“Ballet in two parts after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe”
Inspired by Goethe's early romantic play Clavigo, Roland Petit's ballet recounts the agonies of a weak-willed lover torn between the contradictory promptings of his heart and his evil spirit, which urges him to serve his own interests and forsake true love in favor of a life of debauchery. Recorded live at the Opera National de Paris, Palais Garnier, October 1999.
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Nicolas Le Riche
Clavigo
Known for
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Bolshoi
Clairemarie Osta
Marie, a young woman
Also in
Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet
La Petite Danseuse de Degas
Marie-Agnès Gillot
The Stranger
Also in
For the Ones We Loved
Sarah Winchester: Ghost Opera
Yann Saïz
Beaumarchais, Marie's brother
Also in
La Bayadère
Yann Bridard
Carlos, a friend
Also in
Orpheus and Eurydice
Aurore
François Roussillon Director · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Story Gabriel Yared Composer
First release October 1, 1999
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
France · October 1, 1999
Premiere · TV movie broadcast on France 2, France 3, Mezzo
No release date listed for United States.
France
January 1, 2004 · Physical · DVD release
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