Mariinsky Theatre
11 February
19:00
2010 | Thursday
VI Festival Maslenitsa (Shrovetide)

Chopiniana. Le Carnaval. Pétrouchka

Scene from the performance
Age category 12+
Artists Credits

Cast

CHOPINIANA

Daria Vasnetsova, Elena Yevseyeva, Daria Pavlenko, Alexander Parish
 

LE CARNAVAL

Columbine: Nadezhda Batoeva
Harlequin: Filipp Stepin
 

PETROUCHKA

Petrushka: Andrei Batalov
The Ballerina: Yelizaveta Cheprasova
The Moor: Ruben Bobovnikov
Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
 Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov
 Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov

CHOPINIANA

choreographic composition in one act
Music by Frédéric Chopin (suite of piano pieces orchestrated: Alexander Glazunov and Maurice Keller)
Choreography by Michel Fokine (1908)
Scenario by Michel Fokine
Revised version by Agrippina Vaganova (1931)
Set design based on original sketches by Orest Allegri

World premiere: 8 March 1908, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg

Running time: 30 minutes

  CARNAVAL

pantomime ballet in one act
Music by Robert Schumann (Le Carnaval, Op. 9, orchestrated by N. Rimsky-Korsakov, A. Lyadov, A. Glazunov, N. Cherepnin, A. Arensky)
Choreography by Michel Fokine (1910)
Set and Costume design by Léon Bakst
The revival team:
Choreography staged: Sergei Vikharev
Sets reproduced: Mikhail Shishliannikov
Lighting: Alexander Naumov and Mikhail Shishliannikov
Costumes reproduced: Tatiana Noginova

Running time: 30 minutes

 

PETROUCHKA Premiere

burlesque in four scenes

Music by Igor Stravinsky
Choreography by Michel Fokine (1911)
Libretto by Alexandre Benois
Musical Director: Valery Gergiev
Staging by Gary Chryst
Revival Designer: Batozhan Dashitsyrenov
Lighting design: Vladimir Lukasevich
Coach: Igor Petrov

World premiere: 13 June 1911, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris
Premiere of this production: 6 February 2010, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg

Running time: 40 minutes

 

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