Sergei Prokofiev

A grieving 12-year-old Peter is now in the care of his grandfather after enduring the loss of a parent. Upon hearing stories of a wolf on the loose, Peter decides to explore the vast meadow and forest nearby to try and find the wolf himself. Along the way he encounters creatures who help him on his quest while contending with hunters aiming to win a prize for capturing the wolf.

Un solitario boxeador se muda con su madre, a quien no ve hace años, y su hermano pianista, que tiene autismo, y descubre que debe adaptarse a una familia desconocida.

Ópera en cinco actos. La producción de Calixto Bieito extrae de esta obra todo su potencial de una forma tan convincente como escalofriante, ambientando la acción en la cerrada sociedad de los años 50 y trasladando esta trama de brujería, sexo y religión al realismo de los sofás de escay, las rebecas de ganchillo, la represión de la locura y el abuso infantil.

Ópera en cinco actos. La producción de Calixto Bieito extrae de esta obra todo su potencial de una forma tan convincente como escalofriante, ambientando la acción en la cerrada sociedad de los años 50 y trasladando esta trama de brujería, sexo y religión al realismo de los sofás de escay, las rebecas de ganchillo, la represión de la locura y el abuso infantil.

Two young lovers, offspring of the feuding Montague and Capulet families, value feelings above the past, pitting love and forgiveness against hatred and revenge.

Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet” has inspired generations of artists to adaptations like scarcely any other work. In his colorful, passionate music, the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev brilliantly captured the clash of love and hatred, and the proximity of tenderness and violence. Inspired by Prokofiev’s vivid music and the timeless quality of Shakespeare’s tragedy, choreographer Christian Spuck and the Ballett Zürich narrate the most famous love story in world literature using strong images that are full of enthralling theatricality and touching emotion. Michail Jurowski, a true Prokofiev expert, is at the rostrum of the Philharmonia Zürich. Recorded live at Opernhaus Zürich June 2019.

Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet is a passionate and contemporary re-imagining of Shakespeare's classic love story. Bursting with youth, vitality and Matthew Bourne's trademark storytelling.

This inventive production from the English National Ballet fills the grand space of the Royal Albert Hall to tell one of the world’s favourite fairy tales. Magnificent sets and costumes, surprising theatrical tricks and lively choreography delight, move and astound, all to the melodious tunes of Prokofiev, performed by English National Ballet Philharmonic.

Sergei Prokofiev's setting of the fairy tale "Cinderella" premiered at Moscow's Bolshoi Theater in 1945. In 1986, Rudolf Nureyev, then ballet director of the Paris Opera, choreographed the ballet anew and transposed the story into a private cinema, with sets reminiscent of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis." ARTE shows the Paris Opera performance from December 31, 2018.

An animated film to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Dutch Ballet Orchestra. Members of the Orchestra share their stories from the past years.

Shakespeare's heartbreaking tale, Nureyev's blazing ballet. Sumptuous costumes and sets transport you to Renaissance Verona, its piazza bustling with market traders, street entertainers and the restless factions of the Capulet and Montague families. Amidst the grandeur of the Capulet’s ball, our star-crossed lovers – Alina Cojocaru and Isaac Hernández – meet, unleashing a fateful sequence of events, from the romantic bedroom scene to their tragic final embrace.

From grand spectacles to poignant close-ups, experience Helgi Tomasson's bravura interpretation of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet like you've never seen it before. With passionate choreography, spine-tingling swordsmansip, and a celebrated score by Sergei Prokofiev, San Francisco Ballet's passionate retelling of the Bard's greatest tragedy has packed houses around the world. Romeo & Juliet is one of the Company's most popular and widely toured ballets and has been seen by more than 200,000 people since it premiered in 1994. Choreographed by Helgi Tomasson, with sets and costumes by Jens-Jacob Worsaae, this visually stunning production and the brilliant dancers of San Francisco Ballet bring this powerful and touching tragedy - and Renaissance-era Verona - vivdly to life. ""Tomasson lifts Shakespeare's complex and familiar language off the gilded pages and translates it into lucid classical choreography that is visceral, fresh, and ultimately sublime"" (Huffington Post).

Given its premiere by The Royal Ballet in 1965 with Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn dancing the title roles, Kenneth MacMillan's first full-evening ballet has become a signature work for the Company, enjoying great popularity around the world. From the outset, the production teems with life and colour as the townspeople, market traders and servants of the rival Montagues and Capulets go about their daily business in vibrant crowd scenes. But Romeo and Juliet take centre stage for those great pas de deux: the meeting in the ballroom, the balcony scene, the morning after the wedding and the final devastating tomb scene. Although The Royal Ballet has performed Romeo and Juliet over 400 times, each performance and pairing is subtly different and Lauren Cuthbertson and Federico Bonelli are utterly captivating in the title roles.

One of history's most enduring love stories. Many people believe that Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet is the greatest ballet score ever written. The Mariinsky Ballet shows at its dramatic finest passionate choreography for Romeo and Juliet.  The ballet has become a true classic of the 20th-century ballet repertory. With its emotional choreography and Prokofiev’s famous score, this moving tale of star-crossed lovers that is sure to stay with you long after you leave the Mariinsky Theatre. Libretto – Lavrovsky, Prokofiev, Radlov, Piotrovsky Romeo and Juliet is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Music from the ballet was extracted by Prokofiev as three suites for orchestra and as a piano work.

In this 10-minute study the fi lm crew tries to get to the secrets of one of the wildest branches of experimental medicine.

Christopher Wheeldon's acclaimed new Cinderella for the Dutch National Ballet is an imaginative interpretation of a much-loved classic. Inspired by the original Brothers Grimm fairy tale, Wheeldon gives the characters renewed depth and complexity, complementing Prokofiev's celebrated and colorful score. With sets and costumes by the renowned designer Julian Crouch, supported by stunning stage effects, this world premiere production is a truly magical experience, bringing an age-old fairy tale into the 21st century.

Conducted by Daniel Barenboim, the Staatskapelle Berlin performs THE GAMBLER, Prokofiev's moody, roiling opera based on a story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Oscura y surrealista variación de "Alicia en el País de las Maravillas", de Lewis Carroll, en la que nuestra heroína-marioneta se encuentra de repente al otro lado del espejo, presenciando escenas de pesadilla. Música de Prokofiev.

Carlos Acosta dances as one of the two star-crossed lovers in Shakespeare's timeless tragedy, presented with the classic Kenneth MacMillan choreography and beautifully staged by The Royal Ballet. In this perennial favourite, Carlos Acosta dances alongside Tamara Rojo in a celebrated stage partnership. The drama of the doomed lovers is set against the ravishing sets and costumes designs of Nicholas Georgiadis.

Pedro es un niño solitario que vive a las afueras de un bosque con su protector abuelo, siendo su único amigo un pato. Cuando un temible lobo amenaza al pato, Pedro, junto al gato de su abuelo y un pajarillo, decide armarse de valor y enfrentarse al lobo para acabar con él. El abuelo, la gente del pueblo y varios cazadores aparecerán en escena para arreglar la situación... Aclamada adaptación en animación stop-motion (con marionetas) del clásico de Sergei Prokofiev, realizada enteramente en Polonia con capital británico.

Pedro es un niño solitario que vive a las afueras de un bosque con su protector abuelo, siendo su único amigo un pato. Cuando un temible lobo amenaza al pato, Pedro, junto al gato de su abuelo y un pajarillo, decide armarse de valor y enfrentarse al lobo para acabar con él. El abuelo, la gente del pueblo y varios cazadores aparecerán en escena para arreglar la situación... Aclamada adaptación en animación stop-motion (con marionetas) del clásico de Sergei Prokofiev, realizada enteramente en Polonia con capital británico.

Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families.

Sergei Prokofiev's symphonic masterpiece, first performed in Russia in 1936, has been lauded not only for the spectacular musical score, but also for the story itself--of a young boy who outwits a wily wolf. George Daugherty brings this timeless tale to modern audiences by seamlessly weaving live-action with animation and music by the RCA Symphony Orchestra. The story opens as a grandfather (Lloyd Bridges) hosts his daughter (Kirstie Alley) and grandson (Ross Malinger from Sleepless in Seattle) during a visit to his country cottage. After lunch, the trio settles in as grandfather recounts "The Story" of Peter's adventures with a bird, cat, and dizzy duck on the outskirts "of a very dark forest." The film morphs into a clever cartoon designed by the legendary Chuck Jones (of Wile E. Coyote fame). The "story within a story" leaps to life while the accompanying musical instruments also emerge as playful personalities.

Serge Prokofiev's enigmatic work, this is a tale of the supernatural, religious hysteria and demonic possession which is set in Germany at the time of The Inquisition.

BBC production of 'Sergei Prokofiev (I)"s opera "War and Peace" performed by the Kirov Opera under the baton of Valery Gergiev in St. Petersburg, Russia. The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov, is intertwined with the "Great Patriotic War" of 1812 against the invading Napoleon's Armies. People of Russia from all classes of society stand up united against the enemy. Both sides suffer tremendous losses during the war, and Russian society is left irrevocably changed.

With neat, plain building-block designs by Jacques Rapp, Louis Erlo's energetically-staged production of Prokofiev's surreal fairy-tale for the Lyon Opera is full of cartoon characters and swift farce. Based on a play by Carlo Gozzi, "L'Amour des Trois Oranges" tells the story of a doleful, hypochondriac Prince, who can only be cured through laughter. When he breaks into hysterics at the expense of the evil witch Fata Morgana, she curses him. His fate is to fall in love with three oranges

With neat, plain building-block designs by Jacques Rapp, Louis Erlo's energetically-staged production of Prokofiev's surreal fairy-tale for the Lyon Opera is full of cartoon characters and swift farce. Based on a play by Carlo Gozzi, "L'Amour des Trois Oranges" tells the story of a doleful, hypochondriac Prince, who can only be cured through laughter. When he breaks into hysterics at the expense of the evil witch Fata Morgana, she curses him. His fate is to fall in love with three oranges

This unusual and intriguing interpretation of the ballet Cinderella with choreography and staging by the renowned choreographer, Maguy Marin, is set in a doll’s house with costumes to suit. This avant-garde, breakthrough version of the tale of Cinderella, described as a brilliant theatrical triumph, has toured the world since its premiere in 1985 and is acclaimed for its amazing manipulation of mood, its intriguing narrative and innovative staging. The production is regarded by some critics as a stepping stone from classical ballet to something radically new.

A sketch: Observation of everyday life of people and situations in Vienna. "Visual art is an excellent way of observation in our culture. The everyday situations are seen briefly, continously but rarely as perceived and consciously experienced." (Michael Kreihsl)

Ballet performance by The Royal Ballet, recorded at Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, July 1984.

Ballet performance by The Royal Ballet, recorded at Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, July 1984.

Banned by Soviet authorities when it was first completed, this requiem for Russian composer and pianist Dmitri Shostakovich pays homage to the remarkable works and difficult path of the influential artist. Through personal documents, performances and archival footage, this emotional study charts Shostakovich's turbulent life, from his early success to his disgrace under Stalin and his eventual embrace as one of his country's most gifted talents.

Producida por la revista para adultos "Penthouse", un drama de muy alto contenido erótico que narra el ascenso y caída del emperador romano Calígula (12 D.C-41 D.C), sobrino e hijo adoptivo del emperador Tiberio. Sus crueles métodos para ascender al trono y su afición por todo tipo de orgías, humillaciones y demás vejaciones centran una polémica película con conocidos -y reputados- actores entre su reparto.

Una ex bailarina se ve obligada a enfrentarse a la decisión de dejar el escenario por su familia cuando su hija se une a una compañía de ballet.

Rusia, principios del siglo XIX. En un pueblo ruso, Boris Grushenko vive obsesionado con la muerte y con su prima Sonia, aunque ella prefiere a Iván, uno de los hermanos de Boris. Pero Iván se casa, y Sonia, por despecho, contrae matrimonio con un rico comerciante de pescado. Obligado por su familia, Boris se alista en el ejército para luchar contra la Francia napoleónica e, inexplicablemente, se convierte en un héroe de guerra. Y, a pesar de ser un pacifista convencido, llegará a tener en sus manos el destino de Europa.

Suceden cosas extrañas en Riverdale, Illinois. Se ha encontrado, semienterrada, una estructura enorme que parecería ser de origen alienígena. El senador Walter Powers (Jack Hill) y el Dr. Paul Kettering (Edwin Nelson), encargados de investigar el origen de ese objeto misterioso, descubren que los parásitos provenientes del centro de la tierra, que se aferran al cuello de sus víctimas para controlar sus cerebros, se han infiltrado en la ciudad y ahora controlan a las autoridades y a los trabajadores e impiden la comunicación con el exterior. Powers, Kettering y un grupo de personas libres deberán frenar la invasión.

Mientras Iván el Terrible intenta consolidar su poder estableciendo un ejército personal, sus rivales políticos, los boyardos rusos, se conjuran para asesinar a su zar.

A USSR documentary about the filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein

Una nave extraterrestre se estrella en mitad del desierto. El alienígena que viaja en ella sale ileso del accidente y se dirige a la población más cercana. Una vez allí, se apodera de la mente de sus habitantes y consigue ver a través de sus ojos.

Pedrín decide ir a la caza del lobo que ha estado rondando alrededor de la aldea. Se unió a sus amigos en el camino: el pájaro, el pato y el gato. Toda la diversión llega a la final, sin embargo, cuando el lobo hace su aparición, ¿Pedrín y sus amigos vivirán para contar sus aventuras?

Pedrín decide ir a la caza del lobo que ha estado rondando alrededor de la aldea. Se unió a sus amigos en el camino: el pájaro, el pato y el gato. Toda la diversión llega a la final, sin embargo, cuando el lobo hace su aparición, ¿Pedrín y sus amigos vivirán para contar sus aventuras?

Al inicio de su reinado, Iván el Terrible afronta la traición de la aristocracia e incluso de sus amigos más cercanos mientras busca unir al pueblo ruso.

Chronicle of the life of Russian poet Michail Lermontov, from the final days of Alexandr Pushkin to the fatal destiny of the poet himself.

Kotovsky, who went a long revolutionary way and became the recognized military commander of the cavalry troops: commander, brigade commander, commander. Six times he escaped from prison, was sentenced to death, and again escaped to become one of the most ardent warriors of the revolution. His famous equestrian brigade fought with the enemy near Kiev and the Belaya Tserkov, at Nikolaev and Odessa, and did not know defeat anywhere.

One of the anthology films about Soviet citizens resisting the Nazi invaders during World War II, the feature consists of two stories, one about a teenage woman telephone operator who sacrifices herself, the other about a farm girl tending a sick pig who deals with two paratroopers seeking shelter.

Siglo XIII. Relato épico sobre el príncipe Alexander Nevsky, que defendió victoriosamente el norte de Rusia del ataque de los teutones: la batalla se libró sobre la superficie helada del lago Peipus. También tuvo que hacer frente a la invasión de Rusia por el ejército mongol dirigido por Gengis Khan.

A copying error by a military scribe turns the Russian words "the lieutenants, however" into what looks like "lieutenant Kizhe". The Tsar reads the error, and wants to meet this (non-existent) lieutenant. The courtiers, eager to avoid the wrath of the temperamental Tsar, create a Kizhe to serve as their royal scapegoat.