The Royal Ballet: Mayerling / Kenneth MacMillan s ballet with music by Franz Liszt / ROYAL OPERA HOUSE COLLECTION UPC 809478031017 Playtime is 127 Minutes Film/TV Title: Liszt - Mayerling Format: DVD Studio: Opus Arte Media Productions Release Year: 2008 Language: English Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Run Time: 127 mins Genre: Musicals & Broadway Ballet/Dance Performing Arts Director: Derek Bailey Performer: The Royal Ballet Viviana Durante Darcey Bussell Lesley Collier Irek Mukhamedov Subtitle Language: French Summary The Royal Ballet presents a stellar cast in Kenneth MacMillan s daring and powerful ballet filmed in 1994 with John Lanchbery s sumptuous scoring of music by Franz Liszt. The dramatic soundscape is matched by MacMillan s penetrating interpretation of the events surrounding the double suicide of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria- Hungary and his young mistress Mary Vetsera at Mayerling in January 1889. Kenneth MacMillan s choreography for this haunting tale is transcendent... stunning set and costume designs... John Lanchbery s truly remarkable score... The Royal Ballet is unbeatably good The Times Literary Supplement