Ballet in three acts.
Program notes include synopsis in German with English and French translations.
DVD, region 0 (worldwide), picture format 4:3 ; Dolby digital DD 5.1, DTS 5.1, LPCM stereo.
Scene titles and story on screen in English.
Altynai Asylmuratova (Nikiya) ; Irek Mukhamedov (Solor) ; Darcey Bussell (Gamzatti) ; Anthony Dowell (The high brahmin) ; David Drew (The rajah) ; Tetsuya Kumakawa (Bronze idol) ; The Royal Ballet ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; John Lanchbery, conductor.
Choreography, Natalia Makarova after Marius Petipa ; scenery, Pier Luigi Samaritani ; costumes, Yolanda Sonnabend ; lighting, John B. Read.
Recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, March 1991.
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