What a delight to find this gorgeous jewel in the ETV Tape Vault! This ETV Classic stars Anne Burton and Gennadi Vostrikov, with the Carolina Ballet Theatre and Greenville Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Chesebro. Sidney J. Palmer produces and directs this timeless treasure. Watch as we find the King and Queen celebrating the christening of their daughter, Princess Aurora. Catalabutte, the court Master of Ceremonies responsible for compiling the guest list has forgotten to invite the wicked fairy, Carabose, and so the story begins.
Side Notes
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) was a Russian composer during the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his First Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto, the Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy, several symphonies, and the opera Eugene Onegin.
- Anne Burton - A Talk with Dancer Anne Burton Avery as the Atlanta Ballet Returns To The Four Seasons.
- Gennadi Vostrikov was born in Siberia, Russia, USSR, and received his early training in Perm. Mr. Vostrikov’s talents were recognized when he was awarded the first degree diploma in the Leningrad Ballet Competition.
- Robert Chesebro - Tribute Concert for Robert Cheesebro November 11, 2016. Furman University.
- Sidney Palmer - Biography USC Digital Collection.
- Sidney Palmer 1928 - 2016 Obituary. In 1979, Mr. Palmer moved to the South Carolina ETV Network to accept the position of Executive Director for National Programming. It was there that he produced operas, such as The Consul, Vanessa, and Willie Stark for the Great Performances series, and Pilobolus and The Paul Taylor Dance Company for the Dance in America series.
*South Carolina ETV regrets that the video quality of this program does not meet our usual standards. This is due to the effects of age on the videotape and the equipment on which it was played. We apologize that the video breaks up periodically throughout the program.
