The first fruits of the ROH's purchase of Opus Arte: the telecast of Ashton's Sylvia, with Darcey Bussell and Roberto Bolle, will be released in the coming months by Opus Arte. (Presumably, the release date of November 1 applies to Europe.)

http://www.opusarte.com/pages/product.asp?ProductID=218

Thanks to the Dansomanie forum for the heads up.

Thanks for the heads up - it shall be on my Christmas present wish list.

Thank, volcanohunter. I also am looking forward to this. Bussell is under-represented on videos currently available in the US. But then, so are most American dancers, come to think of it.

According to Amazon, the DVD will be released in North America on January 29, 2008. The price isn't listed yet, so let's keep our fingers crossed. Amazon has been posting some nutty prices for ballet DVDs lately.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WMHTAU/

I got a copy last week from Dance Books in London -- it's all regions, so will play in my machine.

Thank heavens: the pre-order price is a perfectly reasonable $22.99.

A small word, just to UP this topic in case some of you folks missed this release.
I got my copy last Tuesday and watched it twice in a row I liked it so much. And a 3rd time yesterday evening.
OK, now I'm officially nuts...

No problems with the dark picture Ivy Lin complains about on Amazon.com?:

http://www.amazon.com/Delibes-Sylvia-Leo/d...5296&sr=8-1

No problems as far as i'm concerned. The background is often dark but I don't recall it as disturbing.