Great Ballets from the Bolshoi

Great Ballets from the Bolshoi box set. This box has four ballets from the Bolshoi. All have been released individually, and we already have done reviews with screenshots and grades for all of them. Following are links to more information and our grade for each title:

Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker F
💓 Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty (La Belle au Bois dormant) A+
Adam Giselle C+
Asafiev The Flames of Paris (Les Flames de Paris) A

Released 2014. Combined Grade: C+

Would this be a good value? Two terrific titles together with 2 poor ones. It would have to be marked down a lot to be attractive.

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We have some other good grades with an A for the recent Met The Pearl Fishers (Les pêcheurs de perles) and a B- for an earlier The Pearl Fishers from Naples. Also, we recently gave an A- for the new Don Quixote from the Vienna State Ballet.