Released: 2nd June 2014 !!!!

With Roland Petit’s cool, cabaret-style choreography and chic costumes by Yves Saint Laurent, Notre-Dame de Paris has been a modern ballet hit ever since its 1965 premiere. Petit’s deft condensation of Victor Hugo’s epic and tragic novel is now renewed by two stars of our own time, Roberto Bolle and Natalia Osipova: a stunning tribute to Petit’s genius after his death in 2011. ‘Petit’s Esmeralda is a cousin of his landmark Carmen, and there is no better enfant terrible to play her today than Natalia Osipova’ (Financial Times) Bolle ‘manages to instill Quasimodo with a tragic air that is both fierce and tender’ (Herald Tribune).

Ballet of Teatro alla Scala
Esmeralda: Natalia Osipova
Quasimodo: Roberto Bolle
Phoebus: Eris Nezha
Frollo: Mick Zeni

Ballet Company and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala
Music: Maurice Jarre
Choreography: Roland Petit
Conductor: Paul Connelly
Costumes: Yves Saint Laurent
Recorded live at La Scala, March 2013