Clavigo

Directed by François Roussillon

Starring Nicolas Le Riche, Clairemarie Osta

Ballet in two parts after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Inspired by Goethe's early romantic play Clavigo, Roland Petit's ballet recounts the agonies of a weak-willed lover torn between the contradictory promptings of his heart and his evil spirit, which urges him to serve his own interests and forsake true love in favor of a life of debauchery. Recorded live at the Opera National de Paris, Palais Garnier, October 1999.