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15 Jul 1984
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Romeo and Juliet
Ballet performance by The Royal Ballet, recorded at Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, July 1984.
Raymonda is betrothed to Jean de Brienne, a gallant knight who pledged to go on a crusade led by the King of Hungary. When her beloved leaves, Abderakhman, a foreign knight, makes a bid for the hand of Raymonda and threatens her fate when she rejects him…
Raymonda
Jean de Brienne
Abderakhman
Clémence, Raymonda's friend
Henriette, Raymonda's friend
Countess de Daurice
Andrei II, the King of Hungary
Bernard, a troubadour / Four Cavaliers' Variation
Beranger, a troubadour
Seneshal
Two Knights / Grand Pas
Two Knights
"Raymonda's daydreams"
"Raymonda's daydreams"
"Raymonda's daydreams" / Grand Pas
"Raymonda's daydreams"
"Raymonda's daydreams"
"Raymonda's daydreams"
First Variation ("Raymonda's daydreams") / Grand Pas
Second Variation ("Raymonda's daydreams")
15 Jul 1984
Ballet performance by The Royal Ballet, recorded at Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, July 1984.
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