COMPOSERS: Delibes
LABELS: Arthaus
WORKS: Sylvia
PERFORMER: Ballet and Orchestra of Paris National Opera/Paul Connelly; chor. Neumeier
CATALOGUE NO: 107 205
Neumeier extends Delibes’s mythology as a latterday Nymph’s Progress from rustic Amazon to city socialite. Chillier than Frederick Ashton’s classic, this is a visually exhilarating essay in Paris Opera Ballet style. David Nice