
• Grigorovich, ︠I︡Uriĭ Nikolaevich, 1927-
• Melikov, Arif, 1933-2019.
• Nâzım Hikmet, 1902-1963.
• Virsaladze, Simon Bagratovich, 1909-1989.
• Sakaguchi, Motoko.
• Bolʹshoĭ teatr Rossii. Balet
• NHK Entāpuraizu.
• Spectacor Video.
• DHCA.

Description

1 videocassette (111 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Dramatic ballet in three acts, set in ancient Turkey. The story depicts a queen who sacrifices her beauty to save her sister, then turns against the sister and her lover, a court painter.

Series Statement

Bolshoi at the Bolshoi.

Uniform Title

Legend of love (Choreographic work : Grigorovich)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Credits (note)

• Scenario, Nazim Hikmet ; scenery and costumes, Simon Virsaladze ; for NHK/Japan Broadcasting Corporation: producer, Michio Takemori ; co-producer, Shizuo Yokosuka ; senior director, Shoukichi Amano ; executive producer for RPTA/Primetime, Simon Willock.

Performer (note)

• Maria Bilova (Queen Mekhmeneh Bahnu); Alla Mikhalchenko (Princess Shyrin, her sister); Irek Mukhamedov (Ferkhad, a court painter); Gediminas Taranda (the vizier); Mark Peretokin (stranger); Nikolai Dorokhov, Igor Zakharkin, Aleksei Lapshin, Yuri Klevtsov (Ferkhad's friends); Elvira Drozdova, Nina Speranskaya (court dancers); Andrei Buravtsev (jester); Olga Vasyuchenko, Marina Nudga, Olesya Shulzhitskaya (Shyrin's friends); and members of the Bolshoi Ballet.

Event (note)

• Recorded in performance at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, in 1990.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-2621

OCLC

NYPY97-F763

Title

Legend of love [videorecording] / an NHK Enterprises Inc. and Videofilm USSR/Bolshoi Theatre production in association with RPTA/Primetime ; directed by Motoko Sakaguchi ; choreography by Yuri Grigorovich ; music by Arif Melikov.

Imprint

Los Angeles, Calif. : Spectacor Video, c1990.

Series

Bolshoi at the Bolshoi.

Cast

Maria Bilova (Queen Mekhmeneh Bahnu); Alla Mikhalchenko (Princess Shyrin, her sister); Irek Mukhamedov (Ferkhad, a court painter); Gediminas Taranda (the vizier); Mark Peretokin (stranger); Nikolai Dorokhov, Igor Zakharkin, Aleksei Lapshin, Yuri Klevtsov (Ferkhad's friends); Elvira Drozdova, Nina Speranskaya (court dancers); Andrei Buravtsev (jester); Olga Vasyuchenko, Marina Nudga, Olesya Shulzhitskaya (Shyrin's friends); and members of the Bolshoi Ballet.

Performer

Music performed by the orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, conducted by Aleksandr Kopilov.

Credits

Scenario, Nazim Hikmet ; scenery and costumes, Simon Virsaladze ; for NHK/Japan Broadcasting Corporation: producer, Michio Takemori ; co-producer, Shizuo Yokosuka ; senior director, Shoukichi Amano ; executive producer for RPTA/Primetime, Simon Willock.

Event

Recorded in performance at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, in 1990.

Added Author

Bylova, Maria, dancer.

Mikhal'chenko, Alla, dancer.

Mukhamedov, Irek, 1960- dancer.

Taranda, Gedeminas, dancer.

Peretokin, Mark, dancer.

Grigorovich, ︠I︡Uriĭ Nikolaevich, 1927- choreographer.

Melikov, Arif, 1933-2019. Composer

Nâzım Hikmet, 1902-1963. Librettist

Virsaladze, Simon Bagratovich, 1909-1989. Designer. Costume designer

Sakaguchi, Motoko. Director

Bolʹshoĭ teatr Rossii. Balet

NHK Entāpuraizu.

Spectacor Video.

DHCA.

Added Title

Legend of love (Choreographic work : Grigorovich)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-2621