Bavarian State Ballet: Concertante / Black Cake - Two Ballets By Hans van Manen on AllMovie

The home release Concertante/Black Cake features two ballets staged by noted modern choreographer Hans van Manen - Concertante and Black Cake - performed and filmed in a studio setting, at the Prinzregententheater in Munich by two largely separate casts. Franz Martin penned the score of Concertante; this staging features solos by vocalists Judith Turos, Norbert Graf, Tina-Kay Bohnstedt, Patrick Teschner, Valentina Divina, Guan Deng, Silvia Confaloniere. Black Cake incorporates pieces by classical giants Peter I. Tchaikovsky, Leos Janacek and Igor Stravinsky, as well as Pietro Mascagni and Jules Massenet. Vocalists in that production include Anna Villadolid, Patrick Teschner, Judith Turos, Luca Masala, Christiana Stefanou and seven others.