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Le jeune homme et la mort ("The Young Man and Death") of 1946 (libretto by Jean Cocteau) is considered his magnum opus and it is also his most well-known work; the choreography and the costumes are of astonishing modernity.
May 28, 2021 · To mark the tenth anniversary of his death, the Opera Ballet pays tribute to him with three of his mythical works: the sulphurous Carmen, the success of which in 1949 catapulted Roland Petit and Zizi Jeanmaire to international fame; Le Jeune Homme et la Mort, a disturbing duet imagined around a libretto by Jean Cocteau and Le Rendez ...
Jul 14, 2011 · 8.7K views 12 years ago. Marie-Agnès Gillot and Nicolas Le Riche in Roland Petit's "Le Jeune Homme et la Mort", Paris Opera Ballet 2005, directed for video by Denis Caiozzi...
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Le Jeune Homme et la Mort is a ballet by Roland Petit, choreographed in 1946 to Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582, with a one-act libretto by Jean Cocteau. It tells the story of a young man driven to suicide by his faithless lover.
May 28, 2021 · Hommage à Roland Petit. Palais Garnier. du 30 mai au 07 juillet 2021. 2h08 avec 2 entractes. En raison de difficultés techniques, Le Jeune homme et la Mort sera finalement présenté dans la version transmise par Roland Petit au Ballet national de Chine en 2005, avec un décor simplifié. Synopsis.
His creations, Les Forains, Le Rendez-vous and Le Jeune Homme et la Mort, brought together writers, set designers and composers, immediately affirming a theatrical conception of ballet. In 1949, his production of Carmen in London with Zizi Jeanmaire earned him international fame.
May 26, 2021 · It was “Le Jeune Homme et la Mort” (1946) that put Petit on the international scene. The story, devised by Cocteau, concerns a young artist tormented by his beloved, a cruel muse who...
