swan lake the sleeping beauty and the nutcracker are three famous ballets by pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky.
swan lake the sleeping beauty and the nutcracker are three famous ballets by pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky.
swan lake the sleeping beauty and the nutcracker are three famous ballets by?
pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky
in 2005 fredriksen realised a long-held ambition to design all three of pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky's ballets. he designed "the nutcracker" for the royal new zealand ballet, "swan lake" for the houston ballet, and "the sleeping beauty" for the australian ballet. this last work was the australian ballet's largest ever production, requiring 300 costumes and four major sets, and was still touring at the time of fredrikson's death.









































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bullet::::- australian ballet - "cinderella", "coppelia", "the nutcracker"









































bullet::::- australian ballet - "swan lake" (with graeme murphy)









































bullet::::- australian ballet/sydney dance company - "tivoli" (with graeme murphy)
kristian fredrikson
doráti became especially well known for his recordings of tchaikovsky's music. he was the first conductor to record all three of tchaikovsky's ballets - "swan lake", "the sleeping beauty" and "the nutcracker" - complete. the albums were recorded in mono in 1954 and 1955, for mercury records, with the minneapolis symphony orchestra (later renamed the minnesota orchestra), as part of their famous "living presence" series. all three ballets were at first issued separately, but were later re-issued in a 6-lp set. dorati never re-recorded "swan lake", but he did make a stereo recording of "the sleeping beauty" (again complete) with the concertgebouw orchestra of amsterdam for philips classics records, and two complete recordings in stereo of "the nutcracker", one with the london symphony orchestra (again for mercury), and the other with the concertgebouw orchestra for philips - all this within a span of about twenty-seven years. he also recorded all four of tchaikovsky's orchestral suites with the new philharmonia orchestra, and he was the first conductor to make a recording of tchaikovsky's "1812" overture (featuring the minneapolis symphony orchestra) with real cannons, brass band, and church bells, first in mono in 1954 and then in stereo in 1958. both the mono and stereo "1812" versions sold over one million copies, and awarded a gold disc by the riaa. he also recorded all six of tchaikovsky's symphonies with the london symphony orchestra.
antal doráti